Necessary evils Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TAXES Necessary evils (5)
35% MAL ___ nécessaire (necessary evil) (3) Wall Street Journal Jul 8, 2021
28% PAINE He wrote that government "is but a necessary evil" (5)
23% NUISANCEVALUE Alice, Venus & Una were a necessary evil (8,5) (13)
3% ELEVATION Height of evil? Atone somehow (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 6, 2025
3% ROOT "Money is the ___ of all evil" (4)
3% DEMON Evil spirit (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 31, 2025
3% GHOUL Evil spirit (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Oct 30, 2025
3% ELO "Evil Woman" gp. (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 30, 2025
3% LIVE Terribly evil, as it happens (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Oct 29, 2025
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