Hot afterthought comes back decidedly chilly (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPICY Hot afterthought comes back decidedly chilly (5) (5)
7% NAGA Hot chilli (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 28, 2025
6% INSPADES Decidedly (2,6) (8) The Guardian Quick Sep 2, 2025
5% ALOOF Chilly (5) New York Times Oct 19, 2025
5% REAPPEAR Come back (8) The Telegraph Quick Oct 17, 2025
5% LAVA It's very hot coming down the slopes (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 11, 2025
5% TEEM Come across coming back, and come down (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 8, 2025
5% FROSTY Unfriendly or chilly (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
5% TEENS Chilly temps (5) LA Times Daily Oct 2, 2025
5% COLD Chilly (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 29, 2025
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