Girl held by male, the lad (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Girl held by male, the lad (5) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on November 25, 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 ETHEL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ETHEL Girl held by male, the lad (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 25, 2025
7% BOY Lad (3) LA Times Daily Oct 16, 2025
6% ATTA "__ girl!" (4) Commuter Nov 29, 2025
6% STAG Male deer (4)
6% SON Male offspring (3)
6% COBS Male swans (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 25, 2025
6% GRASPED Held firmly (7) (7) Mirror Quick Nov 24, 2025
6% SIR Male teacher (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 23, 2025
6% MEL ___ B (Spice Girls' girl) (3)
6% PIP "Great Expectations" lad (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 18, 2025

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