Severe hindrance or crippling encumbrance Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Severe hindrance or crippling encumbrance last seen in Guardian Speedy 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 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BALLANDCHAIN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BALLANDCHAIN Severe hindrance or crippling encumbrance (12) The Guardian Speedy Jul 19, 2020
3% IMPEDIMENT Hindrance (10) The Telegraph Quick Mar 19, 2026
3% BURDEN Encumbrance (6) The Telegraph Quick Jan 20, 2026
2% EGRET Name of several species of heron (5) Puzzler Backwords Apr 17, 2026
2% SCATHING Severely critical (8) The Times Concise Apr 14, 2026
2% BARRISTER Hindrance restricting holy person and lawyer (9) (9) The Guardian Quiptic Apr 12, 2026
2% EASEUP Become less severe (6) The Atlantic Apr 12, 2026
2% WORST Most severe (5) (5) Mirror Quick Apr 6, 2026
2% ORDEAL Severe test of French in viva voce (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Apr 2, 2026
2% DRE Rap "Dr." with several Grammys (3)

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