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

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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
73% SPINE Backbone (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 6, 2025
73% SPINES Backbones (6) Universal Sep 29, 2025
67% SPINAL Backbone-based (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 20, 2025
67% THESIXWS They begin this puzzle's long answers (8) Premier Sunday Oct 5, 2025
67% MAINSTAY Backbone (8) LA Times Daily Jul 23, 2025
64% RIB Bone attached to the backbone (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 13, 2025
64% FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle (19) New York Times Sep 28, 2025
61% MEASURETWICECUTONCE Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle (19) New York Times Oct 12, 2025
61% BEWILDER Get more excited for puzzle (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 6, 2025

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