React defensively, placing king in corner Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PRICKLE React defensively, placing king in corner (7)
6% HOG Corner (3) The Telegraph Quick Feb 1, 2026
6% TREED Cornered (5) Thomas Joseph Jan 9, 2026
5% MEOW React to ear scritches, perhaps (4) LA Times Daily Feb 9, 2026
5% ARIZ It shares a corner with Colo. (4) Wall Street Journal Feb 7, 2026
5% BUDDYINGUP Trying to corner the market on (10) Wall Street Journal Jan 29, 2026
5% MITERSAW One cutting corners (8) New York Times Jan 25, 2026
5% REEL React to a blow (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 24, 2026
5% SWOON React to a teen idol, maybe (5) Wall Street Journal Jan 24, 2026
5% CRIES Reacts to a three-hanky movie (5) USA Today Jan 24, 2026
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