Tension-filled sports contest Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Tension-filled sports contest . 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NAILBITER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NAILBITER Tension-filled sports contest (9)
4% TAUT Filled with tension (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 22, 2025
3% STRESS Emphasise tension (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Nov 2, 2025
3% ACTAS Fill in for (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
3% TOURNEY Sporting contest - time for Jack to travel (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 8, 2025
3% VIES Contests (4) New York Times Sep 13, 2025
3% FRAUGHT Tension-filled (7) The Times Concise Jun 4, 2020
2% ENTRIES Contest submissions (7) Commuter Nov 28, 2025
2% SATES Fills up (5) Eugene Sheffer Nov 26, 2025
2% PACKS Fills a suitcase (5) Commuter Nov 25, 2025
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