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Here is the answer for the crossword clue The first lubricant to work last seen in Mirror Cryptic 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TOIL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TOIL The first lubricant to work (4) Mirror Cryptic May 22, 2024
4% OIL Lubricant (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 12, 2025
4% OILED Lubricated (5) Eugene Sheffer Sep 10, 2025
3% IDLE Not working (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 22, 2025
3% ORIGINAL First (8) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 19, 2025
3% ABNORMAL Wayward sailor working up marines a lot at first (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 13, 2025
3% PLIED Worked (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
3% OPUS Work (4) LA Times Daily Oct 11, 2025
3% ATOZ The works (4) Newsday Oct 10, 2025
3% OPENS Works the first shift at a café, say (5) LA Times Daily Oct 7, 2025

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