Initially superfluous, perhaps, and rather extraneous Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Initially superfluous, perhaps, and rather extraneous featured in Telegraph Toughie puzzle on October 16, 2025. 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 SPARE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPARE Initially superfluous, perhaps, and rather extraneous (5) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 16, 2025
5% OTIOSE Superfluous (6) Puzzler Backwords Aug 6, 2025
4% EVIL Rather wicked (4) LA Times Daily Sep 30, 2025
4% INTRICATE Rather complicated (9) LA Times Daily Sep 28, 2025
4% LACKLUSTER Rather dull (10) Newsday Sep 28, 2025
4% SPARSE Superfluous spears thrown (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Sep 24, 2025
4% TEENY Rather wee (5) LA Times Daily Sep 21, 2025
4% NOTCOOL Rather wrong (7) Newsday Sep 19, 2025
4% DAMAGE Injury for David initially, before a game, perhaps (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 16, 2025
4% LIEU In ___ of (rather than) (4) USA Today Sep 5, 2025

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