Former wife's grip that'll need painkiller (10) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EXTRACTION Former wife's grip that'll need painkiller (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 20, 2025
70% CLASP Grip firmly (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 27, 2026
70% ASPIRING Aiming for painkiller with force (8) (8) Puzzler Cryptic May 20, 2026
70% OWE Need to pay poet, barely holding on to wife (3) The Telegraph Cryptic May 18, 2026
70% ACHE Need painkillers (4) Universal Mar 1, 2017
66% UNCLASP Relax the grip of (7) (7) Puzzler May 8, 2026
66% SHAKES Grips another's hand (6) Newsday May 5, 2026
63% ESS S (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jun 1, 2026
63% ESPOSA Wife, in Spanish (6) USA Today May 27, 2026
63% ISIS Wife of Osiris (4) Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

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