Prisoner stupid to maintain corruption Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Prisoner stupid to maintain corruption 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 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CONTAMINATION.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CONTAMINATION Prisoner stupid to maintain corruption (13) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 6, 2018
3% UPHOLD Maintain (6) The Telegraph Quick Dec 22, 2025
3% AVER Maintain (4) Newsday Dec 20, 2025
3% KEEP Maintain (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 4, 2025
3% HELD Maintained (4) Eugene Sheffer Dec 3, 2025
2% PRESERVE Maintain, keep up (8) (8) Puzzler Jan 8, 2026
2% AMORAL A lesson is corrupt (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Jan 4, 2026
2% STABILISE Maintain equilibrium (9) (9) Puzzler Jan 2, 2026
2% CELL Prison room (4) Puzzler Backwords Jan 1, 2026
2% STREAKS Achievements maintained by logging in daily (7) Universal Dec 30, 2025

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