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

Here is the answer for the crossword clue New militia lacking its leader is deployed to ambush (3,2,4) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 2, 2025. 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% ARID Lacking in rain (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 1, 2025
4% TOE Sandal's lack (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 1, 2025
4% PURE Lacking additives (4) USA Today Oct 1, 2025
4% HASNT Lacks (5) New York Times Sep 27, 2025
4% NONST Lacking layovers (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 25, 2025
4% NOSAY Lack of a voice (5) New York Times Sep 14, 2025

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