Scratching surface of dark side in barrel (6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Scratching surface of dark side in barrel (6) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on March 27, 2026. 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is KEYING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% KEYING Scratching surface of dark side in barrel (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 27, 2026
7% MOON Dark side of the __ (4) Commuter Feb 19, 2026
7% YIN Dark side (3) New York Times Dec 21, 2025
6% CASK Barrel (4) Eugene Sheffer Mar 12, 2026
6% RAMS Barrels into (4) LA Times Daily Mar 2, 2026
6% TIS "__ but a scratch" (3) LA Times Daily Feb 26, 2026
6% SNIFF Scratch-and-__ (5) Commuter Jan 16, 2026
6% MAR Scratch (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 8, 2026
5% WORST Bottom-of-the-barrel (5) USA Today Mar 26, 2026
5% UHH [Scratches head ...] (3) New York Times Midi Mar 22, 2026

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