Held up hero welcoming old decorating job, one that's unattractive Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Held up hero welcoming old decorating job, one that's unattractive featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on October 10, 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 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NOOILPAINTING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NOOILPAINTING Held up hero welcoming old decorating job, one that's unattractive (13) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 10, 2025
45% ABLE Up to the job (4)
43% UGLI Fruit that sounds unattractive (4) LA Times Daily Sep 21, 2025
43% ACE Card held up one's sleeve? (3) The Telegraph Mini Jul 30, 2025
41% WARM Welcoming (4) New York Times Oct 3, 2025
41% IDOL Hero (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 25, 2025
41% IDOLS Heroes (5) The Telegraph Plusword Sep 24, 2025
41% ACCEPT Welcome (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 18, 2025
41% MAT Welcome __ (3) Commuter Sep 11, 2025
41% GREET Welcome (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 1, 2025

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