Pythias' substitute as hostage Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pythias' substitute as hostage . 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 DAMON.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DAMON Pythias' substitute as hostage (5)
5% SCRIP Cheese substitute? (5) LA Times Daily Oct 18, 2025
5% SEITAN Meat substitute (6) LA Times Daily Oct 5, 2025
5% KIDNAPPER Hostage taker (9) (9) The Guardian Quick Oct 3, 2025
5% ALTERNATE Substitute (9) USA Today Sep 27, 2025
5% LIEU In __ of (substituting for) (4) Newsday Aug 5, 2025
5% RANSOM Payment for a hostage (6) Puzzler Backwords Jul 28, 2025
4% ERSATZ Tears off with unknown substitute (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 18, 2025
4% STOOGE Pawn telly, primarily as substitute for money-grubber's credit (6) The Times Cryptic Oct 3, 2025
4% SOYA Meat-substitute bean (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 23, 2025
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