The French will be taken in by gentle touch, being inattentive Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CARELESS The French will be taken in by gentle touch, being inattentive (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 3, 2018
7% PAT Gentle touch (3) Universal Nov 15, 2025
6% PATS Gentle touches (4) Commuter Sep 29, 2025
5% UNOBSERVANT Inattentive, heedless (11) The Times Concise Nov 10, 2025
4% COMTE French cheese; French nobleman (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 10, 2025
4% BEAST Hardly the gentle sort (5) The Washington Post Mini Dec 8, 2025
4% ORAL Taken by mouth (4) Commuter Dec 8, 2025
4% TAPS Light touches (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 7, 2025
4% ROAD Frost's "The __ Not Taken" (4) LA Times Daily Dec 7, 2025
4% FEATHER Exploit that woman's touch (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 4, 2025

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