Sweet-smelling liquid formerly used as a general anaesthetic Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Sweet-smelling liquid formerly used as a general anaesthetic last seen in Times Specialist Sunday 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CHLOROFORM.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHLOROFORM Sweet-smelling liquid formerly used as a general anaesthetic (10) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 7, 2025
3% KETAMINE Drug used medically as a general anaesthetic or illegally as a hallucinogen (8) The Times Specialist Sep 29, 2025
3% SYRUP Sweet sticky liquid (5) The Times Concise Sep 15, 2025
3% FRAGRANT Sweet-smelling (8) Newsday Aug 17, 2025
3% ETHER Volatile liquid formerly used as an anaesthetic (5) The Times Specialist Aug 19, 2024
2% OIL Lubricant liquid used in cooking (3)
2% TEAOIL Frying liquid used in Chinese cooking (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
2% NEE Formerly known as (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
2% ODOUR Smell (5) The Telegraph Quick Oct 8, 2025
2% SLOP Spilled liquid (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 8, 2025

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