Showing compassion or lenience (8) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MERCIFUL Showing compassion or lenience (8) (8)
7% MORAL __ compass (5) LA Times Daily Oct 12, 2025
7% ESE Compass reading (3) Newsday Oct 9, 2025
7% NEEDLE Compass pointer (6) The Times Concise Oct 4, 2025
7% EAST Compass point (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 18, 2025
7% CIRCLE Compass creation (6) Thomas Joseph Sep 6, 2025
7% SOUTH Compass point (5) The Times Concise Sep 4, 2025
7% MERCY "Have ___ on me!" ("Show compassion!") (5)
7% HUMANE One of us English showing compassion (6) The Times Cryptic Jul 10, 2025
7% LAXITY Carelessness, lenience (6) (6)
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