Lulu's half escaping depression in the old city (6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Lulu's half escaping depression in the old city (6) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on May 20, 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is THEBES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% THEBES Lulu's half escaping depression in the old city (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic May 20, 2026
48% MISERABLE Depressed (9) Puzzler Backwords May 13, 2026
48% SKIPOUT Escape (7) The Atlantic Apr 29, 2026
48% DISMAL Depressing (6) Puzzler Backwords Apr 5, 2026
46% SINKHOLE Great depression? (8) New York Times May 8, 2026
46% DOWN Depressed (4) (4) Mirror Quick Apr 26, 2026
46% PIT Very old Scotsman forgets about depression (3) The Times Cryptic Apr 21, 2026
46% HUNDRED Division of old track allowing escape of old cardinal (7) The Telegraph Toughie Mar 20, 2026
44% DENT Depression on a car door (4)
44% HULU "The Bear" streaming service (rhymes with "lulu") (4)

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