Shut the fowl enclosure, but it'll be fiercely contested (5-3) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Shut the fowl enclosure, but it'll be fiercely contested (5-3) . 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 CLOSERUN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CLOSERUN Shut the fowl enclosure, but it'll be fiercely contested (5-3) (8)
72% CLOSED Shut (6) The Times Concise Oct 21, 2025
68% TOM Certain fowl (3) Newsday Sep 26, 2025
68% GRIT Fierce determination (4) Commuter Sep 23, 2025
68% VIES Contests (4) New York Times Sep 13, 2025
68% HENNERY Enclosure for fowl (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 25, 2025
68% COOPS Fowls' enclosures (5)
68% COOP Fowl enclosure (4)
65% CHOOSEGOOSE Opt for a honking fowl (11) Newsday Oct 19, 2025
65% BANTAM Small but aggressive fowl (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 17, 2025
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