Return earth to (an excavated hole) (8) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BACKFILL Return earth to (an excavated hole) (8) (8)
8% LANDS Returns to Earth (5) USA Today Jul 8, 2025
7% MINED Excavated (5) The Sun Two Speed Jul 11, 2025
6% LAIR Place to hole up (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 8, 2025
6% GEOL Earth sci. (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 7, 2025
6% TANS Earth tones (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 7, 2025
6% SOIL Earth (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 6, 2025
6% TRAPS Cake holes (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 6, 2025
6% SWISS Cheese filled with holes (5)
6% SHAFT Excavation has shifted by foot (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Oct 5, 2025
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