Spineless creature cops out when challenged Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Spineless creature cops out when challenged . 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OCTOPUS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OCTOPUS Spineless creature cops out when challenged (7)
5% POPO Cops, in slang (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 15, 2025
5% CONTESTS Challenges (8) New York Times Nov 9, 2025
5% DARED Challenged out of dread (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Nov 5, 2025
5% EARTHWORM Spineless individual spoiled the marrow (9) The Times Cryptic Nov 5, 2025
5% EBOOKS Spineless mysteries, e.g. (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 1, 2025
5% TEST Challenge (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 16, 2025
5% SHIELD Cop's badge (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 16, 2025
5% DUEL Fight when one's honour is challenged, say (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 14, 2025
5% CAPTURE Cop or nick (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 6, 2025
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