“Get a backbone!” (and a feature of four of the puzzle’s answers) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue “Get a backbone!” (and a feature of four of the puzzle’s answers) last seen in Wall Street Journal puzzle. 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 MANUP.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MANUP “Get a backbone!” (and a feature of four of the puzzle’s answers) (5) Wall Street Journal Mar 3, 2022
76% HEDGEROWS Verdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle (9) New York Times Dec 9, 2025
73% SPINE Backbone (5) Thomas Joseph Dec 29, 2025
70% JAWDROPPING Spectacular, or a feature of four long Down answers (11) Wall Street Journal Nov 12, 2025
67% SPINAL Of the backbone (6) (6) Puzzler Dec 2, 2025
64% ELIOT T S ____, Four Quartets writer (5) The Telegraph Plusword Jan 13, 2026
64% RYE Grain not hidden in the four longest answers (3) Newsday Jan 8, 2026
64% LEEK *Ship's backbone (4) Universal Nov 7, 2025
64% KEELS Boat backbones (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 6, 2025
61% PART Synonym of the last word of the four longest answers (4) Newsday Jan 9, 2026

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