Male lacking in spirit worried to move upstairs (8) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ESCALATE Male lacking in spirit worried to move upstairs (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 28, 2025
6% ALOFT Upstairs, in the air (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 24, 2025
6% SANE With it, upstairs (4) Universal Oct 29, 2025
5% ABSENCE Lack (7) Eugene Sheffer Nov 19, 2025
5% HAVENT Lack (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2025
5% EATAT Worry (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 28, 2025
5% STEWS Worries (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 27, 2025
5% MERGANSER Retiring Greeks regularly worry about male duck (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 24, 2025
5% STEWED Worried and worried (6) Universal Oct 5, 2025
4% STAG Male deer (4) Commuter Dec 9, 2025

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