New militia lacking its leader is deployed to ambush (3,2,4) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue New militia lacking its leader is deployed to ambush (3,2,4) last seen in Guardian Cryptic 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LIEINWAIT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LIEINWAIT New militia lacking its leader is deployed to ambush (3,2,4) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 2, 2025
5% SNEAKIT/KATTACK Ambush (15) New York Times Sep 21, 2025
5% USE Deploy (3) Newsday Jul 20, 2025
5% USES Deploys (4) Wall Street Journal Jul 8, 2025
4% EYELID The result of its closure is a lack of vision (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 23, 2025
4% ANTIPOPE A new bit of advice: work with energy for unrecognised leader (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 23, 2025
4% SANS Lacking (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 22, 2025
4% SAD Lacking joy (3)
4% COURAGE Chicken's lack (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
4% DULL Lacking brightness (4)

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