Make light of recluse being beaten up Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Make light of recluse being beaten up featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on January 14, 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FLUORESCE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FLUORESCE Make light of recluse being beaten up (9) The Times Quick Cryptic Jan 14, 2026
3% LONER Recluse (5) Universal Jan 7, 2026
3% BITTERN Reclusive reedbed bird (7) The Times Concise Jan 7, 2026
3% GENIE Being bottled up (5) The Washington Post Mini Dec 11, 2025
3% ASOCIAL Reclusive (7) Puzzler Backwords Dec 9, 2025
3% LOSE Get beaten (4) Commuter Dec 9, 2025
3% ATONES Makes up (for) (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 8, 2025
3% SUN Light up? (3) New York Times Oct 12, 2025
2% LIE Make up, as an excuse (3)
2% ENDEAVOUR Dexter's lead character in an oeuvre beaten up and shot (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 9, 2026

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