Star knocked back nearly a half of Benedictine (5) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Star knocked back nearly a half of Benedictine (5) last seen in Guardian Cryptic puzzle. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DENEB.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DENEB Star knocked back nearly a half of Benedictine (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 30, 2024
6% ALLTIME Back half of a GOAT? (7) New York Times Mini Nov 27, 2025
6% BSIDE Back half of a record (5) USA Today Nov 25, 2025
6% IMBIBE Knock back a few (6) New York Times Oct 29, 2025
6% DOM Benedictine's title (3) New York Times Aug 20, 2025
5% DITTO Copper knocked back too much - same again? (5) The Times Cryptic Nov 25, 2025
5% LAPS Drinks knocked back in Las Palmas (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 19, 2025
5% EON Nearly forever (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 15, 2025
5% MOST Nearly all (4) USA Today Nov 12, 2025
5% SLIPS Makes a mistake, having knocked back small beer (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 10, 2025

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