Latin “will-o’-the-wisp”, or a dangerously elusive ideal Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Latin “will-o’-the-wisp”, or a dangerously elusive ideal 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IGNISFATUUS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IGNISFATUUS Latin “will-o’-the-wisp”, or a dangerously elusive ideal (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 8, 2019
4% PERIL Danger (5) Universal Apr 20, 2026
4% SALSA Latin dance (5) Wall Street Journal Apr 18, 2026
4% ETTU Latin for "And you?" (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Apr 18, 2026
4% ECOLI Dangerous bacteria (5) New York Times Midi Apr 17, 2026
4% ESSE To be, in Latin (4) Commuter Apr 14, 2026
4% MIO "O Sole __" (3) LA Times Daily Apr 7, 2026
4% OWN "O" in BYOB (3)
4% RISK Danger (4) (4) Mirror Classic Apr 7, 2026
4% IDEST "That is," in Latin (5) Universal Apr 4, 2026

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