Man in Japan protecting assassin (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Man in Japan protecting assassin (5) featured in Sun Two Speed puzzle on February 23, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NINJA.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NINJA Man in Japan protecting assassin (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Feb 23, 2026
7% POET Periodically protect man of letters (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Feb 23, 2026
7% MURDER Assassinate (6) (6) Mirror Quick Feb 19, 2026
7% HITMAN Assassin (3,3) (6) Mirror Classic Jan 30, 2026
6% KOI Carp, originally from Japan (3) Puzzler Backwords Feb 23, 2026
6% ARK Symbol of protection (3) New York Times Feb 19, 2026
6% MASK Goalie's protection (4) Newsday Feb 18, 2026
6% ASP Venomous snake that allegedly assassinated Cleopatra (3)
6% ILLER Increasingly sick assassin losing head (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Feb 9, 2026
6% COVERAGE Protection provision (8) Newsday Feb 7, 2026

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