JRR Tolkien’s “hole-builder” Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue JRR Tolkien’s “hole-builder” last seen in Times Specialist Sunday 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HOBBIT.

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Crossword Answer For JRR Tolkien’s “hole-builder”:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HOBBIT JRR Tolkien’s “hole-builder” (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Aug 9, 2020
70% RINGS The Lord of the ___, JRR Tolkien trilogy (5) (5) Puzzler Aug 24, 2025
62% THEHOBBIT Novel by JRR Tolkien (9) The Times Concise Jun 26, 2024
62% LOTR JRR Tolkien franchise (4)
56% ORC Tolkien humanoid (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 5, 2025
56% ENTS Tolkien creatures (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 31, 2025
54% BEAVER Dam builder (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 6, 2025
54% NORSEMEN Longship builders (8) New York Times Oct 25, 2025
54% THELORDOFTHERINGS JRR Tolkien novel (3,4,2,3,5) (17)
54% LORD The ___ of the Rings, JRR Tolkien novel (4) Puzzler Backwords Feb 5, 2024

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