Tale cop spun out - it may stink Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Tale cop spun out - it may stink featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on August 19, 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is POLECAT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POLECAT Tale cop spun out - it may stink (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 19, 2026
7% YARNS "Spun" tales (5) USA Today Jul 13, 2026
5% CANDYFLOSS Spun sugar (10) The Telegraph Quick Aug 19, 2026
5% CROUCHDOWN Cop a ___ (10) Universal Aug 7, 2026
5% TALE Spun yarn (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 5, 2026
5% AVOID Cop out of action, initially useless (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 4, 2026
5% REEKS Stinks (5) (5) Mirror Classic Jul 30, 2026
5% DJED Spun records (4) LA Times Daily Jul 19, 2026
5% REEK Stink (4) Eugene Sheffer Jul 11, 2026
5% WHIRLED Spun (7) The Telegraph Quick Jun 11, 2026

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