Tail-ender sent in to bat when a wicket falls close to the end of a day’s play Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Tail-ender sent in to bat when a wicket falls close to the end of a day’s play 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 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NIGHTWATCHMAN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NIGHTWATCHMAN Tail-ender sent in to bat when a wicket falls close to the end of a day’s play (13) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 17, 2017
6% REAR Tail end (4) LA Times Daily Apr 27, 2026
6% WINDOW Opening batting, Cook parts with wicket (6) The Times Cryptic Feb 24, 2026
5% INMAY When Memorial Day is observed (5) New York Times May 17, 2026
5% CCED Sent a dupe to (4) Eugene Sheffer May 14, 2026
5% MOTLEY Disparate motel with a twist in the tail? End of story! (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic May 12, 2026
5% NEAR Close (4) The Telegraph Quick May 11, 2026
5% LEDOFF Batted first (6) Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026
5% SCUT Hare's tail (4) Puzzler Backwords May 6, 2026
5% FAXED Sent by phone (5) Eugene Sheffer May 5, 2026

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