Making a mistake cutting the head off fish (6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Making a mistake cutting the head off fish (6) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on December 17, 2025. 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 ERRING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ERRING Making a mistake cutting the head off fish (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 17, 2025
8% ERR Make a mistake (3) Commuter Dec 18, 2025
7% END Cut off (3) Thomas Joseph Dec 18, 2025
7% ERROR Mistake (5) Newsday Dec 15, 2025
7% SLIPUP Backward students make a mistake (4,2) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 6, 2025
7% AVERT Head off (5) Newsday Dec 4, 2025
7% SLASH Make long cuts in (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 16, 2025
7% LOPPED Cut (off) (6) New York Times Nov 13, 2025
7% BLADE It makes the cut (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 11, 2025
7% SHEAR Cut off (5) Thomas Joseph Nov 3, 2025

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