Poor wit needs cheerful period of decline Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Poor wit needs cheerful period of decline last seen in Telegraph 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TWILIGHT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TWILIGHT Poor wit needs cheerful period of decline (8) The Telegraph Cryptic May 27, 2020
2% ERA Period (3) Thomas Joseph Dec 5, 2025
2% ROOT Cheer (for) (4) Universal Dec 4, 2025
2% EBB Decline (3) (3) The Sun Mini Dec 4, 2025
2% NOTARIZE Officially witness (8) Thomas Joseph Dec 4, 2025
2% SCRAWL Poor writing (6) Puzzler Backwords Dec 2, 2025
2% PROST German "Cheers!" (5) Newsday Nov 30, 2025
2% HAPPY Cheerful (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 29, 2025
2% REES Roger of "Cheers" (4) Thomas Joseph Nov 29, 2025
2% RAH Cheering cry (3) Thomas Joseph Nov 28, 2025

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