Mate's quiet with a little resistance before opening up Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Mate's quiet with a little resistance before opening up featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on September 22, 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PARTNER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PARTNER Mate's quiet with a little resistance before opening up (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 22, 2026
6% WITHSTAND Resist and rise up (9) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 5, 2026
5% SOW Boar's mate (3) Thomas Joseph Sep 22, 2026
5% DEFY Openly resist (4) The Telegraph Quick Sep 21, 2026
5% PAS Mas' mates (3) Eugene Sheffer Sep 21, 2026
5% FIST Symbol of resistance (4) Universal Sep 20, 2026
5% MARE Stallion's mate (4)
5% BLOOM Open up, as a flower (5) New York Times Mini Sep 18, 2026
5% SHRED Tear up and be quiet with communist (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Sep 18, 2026
5% DOE Buck's mate (3) Thomas Joseph Sep 18, 2026

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