Protest less than polite, altogether fiendish (7) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Protest less than polite, altogether fiendish (7) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on January 9, 2026. 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DEMONIC.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEMONIC Protest less than polite, altogether fiendish (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 9, 2026
6% RUDER Less polite (5) Universal Oct 20, 2025
6% RUDDER *Less polite (6) Universal Oct 10, 2025
5% ASAP "At your earliest convenience," less politely (4) LA Times Daily Dec 31, 2025
5% EUR It's traded more than the JPY but less than the USD (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 11, 2025
5% EVIL Fiendish (4) (4) Puzzler Oct 7, 2025
5% SASSY Less than polite (5) Newsday Sep 20, 2025
4% CHANTERS Protesters, at times (8) Thomas Joseph Jan 8, 2026
4% MAAM Polite title (4) Commuter Jan 8, 2026
4% SIR Polite address (3) Thomas Joseph Jan 6, 2026

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