Hands on top beginning to slacken bolt Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Hands on top beginning to slacken bolt featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on July 9, 2026. 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CAPSCREW.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CAPSCREW Hands on top beginning to slacken bolt (8) The Times Cryptic Jul 9, 2026
3% SCRAM Bolt (5) Newsday Jun 27, 2026
3% FLEE Bolt (4) Wall Street Journal Jun 24, 2026
3% EASE Slacken off (4) Newsday May 20, 2026
3% LOOSENED Slackened (8) (8) Mirror Quick May 15, 2026
2% RESET New beginning (5) New York Times Jul 8, 2026
2% SOME A handful of (4) Universal Jul 6, 2026
2% STARTTO Beginning of (7) Premier Sunday Jul 5, 2026
2% COLT Young stallion (rhymes with "bolt") (4)
2% FORE Bear beginning (4) Newsday Jul 4, 2026

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