Shockingly bad at cutting diamonds, hand back crown (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Shockingly bad at cutting diamonds, hand back crown (8) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on February 26, 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 ABDICATE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ABDICATE Shockingly bad at cutting diamonds, hand back crown (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 26, 2026
5% TIARA Quinceañera crown (5) LA Times Daily Feb 20, 2026
5% ENDORSE Doreen's bad back (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Feb 17, 2026
5% PRUNE Cut back (5) LA Times Daily Feb 14, 2026
5% BSIDE Cut on the back? (5) The Washington Post Mini Feb 12, 2026
5% PATE Crown (4) New York Times Feb 5, 2026
5% GEMS Crown insets (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 27, 2026
5% RESTORE Hand back (7) (7) Puzzler Jan 16, 2026
5% SECONDBASE Back, bottom, and top of a diamond? (6,4) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 6, 2026
5% KARATECHOP Hand-y way to cut wood? (10) Universal Jan 4, 2026

Clues for The Guardian Cryptic Puzzle on February 26, 2026

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