He gets the blame for small animal having cloak (9) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue He gets the blame for small animal having cloak (9) featured in Mirror Cryptic puzzle on October 16, 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 SCAPEGOAT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCAPEGOAT He gets the blame for small animal having cloak (9) (9) Mirror Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
6% ACCUSE Formally blame (6) The Times Concise Oct 8, 2025
6% PALL Cloak of darkness (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 29, 2025
6% ITO "Was ___ blame?" (3) New York Times Sep 21, 2025
6% BAT Small flying animal (3) Puzzler Backwords Sep 7, 2025
5% AROUND ... somewhere near what he might get there? (6) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 10, 2025
5% BEDLAM Uproar blamed, wrongly (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 5, 2025
5% NEED Have to have (4) Commuter Oct 3, 2025
5% DOES "Who ___ he think he is?" (4)
5% DIMPLED Having small hollows in the cheeks (7) (7) Puzzler Sep 29, 2025

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