Socrates' scolding wife. Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% XANTIPPE Socrates' scolding wife. (8)
6% TSK Scolding sound (3) Newsday Oct 9, 2025
6% CHIDE Scold, chastise (5) The Times Concise Sep 25, 2025
6% BERATE Scold (6) (6) Mirror Quick Sep 24, 2025
6% NAGS Scolds (4) (4) Mirror Quick Sep 20, 2025
6% ETHICS Subject for Socrates (6) Wall Street Journal Aug 28, 2025
6% PLATO Student of Socrates (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 11, 2025
6% GREEK Nationality of Socrates or Plato (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 5, 2025
6% XANTHIPPE Wife of Socrates, proverbial as a scolding woman (9)
5% LEAN Aversion of Jack Sprat's wife (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
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