They make for painful viewing (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue They make for painful viewing (5) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on November 17, 2025. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STYES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STYES They make for painful viewing (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 17, 2025
10% EASE Make less painful (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 22, 2025
9% ACHES __ and pains (5) LA Times Daily Nov 17, 2025
9% SEEN Viewed (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 30, 2025
9% ANI What makes a pan a pain? (3) New York Times Sep 2, 2025
8% EMERGE Come into view (6) Newsday Nov 17, 2025
8% GROAN Pained utterance (5) The Times Concise Nov 17, 2025
8% OOF "That looks painful" (3) LA Times Daily Nov 16, 2025
8% SORER More painful (5) USA Today Nov 16, 2025
8% SORE Painful (4) (4) Mirror Classic Nov 15, 2025

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