Motive for murder, perhaps Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Motive for murder, perhaps . 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BLACKMAIL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BLACKMAIL Motive for murder, perhaps (9)
8% REASON Motivation (6) Wall Street Journal Mar 2, 2026
8% URGE Motivate (4) Commuter Feb 28, 2026
8% EAGER Motivated (5) Wall Street Journal Feb 12, 2026
7% LOCO Motive preceder (4) Newsday Mar 6, 2026
7% RAH Motivational cheer (3) New York Times Mar 4, 2026
7% HITMAN Perhaps Walt wanting wife to become murderer (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Feb 21, 2026
7% WHODUNNIT Murder mystery (9) The Telegraph Quick Feb 19, 2026
7% CROWS Birds in a murder (5) The Telegraph Mini Feb 9, 2026
7% SHE "Murder, ___ Wrote" (3) Universal Feb 2, 2026
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