"He's very modest - he has a lot to be modest about," e.g. Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GIBE "He's very modest - he has a lot to be modest about," e.g. (4) New York Times Apr 15, 2026
62% CHASTE Modest (6) The Telegraph Quick Mar 7, 2026
57% DESCENT Modest about son's ancestry (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Apr 28, 2026
57% FEELERS Modest proposals (7) Newsday Apr 11, 2026
53% ELM Feel modest about growth (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic Apr 20, 2026
51% ITRY Modest reply to praise (4) Newsday Mar 5, 2026
48% DEMUR Object is almost modest (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Apr 5, 2026
46% WISDOMTEETH Choppers, modest and white, chopped (6,5) (11) Puzzler Cryptic May 1, 2026
46% BOBDENVER He played Maynard G. Krebs (9) Wall Street Journal Mar 18, 2026
46% ODES Barely modest lyric poems (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Mar 9, 2026

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