Lionel ____ was the losing captain in the first shock result of the 2022 World Cup Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Lionel ____ was the losing captain in the first shock result of the 2022 World Cup 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MESSI.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MESSI Lionel ____ was the losing captain in the first shock result of the 2022 World Cup (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 11, 2022
3% OLEOLE World Cup chant (6) Newsday Oct 10, 2025
3% ASIA Home of the 2022 World Cup (4) The Washington Post Mini Oct 4, 2025
3% DOHA 2022 FIFA World Cup host (4) USA Today Oct 4, 2025
3% ARG World Cup champs of 1978, 1986 and 2022: Abbr. (3) New York Times Sep 17, 2025
2% SNAP Lose it (4) Universal Oct 16, 2025
2% SMEE Captain Hook's first mate (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 14, 2025
2% TIE Cup game, or its potential result (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 13, 2025
2% USE "___ it or lose it" (3) The Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
2% LEDTO Resulted in (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025

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