Former lover with a bit of work starts to upstage everyone in area of date Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Former lover with a bit of work starts to upstage everyone in area of date . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EXERGUE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EXERGUE Former lover with a bit of work starts to upstage everyone in area of date (7)
5% EXES Former lovers (4) Commuter Oct 2, 2025
4% ALL Everyone (3) Newsday Nov 3, 2025
4% PIECEMEAL Bit by bit (9) The Times Concise Nov 1, 2025
4% NOV It starts the day after this puzzle's publication date: abbr. (3) The Atlantic Oct 31, 2025
4% LED Was ahead of everyone else (3) Newsday Oct 29, 2025
4% ITS "___ a date!" (3) New York Times Oct 28, 2025
4% EXORBITANT Former lover on course with worker going beyond the usual limits (10) (10) The Guardian Quiptic Oct 26, 2025
4% HALLOWEEN Hotel having everyone working to host small festival (9) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 23, 2025
4% EXCELLENT Smashing former lover on phone with topless gent (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 21, 2025
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