Great player in contest hosted by city of the Balkans (5,4) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Great player in contest hosted by city of the Balkans (5,4) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on September 5, 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MOVIESTAR.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MOVIESTAR Great player in contest hosted by city of the Balkans (5,4) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 5, 2025
6% SERBS Balkan natives (5) LA Times Daily Aug 23, 2025
6% SUPERBOWLS Great Hooters contests, stateside (5,5) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 20, 2025
6% SLAV Balkan native (4) Eugene Sheffer Aug 13, 2025
6% OSLO Scandinavian city that hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010 (4)
6% BASEL Host city for the 2025 8/5 contest (5) (5) The Guardian Weekend Jun 7, 2025
5% MATCH Tennis contest (5) Eugene Sheffer Sep 5, 2025
5% RACE Speed contest (4) Newsday Sep 3, 2025
5% HOURLY Ancient city blessed hosts on a regular basis (6) The Times Cryptic Sep 3, 2025
5% COMPERE Host (7) The Telegraph Quick Sep 1, 2025

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