“The gun […] was a toy, as you could tell really by the ____ look of it” (Ruth Rendell crime novel) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue “The gun […] was a toy, as you could tell really by the ____ look of it” (Ruth Rendell crime novel) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PLASTICKY.

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Crossword Answer For “The gun […] was a toy, as you could tell really by the ____ look of it” (Ruth Rendell crime novel):

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PLASTICKY “The gun […] was a toy, as you could tell really by the ____ look of it” (Ruth Rendell crime novel) (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 31, 2023
6% MURDERBEING & 14D 1972 novel by Ruth Rendell (6,5,4,4) (11) Mirror Quiz Oct 20, 2025
5% KILL "If looks could ____ ..." (4) The Telegraph Mini Nov 19, 2025
5% INTRUTH Really popular mystery essentially - Rendell? (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 20, 2025
5% THEWATERS 2006 novel by Ruth Rendell (9) Mirror Quiz Jun 26, 2024
4% NEEDS Fragment of tune Ed Sheeran really could use (5) The Times Cryptic Nov 28, 2025
4% DID "What ___ I tell you???" (3) LA Times Mini Nov 23, 2025
4% IDOLS People you look up to (5) USA Today Nov 18, 2025
4% THATSO "Really?" (6) New York Times Nov 16, 2025
4% LOVE Really, really like (4) USA Today Nov 15, 2025

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