In Bow, despicable character, slippery type (3) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue In Bow, despicable character, slippery type (3) last seen in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle. 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 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EEL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EEL In Bow, despicable character, slippery type (3) (3) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Aug 23, 2025
7% GRU Despicable character in "Despicable Me" (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 29, 2025
6% EELS Slippery swimmers (4) Newsday Jan 29, 2026
6% UNRELIABLE Slippery (10) The Telegraph Quick Jan 15, 2026
6% VILEST Most despicable (6) Thomas Joseph Dec 10, 2025
5% EROS God depicted with a bow (4) New York Times Feb 25, 2026
5% MINION Kevin, Stuart or Bob in "Despicable Me" (6) USA Today Feb 25, 2026
5% SORTS Types (5) Commuter Feb 24, 2026
5% PIGGY Thematic novel character; type of bank? (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 23, 2026
5% RATED Despicable person (a journalist) scored (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Feb 21, 2026

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