Fishes by dangling the bait on the water Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DAPS Fishes by dangling the bait on the water (4)
4% DAP Dangle bait on the water (3)
3% SWING Dangle loosely (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 17, 2025
3% BIT Took the bait (3)
3% SUSPEND Leave dangling (7) LA Times Daily Sep 21, 2025
3% FLOUNDER Fish struggle in water? (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 19, 2025
3% TAKETHEMICKEY Bait (4,3,6) (13) The Guardian Quick Sep 12, 2025
3% WORM Wriggly bait (4)
2% ODDMANOUT Rum fellow and ruffian extracting large fish out of water (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
2% LURE Rule out bait (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Oct 11, 2025
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