Fruit causes a painful affliction (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Fruit causes a painful affliction (5) featured in Mirror Cryptic puzzle on September 11, 2025. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ACORN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ACORN Fruit causes a painful affliction (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Sep 11, 2025
9% ULCER Painful affliction (5) (5) Mirror Quick Aug 23, 2025
8% SORES Painful afflictions (5) (5) Mirror Quick Jul 25, 2025
7% COLIC Infant's affliction (5) Universal Aug 30, 2025
7% EROS Circus attraction causing pain is withdrawn (4) The Telegraph Toughie Aug 29, 2025
7% AIL Afflict (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 28, 2025
7% GOURMET Painful affliction restricts Eastern gentleman, rising gastronome (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 7, 2025
7% STYES Eyelid afflictions (5) Universal Aug 5, 2025
7% AILS Afflicts (4) New York Times Jul 17, 2025
7% IBS Stomach pain-causing acronym (3)

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