“Nature, in her fantastic ____ had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess’s countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air” (Thomas Hardy) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue “Nature, in her fantastic ____ had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess’s countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air” (Thomas Hardy) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. 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 TRICKERY.

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Crossword Answer For “Nature, in her fantastic ____ had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess’s countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air” (Thomas Hardy):

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRICKERY “Nature, in her fantastic ____ had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess’s countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air” (Thomas Hardy) (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Aug 11, 2019
46% HIS Not hers (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 28, 2026
46% SHE ___/her (3) New York Times May 10, 2026
45% TESS Thomas Hardy's "___ of the d'Urbervilles" (4)
41% SILD Young herring (4) Puzzler Backwords May 15, 2026
41% VISAGE Countenance (6) Thomas Joseph May 11, 2026
40% DAZE Stupefy (4) The Times Sunday Concise May 10, 2026
40% SHAD Herring's kin (4) Thomas Joseph Mar 31, 2026
38% MARA "Her" actress Rooney (4) Eugene Sheffer May 28, 2026
38% KIPPER Cured herring (6) (6) Mirror Quick Apr 14, 2026

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