Sweetheart makes great strides, and runs off with lover (6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Sweetheart makes great strides, and runs off with lover (6) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on January 9, 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ELOPES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ELOPES Sweetheart makes great strides, and runs off with lover (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 9, 2026
6% ELOPING Running after sweetheart? (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 6, 2025
5% EXES Former lovers (4) Commuter Jan 9, 2026
5% STEP Upping sweetheart's pace (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 1, 2026
5% LOPE Bounding stride (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 30, 2025
5% TRYST Lovers' meeting (5) LA Times Daily Dec 30, 2025
5% TIFF Lovers' argument (4) The Times Concise Dec 25, 2025
5% SPAT Lovers' squabble (4)
5% ANGLOPHILE Lover of England (10) The Telegraph Quick Dec 15, 2025
5% BAES Sweethearts (4) Universal Dec 14, 2025

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