Once used by boys and men of Tenby, Wales, to whip unsuspecting girls on Boxing Day in a courting ritual of "holming", a plant with prickly leaves evocative of Christ's crown of thorns at the Crucifix Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Once used by boys and men of Tenby, Wales, to whip unsuspecting girls on Boxing Day in a courting ritual of "holming", a plant with prickly leaves evocative of Christ's crown of thorns at the Crucifix . 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 HOLLY.

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Crossword Answer For Once used by boys and men of Tenby, Wales, to whip unsuspecting girls on Boxing Day in a courting ritual of "holming", a plant with prickly leaves evocative of Christ's crown of thorns at the Crucifix:

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HOLLY Once used by boys and men of Tenby, Wales, to whip unsuspecting girls on Boxing Day in a courting ritual of "holming", a plant with prickly leaves evocative of Christ's crown of thorns at the Crucifix (5)
46% ACANTHUS Prickly plant (8) The Times Sunday Concise Nov 23, 2025
46% CACTI Prickly plants (5) Universal Oct 26, 2025
43% THISTLE Prickly plant (7) (7) Mirror Classic Nov 18, 2025
43% SCAPEGOAT Whipping boy (9) (9) Mirror Quick Oct 16, 2025
43% ECCEHOMO Picture of Christ crowned with thorns (8)
41% SATORI Enlightenment men found in fiery ritual once (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 7, 2025
41% HES Men and boys (3) Newsday Oct 27, 2025
40% REDOLENT Evocative (8) (8) Mirror Quick Nov 14, 2025
40% ROOD Ritual crucifix (4)
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