Person to blame for a pasty mess (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PATSY Person to blame for a pasty mess (5) (5)
7% PALE Pasty (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 13, 2025
7% SCAPEGOAT Person wrongly blamed (9) Newsday Aug 21, 2025
6% PINON Blame for (5) Newsday Nov 1, 2025
6% ERR Mess up (3) Commuter Oct 23, 2025
6% PIN Blame (on) (3) LA Times Daily Oct 17, 2025
6% ACCUSE Formally blame (6) The Times Concise Oct 8, 2025
6% GOOFS Messes up (5)
6% ITO "Was ___ blame?" (3) New York Times Sep 21, 2025
6% ACCUSED Blamed person in the dock (7) (7) Mirror Cryptic Sep 5, 2025
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