Flipping painful love for Oedipus (4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EROS Flipping painful love for Oedipus (4) (4) The Guardian Cryptic May 29, 2024
6% HEADS Flip call (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2025
6% PANG Sharp pain (4) The Telegraph Quick Dec 6, 2025
6% WINCE Pained reaction (5) Commuter Dec 6, 2025
6% HASSLE Pain in the neck (6) USA Today Dec 1, 2025
6% TOSS Flip, as a coin (4)
6% SORE Love god rejected? That's painful (4) (4) The Sun Two Speed Nov 23, 2025
6% TWINGE Shooting pain (6) The Telegraph Quick Nov 23, 2025
6% GOAPE Flip out (5) LA Times Daily Nov 20, 2025
6% TWINGES Shooting pains (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 19, 2025

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