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Scales back, or a hint to the starts of the starred answers Crossword Clue
Here is the answer for the crossword clue Scales back, or a hint to the starts of the starred answers last seen in Wall Street Journal puzzle. 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 DOWNSIZES.
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40 Potential Answers:
| Rank | Answer | Length | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | DOWNSIZES Scales back, or a hint to the starts of the starred answers | (9) | Wall Street Journal | Mar 27, 2017 |
| 7% | ECHO Answer back? | (4) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 7% | TABLEFORTWO Romantic restaurant reservation, and a hint to the starred answers | (11) | Wall Street Journal | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 6% | IMPLY Hint at | (5) | The Telegraph Plusword | Dec 13, 2025 |
| 6% | HONEYBEE Certain hive worker ... or a hint to both parts of the starred clues' answers | (8) | Universal | Dec 9, 2025 |
| 6% | BEERRUN Trip to buy brewskis, or a sequence found in the starts of the answers to the starred clues | (7) | LA Times Daily | Dec 9, 2025 |
| 6% | CLUE Hint | (4) | New York Times | Dec 7, 2025 |
| 6% | TRACE Hint | (5) | New York Times | Dec 7, 2025 |
| 6% | ORISIT Doubt-raising question, and a hint to the transformation applied to each starred clue's answer | (6) | Universal | Dec 5, 2025 |
| 6% | SHAPEOFYOU Ed Sheeran hit, and a phonetic hint to the answers to the starred clues | (10) | LA Times Daily | Nov 26, 2025 |
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