Substitute at the altar has nowhere to sit (8,4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STANDINGROOM Substitute at the altar has nowhere to sit (8,4) (12) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 21, 2024
6% ALTERNATE Substitute (9) USA Today Sep 27, 2025
6% LIEU In __ of (substituting for) (4) Newsday Aug 5, 2025
5% ARA Altar in the sky (3) Eugene Sheffer Sep 26, 2025
5% IDO Altar affirmative (3) Eugene Sheffer Sep 25, 2025
5% POSE Sit for a portrait (4) Newsday Sep 17, 2025
5% IDOS Words exchanged at the altar (4) USA Today Sep 14, 2025
5% TIE Fasten nightie? Nowhere near! (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic Sep 12, 2025
5% SEDEBANT They were sitting or began to sit or were in the habit of sitting (8) The Times O Tempora Aug 30, 2025
5% HES "___ a real nowhere man ..." (3) New York Times Aug 29, 2025

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