The hewn "Pilate" turned out to be a hard to get rid of item (5,8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The hewn "Pilate" turned out to be a hard to get rid of item (5,8) . 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 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is WHITEELEPHANT.

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Crossword Answer For The hewn "Pilate" turned out to be a hard to get rid of item (5,8):

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WHITEELEPHANT The hewn "Pilate" turned out to be a hard to get rid of item (5,8) (13)
6% TOSS Get rid of (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 23, 2025
6% ABOLISH Get rid of (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 3, 2025
5% ALOOF Hard to get to, in a way (5) New York Times Nov 5, 2025
5% SCRUB Get rid of an area of arid land (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 27, 2025
5% UNO Get-rid-of-your-cards game (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 13, 2025
5% REJECTS Gets rid of imperfect goods (7) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 6, 2025
5% SCRAM "Get out!" (5) Commuter Oct 4, 2025
5% ERSE Get rid of heartless language (4) The Times Cryptic Sep 30, 2025
5% SHED Get rid of outhouse (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 25, 2025
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