Old king, brave man heading for defeat Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Old king, brave man heading for defeat . 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 HEROD.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HEROD Old king, brave man heading for defeat (5)
6% BESTED Defeated (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 7, 2025
6% LOSS Defeat (4) Commuter Nov 1, 2025
6% LICK Defeat (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 11, 2025
6% FEARLESS Brave (8) The Telegraph Quick Sep 10, 2025
5% ECOLI "Old King" cycling with international gets bug (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 27, 2025
5% ILOSE Admission of defeat (5) Newsday Nov 23, 2025
5% LOSE Be defeated (4) (4) Mirror Quick Nov 19, 2025
5% SMOKES Defeats decisively, in slang (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 17, 2025
5% ATL Home of the Braves: Abbr. (3) New York Times Nov 11, 2025
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