Mouth essentially held in vice-like grip, to stop speaking Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Mouth essentially held in vice-like grip, to stop speaking featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on June 10, 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CLAMUP.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CLAMUP Mouth essentially held in vice-like grip, to stop speaking (6) The Times Cryptic Jun 10, 2026
5% ORIFICE Mouth-like opening (7) Puzzler Backwords Jun 1, 2026
4% SPIRO Vice president Agnew (5) New York Times Jun 7, 2026
4% ORI It means "mouth" (3) Newsday Jun 4, 2026
4% CUD Ruminant's mouthful (3) LA Times Daily May 31, 2026
4% MAT Yoga essential (3)
4% INDISPENSABLE Essential, like class A drugs? (13) The Times Cryptic May 28, 2026
4% CLASP Grip firmly (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 27, 2026
4% KEPT Held onto (4) Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026
4% ORA Mouths (Lat.) (3) Eugene Sheffer May 25, 2026

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