Mum's hesitant expression, holding up flying insect Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Mum's hesitant expression, holding up flying insect featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on September 21, 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 MOTHER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MOTHER Mum's hesitant expression, holding up flying insect (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 21, 2026
49% ROB Hold up (3) New York Times Sep 20, 2026
49% LASTS Holds up (5) Newsday Sep 4, 2026
49% NANS Mums' mums (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 13, 2026
49% STALL Hold up (5) New York Times Aug 13, 2026
49% NAN Mum's mum (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 8, 2026
49% GNATS Pesky flying insects (5)
49% FLEA Insect fly caught (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Jul 11, 2026
47% WAIT "Hold up" (4) Universal Jul 30, 2026
47% DELAY Hold-up (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 21, 2026

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