Ointment's purpose when uncapped (7) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Ointment's purpose when uncapped (7) featured in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle on September 6, 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is UNCTION.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% UNCTION Ointment's purpose when uncapped (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Sep 6, 2025
54% SALVE Ointment (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 24, 2025
49% DUAL __-purpose (4) Commuter Aug 27, 2025
49% DABS Ointment applications (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 13, 2025
49% END Purpose (3) Thomas Joseph Aug 8, 2025
49% DAB Bit of ointment (3) Wall Street Journal Aug 4, 2025
49% WIDGET With fiddle, uncapped device (6)
47% TUNEOUT Ignore on purpose (7) Wall Street Journal Sep 2, 2025
47% USE Find a purpose for (3) Newsday Sep 2, 2025
47% AIM Main purpose (3) Newsday Aug 3, 2025

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