Literally “sparkling”, metaphorically “excitingly clever” Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Literally “sparkling”, metaphorically “excitingly clever” 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 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SCINTILLATING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCINTILLATING Literally “sparkling”, metaphorically “excitingly clever” (13) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 10, 2023
4% BRIGHT Clever (6) The Telegraph Quick Dec 16, 2025
4% SMART Clever (5) Universal Dec 7, 2025
4% TAP "Still, sparkling or ___?" (3) USA Today Dec 7, 2025
4% CRAW Metaphorical sticking point (4) USA Today Dec 7, 2025
4% SLY Sneakily clever (3) New York Times Dec 3, 2025
4% WIT Cleverness (3) USA Today Nov 28, 2025
4% IDEA Clever notion (4) LA Times Daily Nov 24, 2025
4% EFFERVESCENT Sparkling, like champagne * (12) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 24, 2025
4% FENCE Metaphorical place of indecision (5) New York Times Nov 23, 2025

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