Ruin, lay waste (9) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Ruin, lay waste (9) . 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DEVASTATE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEVASTATE Ruin, lay waste (9) (9)
10% RUIN Lay waste to (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 5, 2025
8% ODDS Lay __ (4) Newsday Nov 8, 2025
8% HASAT Lays into (5) LA Times Daily Oct 30, 2025
7% DERELICT Dilapidated, ruined (8) The Times Concise Nov 5, 2025
7% DROSS Refinery waste (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 4, 2025
7% TSE "The Waste Land" monogram (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 3, 2025
7% ELIOT The Waste Land poet (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 27, 2025
7% OBTAIN Lay hands on (6) The Telegraph Quick Oct 26, 2025
7% SLIPPERYSLOPE Road to ruin (13) Newsday Oct 25, 2025
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