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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Crossword Answer For Literally “sparkling”, metaphorically “excitingly clever”:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCINTILLATING Literally “sparkling”, metaphorically “excitingly clever” (13) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 10, 2023
5% AISLE Congressional divide, literally as well as metaphorically (5) New York Times Jul 23, 2025
5% IMAGE Something that can be projected, literally or metaphorically (5)
4% LOOKYOULEAP "Don't be impulsive," literally (11) LA Times Daily Sep 5, 2025
4% LAP Luxury metaphor (3) Newsday Aug 31, 2025
4% GALE Laughter metaphor (4) Newsday Aug 28, 2025
4% TRAMS Flipping clever vehicles (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 26, 2025
4% ALIAS Literally, "at another time" (5) New York Times Aug 23, 2025
4% CAVA Catalan sparkling wine (4) LA Times Daily Aug 17, 2025
4% BRIGHT Clever bishop, such a reverend (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 15, 2025

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