Great fear about being caught by old man Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Great fear about being caught by old man . 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 DREAD.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DREAD Great fear about being caught by old man (5)
6% TIMOROUS Fearful (8) Premier Sunday Oct 26, 2025
6% LEST For fear that (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 20, 2025
6% VEILING Not being open about (7) The Atlantic Oct 16, 2025
6% HORROR Fear (6) The Telegraph Quick Sep 28, 2025
6% WHIM Fancy being with that man (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 26, 2025
6% ELI NFL great Manning (3) Universal Aug 22, 2025
6% APPREHENSION Fear of being caught? (12) The Times Cryptic Apr 4, 2022
5% SOBER Bores about not being drunk (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Oct 26, 2025
5% ESTRANGED Being divorced ends with great upset (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 23, 2025
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