Observe lawyer taking more time to squash start of malicious gossip (13) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Observe lawyer taking more time to squash start of malicious gossip (13) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on January 1, 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 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SCANDALMONGER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCANDALMONGER Observe lawyer taking more time to squash start of malicious gossip (13) (13) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 1, 2026
5% EVILMINDED Malicious (10) The Telegraph Quick Dec 15, 2025
5% EVIL Malicious (4) LA Times Daily Dec 14, 2025
5% SCANDAL Malicious gossip (7) Mirror Tea Time Mar 18, 2025
5% DIRT Malicious gossip (4) LA Times Daily Jul 18, 2020
5% SNIPE Gossip maliciously (5)
4% ONDIT Piece of gossip (5) The Times Concise Dec 29, 2025
4% DALLIES Takes one's sweet time (7) Commuter Dec 29, 2025
4% DONTRUSHME "I need more time!" (10) Newsday Dec 27, 2025
4% ATT Lawyer, for short (3)

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