"To be on the safe side," like each starred answer Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "To be on the safe side," like each starred answer featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on December 9, 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is JUSTINCASE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% JUSTINCASE "To be on the safe side," like each starred answer (10) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2025
6% ORISIT Doubt-raising question, and a hint to the transformation applied to each starred clue's answer (6) Universal Dec 5, 2025
6% WEST All-Star side (4) LA Times Daily Dec 4, 2025
6% EAST All-Star side (4) LA Times Daily Dec 4, 2025
6% IMSTUFFED "Not ... another ... bite," or what the answer to each starred clue would say? (9) Universal Nov 28, 2025
6% LEADINGOFF What can pair with each part of the starred clues' answers (10) Newsday Nov 21, 2025
6% INCASE To be safe (6) Universal Nov 17, 2025
6% BACKBOARD Support for a basket ... or what combines with either word in each starred clue's answer? (9) Universal Nov 13, 2025
6% PHOTOFINISH Close call in a race, or what the answer to each starred clue has (11) LA Times Daily Nov 4, 2025
6% WORKOUTINTHEEND Have a satisfactory conclusion, and a feature of each starred answer (15) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025

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