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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Next best thing to a strike last seen in USA Today 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SPARE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPARE Next best thing to a strike (5) USA Today Dec 16, 2015
3% ELITE Best of the best (5) The Telegraph Plusword Aug 29, 2025
3% MODEL Strike a pose (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 26, 2025
3% ECLAT Striking effect (5) Puzzler Backwords Aug 24, 2025
3% LETAT Allowed to strike (5) New York Times Aug 23, 2025
3% ENSUE Come next (5) LA Times Daily Aug 21, 2025
3% TOMORROW Next day (8) The Times Concise Aug 5, 2025
3% ELITES Best-of-the-best groups (6) Premier Sunday Aug 3, 2025
3% HEIR Next in line (4) New York Times Aug 3, 2025
3% PELT Strike with stones (4) Thomas Joseph Aug 2, 2025

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