Lead meeting to ditch hot, old African city (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Lead meeting to ditch hot, old African city (5) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on February 19, 2026. 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 CAIRO.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CAIRO Lead meeting to ditch hot, old African city (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 19, 2026
7% CHAIR Lead, as a meeting (5) New York Times Dec 31, 2025
6% DURBAN South African port city (6) The Times Concise Feb 9, 2026
6% MOATS Ditches at the castle? (5) The Atlantic Feb 6, 2026
6% SPADE Ditch digger (5) New York Times Jan 3, 2026
5% NYALA African native in American city unfortunately cut (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Feb 18, 2026
5% ACCORD Meeting of the minds (6) Newsday Feb 15, 2026
5% UGANDA African nation (6) The Telegraph Quick Feb 14, 2026
5% AHEAD In the lead (5) The Telegraph Quick Feb 13, 2026
5% STOLEN Hot (6) Eugene Sheffer Feb 11, 2026

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