(Of a plan) blow up in one's face (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue (Of a plan) blow up in one's face (8) featured in Guardian Quick 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BACKFIRE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BACKFIRE (Of a plan) blow up in one's face (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Oct 2, 2025
69% ENLARGE Blow up (7) Wall Street Journal Sep 24, 2025
63% VANE One offering a blow-by-blow account? (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 22, 2025
60% ERUPT Blow up (volcano) (5) Puzzler Backwords Aug 23, 2025
60% HATCH Dream up, as a plan (5) New York Times Aug 18, 2025
60% EMOJI Face blowing a kiss, for example (5) Universal Jul 14, 2025
57% SMOKERING Blow it! (9) New York Times Sep 20, 2025
57% KISS Meet face to face? (4) The Washington Post Mini Sep 19, 2025
57% WIND This blows! (4) Universal Sep 12, 2025
57% MET Came face to face (3) Puzzler Backwords Sep 8, 2025

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