Solo effort's last seen by retiring footballer, giant (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Solo effort's last seen by retiring footballer, giant (8) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on August 12, 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 ELEPHANT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ELEPHANT Solo effort's last seen by retiring footballer, giant (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 12, 2026
46% ALONE Solo (5) Wall Street Journal Jul 28, 2026
44% ONE Solo number? (3)
44% ARIA Opera solo (4) Universal Aug 10, 2026
44% HEAVE Lift with effort (5) Puzzler Backwords Aug 5, 2026
44% ARIAS Diva's solos (5) Eugene Sheffer Aug 4, 2026
44% CHER "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" singer seen as the last part of this puzzle's theme answers (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 1, 2026
44% JIMMY Open with effort (5) Newsday Aug 1, 2026
44% RECITALS Solo concerts (8) Commuter Aug 1, 2026
44% VAIN Fruitless, as efforts (4)

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