Short-lived help — a mere tinkering Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Short-lived help — a mere tinkering . 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 EPHEMERAL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EPHEMERAL Short-lived help — a mere tinkering (9)
6% FAD Short-lived craze (3)
6% ONLY Merely (4) The Telegraph Quick Oct 14, 2025
6% MAYFLIES Short-lived insects (8) Eugene Sheffer Sep 16, 2025
6% TOYED Tinkered (with) (5) LA Times Daily Sep 7, 2025
5% CLUE Helpful hint (4) LA Times Daily Oct 19, 2025
5% ABET Help in a heist (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 15, 2025
5% LECARRE Author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (7) The Times Concise Oct 14, 2025
5% UTILE Of help (5) New York Times Oct 12, 2025
5% ALONE Without help (5) New York Times Mini Oct 9, 2025
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