Hat is miserable, lacking will ultimately to inspire (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Hat is miserable, lacking will ultimately to inspire (5) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on April 17, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IMBUE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IMBUE Hat is miserable, lacking will ultimately to inspire (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Apr 17, 2026
6% SAD Miserable (3) (3) Mirror Quick Apr 17, 2026
6% LES "___ Miserables" (3) USA Today Mar 23, 2026
6% GARLIC Fish tongue ultimately lacking strong ingredient (6) The Times Cryptic Mar 13, 2026
6% APNEA Lack of inspiration almost endless on a piano (5) The Times Cryptic Feb 23, 2026
6% ACORN Seed of a scam inspiring hacker, ultimately (5) The Telegraph Toughie Feb 11, 2026
5% FEDORA Man's hat (6) Puzzler Backwords Apr 17, 2026
5% HUGO Les Miserables author (4) Newsday Apr 15, 2026
5% IDEA Flash of inspiration (4) Wall Street Journal Apr 14, 2026
5% ENAMOUR Inspire with love (7) The Times Concise Apr 13, 2026

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