They enjoy inflicting pain, like retired detectives way back Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue They enjoy inflicting pain, like retired detectives way back . 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SADISTS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SADISTS They enjoy inflicting pain, like retired detectives way back (7)
6% SADISTIC Enjoying the inflicting of pain (8) Universal Dec 4, 2016
5% DIDTO Inflicted upon (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2025
5% ONCE Way back when (4) Newsday Dec 4, 2025
5% SADIST Inflicter of pain (6) Commuter Jul 10, 2024
5% TORTURED Inflicted pain on (8)
5% HURT Inflict pain on (4) The Times Concise May 23, 2024
5% HURTS Inflicts pain (5)
5% HARM Inflict pain on (4) LA Times Daily Nov 8, 2017
5% SORE Inflicted with pain (4)
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