Time to wind up the monster (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Time to wind up the monster (5) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on January 7, 2026. 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 TROLL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TROLL Time to wind up the monster (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
9% KITE Wind-up toy? (4) New York Times Dec 27, 2025
8% VERB "Up" or "down," at times (4) Universal Dec 30, 2025
8% INC "Monsters, ___" (3) USA Today Dec 24, 2025
8% ERGO Monster rising up thus (4) (4) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 22, 2025
8% BEAST Monster (5) Puzzler Backwords Dec 7, 2025
8% OGRE Monster (4) The Telegraph Quick Dec 3, 2025
8% GILA ___ monster (4) New York Times Nov 21, 2025
8% EGGTIMERS They may wind up in the kitchen (9) LA Times Daily Nov 15, 2025
7% HEAR Get wind of (4) New York Times Jan 8, 2026

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