Unpleasantly pungent or sharp to the smell or taste (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ACRID Unpleasantly pungent or sharp to the smell or taste (5) (5)
8% SMELLY Unpleasantly pungent (6) The Times Concise Sep 2, 2025
6% SENSE Smell or taste, e.g. (5)
6% ACID ___ drops, sweets with a sharp taste (4) Puzzler Backwords Nov 23, 2025
6% BITTER Having a sharp pungent taste (6)
5% AROMA Pleasant smell (5) USA Today Dec 13, 2025
5% ODOR Smell (4) USA Today Dec 12, 2025
5% ONION Pungent bulb (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2025
5% CLAMMY Cold Deputy PM is unpleasantly damp (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 8, 2025
5% STENCH Foul smell (6) The Times Concise Dec 6, 2025
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