Second enclosure holding mice back for example Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Second enclosure holding mice back for example featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on October 16, 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SPECIMEN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPECIMEN Second enclosure holding mice back for example (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 16, 2026
3% LETITALLHANGOUT Hold nothing back (15) Newsday Oct 14, 2026
3% WENTTHEWHOLEHOG Didn't hold back (15) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 10, 2026
3% IMPEDE Hold back (6) Wall Street Journal Jul 23, 2026
2% ERRATA Mistakes that Arrecife holds back (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 13, 2026
2% KEEP Hold on to (4) New York Times Midi Oct 8, 2026
2% PIGSTY Enclosure for swine (6) The Times Concise Oct 6, 2026
2% ENSNARES Sense an upset holding second of artist's frames (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 6, 2026
2% EULOGIST One praising Brussels agenda holds work back (8) The Times Cryptic Oct 6, 2026
2% ASKED Didn't hold back one's curiosity, say (5)

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