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
3% EBB Decline (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 20, 2025
2% LAME Poor, as an excuse (4)
2% DIM ___-witted (silly) (3)
2% ABSTAINS Declines to vote (8) Eugene Sheffer Dec 20, 2025
2% SUNNYDISPOSITION Cheerful nature (16) Newsday Dec 14, 2025
2% ASTUTE Sharp-witted (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 13, 2025
2% ARRIBA Spaniard's cheer (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
2% MERRY Cheerful (5) (5) Mirror Quick Dec 12, 2025
2% RAH Short cheer (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 11, 2025

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