Ideal vacation spot ... or a phonetic hint to a word hidden twice in 17-, 27- or 43-/50-Across Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Ideal vacation spot ... or a phonetic hint to a word hidden twice in 17-, 27- or 43-/50-Across featured in Universal puzzle on July 16, 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PARADISE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PARADISE Ideal vacation spot ... or a phonetic hint to a word hidden twice in 17-, 27- or 43-/50-Across (8) Universal Jul 16, 2026
5% THREEMUSKETEERS They're hidden in 17-, 27-, and 43-Across (15)
4% BUTAGOODIE See 43-Across (10) Universal Jul 16, 2026
4% FORGONE Renounced … or a phonetic hint to reading the answers to the starred clues (7) New York Times Jul 9, 2026
4% ONE With 17-Across, bogey (3) Universal Jul 3, 2026
4% ART With 27-Across, Erté's style (3) Premier Sunday Jun 28, 2026
4% SOMEBODYSCRANKY Response to a series of complaints … that also jokingly applies to 17-, 27- and 47-Across (15) New York Times Jun 15, 2026
4% SUB Vehicle that is 27-Across in reverse (3) New York Times Midi Jun 9, 2026
4% TANGENT Conversational offshoot ... or, when parsed as two words, a hint to 17-Down (7) New York Times Midi Jun 7, 2026
4% INCA Old empire in 43-Across (4) Commuter Jun 6, 2026

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