Starts to dig up bones across inner city (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Starts to dig up bones across inner city (5) featured in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle on February 21, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DUBAI.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DUBAI Starts to dig up bones across inner city (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Feb 21, 2026
6% EAT Dig in (3) Eugene Sheffer Feb 12, 2026
6% HOE Dig up dirt? (3) New York Times Feb 8, 2026
6% DELVE Dig (into) (5) The Telegraph Plusword Feb 6, 2026
6% INTO Digging (4) New York Times Feb 6, 2026
6% PAD Digs (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 10, 2026
6% EXHUME Dig up (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 19, 2025
6% DREDGE Dig (up) (6) The Times Sunday Concise Nov 2, 2025
5% STY Pig's digs (3) Thomas Joseph Feb 18, 2026
5% SKIN __ and bones (4) Commuter Feb 17, 2026

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