It's awfully hard to hide a navy stain (7) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue It's awfully hard to hide a navy stain (7) last seen in Guardian 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TARNISH.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TARNISH It's awfully hard to hide a navy stain (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic May 6, 2024
70% TERRIBLY Awfully (8) The Telegraph Quick Aug 19, 2025
67% DYED Stained (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 11, 2025
67% RETSINA Wine stain awfully concerning at first (7) (7)
64% SPLOTCH Irregular stain (7) Commuter Aug 30, 2025
64% DYE Stain (material) (3) Puzzler Backwords Aug 4, 2025
64% BLOT Stain (4) The Telegraph Quick Jul 27, 2025
64% ASHORE On land or sea, awfully hard to get into (6) (6)
61% ADMIRAL Navy bigwig (7) Commuter Aug 27, 2025
61% SECRETE Hide (7) Wall Street Journal Aug 14, 2025

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