Tall grass is kept back for grazing animals (4) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Tall grass is kept back for grazing animals (4) featured in Guardian Quick puzzle on January 31, 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DEER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEER Tall grass is kept back for grazing animals (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Jan 31, 2026
6% ABRASION Graze (8) The Telegraph Quick Jan 17, 2026
6% REED Tall marshy grass (anagram of "deer") (4)
6% PET Animal kept in the home (3) Puzzler Backwords Dec 9, 2025
6% RETURNED Bend in tall grass appeared again (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 2, 2025
5% ONICE Kept in reserve (5) Thomas Joseph Jan 30, 2026
5% MOWING Cutting (the grass) (6) Puzzler Backwords Jan 30, 2026
5% MOW Cut, as grass (3) New York Times Jan 26, 2026
5% LANK Tall and thin (4) Premier Sunday Jan 25, 2026
5% MOWN (Of grass) cut (4) The Times Concise Jan 22, 2026

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