Kind of word that either part of down clue can be, never across Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Kind of word that either part of down clue can be, never across 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is VERB.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% VERB Kind of word that either part of down clue can be, never across (4) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 7, 2021
6% WAY Word that can follow 4-Down (3) The Washington Post Mini Dec 16, 2025
6% PAJAMABOTTOMS Part of a sleeper set [...in 15-Down's clue] (13) Wall Street Journal Dec 6, 2025
6% ANEYE Words on either side of "for" (5) New York Times Oct 11, 2025
5% THANKSFORCOMING Parting words, potentially (15) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 21, 2025
5% CHRISTMAS Festival that can precede answers to asterisked clues (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 20, 2025
5% IRIS Eye part that can be scanned (4) USA Today Dec 18, 2025
5% NOTONCE Never ever (7) Newsday Dec 17, 2025
5% GOOD It's not excellent, but not bad either (4) The Telegraph Mini Dec 16, 2025
5% BYE Parting word (3)

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