Punishment in the wood (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Punishment in the wood (5) featured in Mirror Cryptic puzzle on August 30, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BIRCH.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BIRCH Punishment in the wood (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Aug 30, 2026
10% LETSTHINGSSLIDE Declines to punish (15) Newsday Aug 9, 2026
10% LOGGING Severe punishments uncovered for taking wood from forest (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Aug 8, 2026
9% GLADE Clearing in a wood (5) Puzzler Backwords Sep 4, 2026
9% ASH White wood (3) Puzzler Backwords Sep 3, 2026
9% BALSAM Fragrant wood (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 1, 2026
9% FINE Satisfactory punishment (4) (4) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 28, 2026
9% CREOSOTE Wood preservative (8) The Times Sunday Concise Aug 23, 2026
9% ACRE The Hundred-___ Wood (4) TV Aug 16, 2026
9% CANE Acne treatment is a punishment (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Aug 16, 2026

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