Old Spooner's most useless key? Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Old Spooner's most useless key? last seen in Times Cryptic puzzle. 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 ERSTWHILE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ERSTWHILE Old Spooner's most useless key? (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 9, 2024
69% GROTTO Mostly useless, old cave (6) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 24, 2025
69% DUD Useless (3) Puzzler Backwords Sep 4, 2025
69% INEPT Useless (5) The Telegraph Plusword Sep 1, 2025
63% MOUTHTROUSERS All ____ and no ____, talkative but useless (13) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 9, 2025
63% SCRAP Discard as useless (5) (5) The Sun Mini Oct 4, 2025
60% CTRL Key that's key for many shortcuts (4) Universal Nov 9, 2025
60% DROSS Useless leftovers (5) New York Times Aug 7, 2025
56% ALT Computer key (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 5, 2025
56% TAB Indent key (3) LA Times Daily Nov 5, 2025

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