Hound's eager and playful, nipping cat's tail Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Hound's eager and playful, nipping cat's tail featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on March 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is GREATDANE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GREATDANE Hound's eager and playful, nipping cat's tail (9) The Times Cryptic Mar 17, 2026
50% ROADGRADER Cat with no tail (10) Newsday Jan 22, 2026
48% ESS S (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 18, 2025
46% EGOS "I"s (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 5, 2026
46% SAN The "S" of S.F. (3) New York Times Midi Feb 27, 2026
46% BODYDOUBLE The s's in "association"? (10) Universal Feb 17, 2026
46% SOUTH S, on a compass (5) The Telegraph Plusword Feb 16, 2026
46% GRANT Ulysses S. __ (5) Commuter Feb 6, 2026
46% BUD "Nip it in the ___" (3)
46% SOON "S" in ASAP (4)

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