State of affairs that seems deliberately contrary Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue State of affairs that seems deliberately contrary . 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 IRONY.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IRONY State of affairs that seems deliberately contrary (5)
3% BUTNO "On the contrary …" (5) New York Times Aug 15, 2025
3% SNAFU Muddled state of affairs (5)
3% PERVERSE Deliberately contrary (8) The Times Concise Jun 20, 2019
2% SAID Stated (4) The Atlantic Sep 5, 2025
2% APPEAR Seem (6) The Telegraph Quick Sep 2, 2025
2% PARADOX Seeming contradiction (7) Eugene Sheffer Sep 2, 2025
2% ARENOT "Things __ what they seem" (6) Newsday Aug 29, 2025
2% CASE Affair of the bag (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Aug 29, 2025
2% AMOURS Foreign affairs? (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Aug 28, 2025
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