Nutcase's second place of torture (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Nutcase's second place of torture (5) featured in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle on August 15, 2026. 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 SHELL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHELL Nutcase's second place of torture (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Aug 15, 2026
54% EUR It.'s place (3) Wall Street Journal Jun 13, 2026
50% SILVERMEDAL Second place award (6,5) (11) Mirror Quick Jul 13, 2026
47% FIRSTRATE Second to ___ (9) Universal Aug 7, 2026
47% WAITA "___ second!" (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 4, 2026
47% NONE Second to ___ (4) USA Today Jul 15, 2026
47% IRONMAIDEN Medieval torture instrument (4,6) (10) Mirror Classic Jul 12, 2026
44% RANSACK Poles and American probing torture and pillage (7) (7) The Sun Two Speed Jul 11, 2026
42% YOU Second person (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 14, 2026
42% SOON "S" in ASAP (4)

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