Recruit forcibly (5-4) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PRESSGANG Recruit forcibly (5-4) (9)
10% WRESTS Takes forcibly (6) Universal Oct 26, 2025
10% COERCE Impel forcibly (6) Premier Sunday Sep 28, 2025
10% USURP Take forcibly (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 13, 2025
9% ERASE Remove a seer forcibly (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Sep 20, 2025
9% HIRE Recruit, as a new employee (4)
9% SAM Venerable recruitment figure (3) Newsday Aug 16, 2025
9% RUSHWEEK Sorority recruitment period (8) Universal Aug 6, 2025
9% CATAPULT Fling forcibly (8)
8% ENROL Recruit in French Resistance over fifty (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 23, 2025
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