Turns sanctimonious bugger in backward glance (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Turns sanctimonious bugger in backward glance (8) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on December 5, 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EPISODES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EPISODES Turns sanctimonious bugger in backward glance (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 5, 2025
5% SCAN Glance over (4) Commuter Dec 5, 2025
5% CAROM Take a glance (5) Newsday Nov 15, 2025
5% ATA ___ glance (3) Universal Sep 16, 2025
4% GOBAD Turn (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 4, 2025
4% PREACHIER More sanctimonious pair cheer struggles (9) (9) The Sun Two Speed Dec 3, 2025
4% AXIS Turning point? (4) LA Times Daily Dec 3, 2025
4% ZIGS Turns sharply (4) Newsday Nov 27, 2025
4% EBBS Backward flows (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 26, 2025
4% DEACTIVATE Turn off (10) The Times Concise Nov 26, 2025

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