In brief, 'Academy' leads with a vowel (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue In brief, 'Academy' leads with a vowel (5) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on September 30, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SCHWA.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCHWA In brief, 'Academy' leads with a vowel (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 30, 2026
6% ETA Greek vowel (3) Thomas Joseph Sep 29, 2026
6% SHORTFALL Brief collapse can lead to deficit (9) (9) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 18, 2026
6% EIO Vowel trio following "a" (3)
6% OSCAR Academy Award (5) USA Today Sep 5, 2026
6% IOU Vowels following "e" (3)
6% GUIDE Lead (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 29, 2026
6% OMEGA Greek vowel (5) The Telegraph Plusword Aug 28, 2026
6% SCHWAS Unstressed vowel sounds (6) LA Times Daily Aug 28, 2026
6% AEIOU Vowel set (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 24, 2026

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