Male heir holding box back, containing king's bones Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Male heir holding box back, containing king's bones last seen in Guardian Cryptic 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SKELETON.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SKELETON Male heir holding box back, containing king's bones (8) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 22, 2022
60% SUCCESSOR Heir (9) The Sun Two Speed Aug 1, 2025
60% RESTRAIN Hold back (8) Family Time Jul 14, 2025
58% SITON Hold back for a time (5) Newsday Sep 10, 2025
58% RETAIN Hold back (6) (6) Mirror Quick Aug 26, 2025
55% ESS Suffix with heir (3) New York Times Sep 12, 2025
55% CARTOON Box contains old film (7) (7) Mirror Cryptic Sep 5, 2025
55% SONS Some heirs (4) Eugene Sheffer Aug 20, 2025
52% RIB Bone (3) Puzzler Backwords Aug 29, 2025
52% BLINI Container holds fifty one pancakes (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Aug 14, 2025

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