Mike retires unexpectedly, in the best of spirits Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Mike retires unexpectedly, in the best of spirits featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on August 29, 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MERRIEST.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MERRIEST Mike retires unexpectedly, in the best of spirits (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 29, 2026
6% ANDYET "Unexpectedly..." (6) Newsday Jul 11, 2026
5% PLUCK Spirit (5) Thomas Joseph Aug 25, 2026
5% TOPTIER Best of the best (7) USA Today Aug 17, 2026
5% AONE Best of the best (4) LA Times Daily Aug 16, 2026
5% ALA In the spirit of (3) Wall Street Journal Jul 21, 2026
5% IRONIC Unexpectedly funny (6) LA Times Daily Jul 9, 2026
5% ELAN Spirit (4) New York Times Jul 1, 2026
4% MIRTH High spirits (5) Newsday Aug 23, 2026
4% EDITOR Chief rioted unexpectedly (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Aug 22, 2026

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