One's fast in the water but slow on land (5) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue One's fast in the water but slow on land (5) last seen in Guardian 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CRAWL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CRAWL One's fast in the water but slow on land (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 2, 2024
95% ISLE Piece of land in water (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 6, 2025
95% LAKE Water surrounded by land (4) Newsday Aug 25, 2025
90% ISLAND Water Land surrounded by (6)
86% POLO Game with land and water varieties (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 2, 2025
86% DUPE Pull a fast one on (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 26, 2025
82% SPEEDY Fast (6) Commuter Sep 5, 2025
82% ISLET Land in water no longer available (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Aug 16, 2025
82% MEDIA __ fast (5) LA Times Daily Aug 2, 2025
82% CONSOMME Dodgy come-ons landing male in hot water? (8)

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