Obstacle in hollow filled with French earth (9) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Obstacle in hollow filled with French earth (9) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 14, 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 DETERRENT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DETERRENT Obstacle in hollow filled with French earth (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
6% EGO Agreement obstacle (3) Newsday Sep 19, 2025
6% SNAG Obstacle (4) USA Today Quick Sep 4, 2025
6% ANTRA Hollows in a road regularly filled by conservationists (5) The Times Sunday Cryptic Aug 31, 2025
6% DEN Hollow (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 20, 2025
6% SOLID Not hollow (5) Eugene Sheffer Aug 14, 2025
5% DAM Mad about obstacle (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic Oct 13, 2025
5% LOAD Fill up (4) USA Today Quick Oct 13, 2025
5% OBSTRUCTION Obstacle or blockage (11) (11) Mirror Classic Oct 10, 2025
5% ROPELADDER Obstacle course component, often (10) LA Times Daily Oct 9, 2025

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