Root mangled by the Frenchman's engine (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MOTOR Root mangled by the Frenchman's engine (5) (5)
63% MOTORS Engines (6) Eugene Sheffer Jan 17, 2026
63% PULLFOR Root on (7) New York Times Nov 13, 2025
60% GUN Rev, as an engine (3) Newsday Jan 18, 2026
60% SENESCENT Showing signs of age, mangling sentences (9) The Times Quick Cryptic Jan 17, 2026
60% COULD "The Little Engine That ___" (5) New York Times Jan 13, 2026
60% ORIGIN Source, root (6) The Times Concise Jan 10, 2026
60% PARSNIP Root vegetable (7) LA Times Daily Jan 10, 2026
60% REVUP Gun, as an engine (5) The Telegraph Plusword Jan 10, 2026
60% STARTUP Turn on, as an engine (7) Universal Jan 6, 2026
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