Use one's head swiftly when skinny kids start to abstain from food (5,4) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Use one's head swiftly when skinny kids start to abstain from food (5,4) featured in Guardian 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is THINKFAST.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% THINKFAST Use one's head swiftly when skinny kids start to abstain from food (5,4) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
55% ESCHEW Abstain from (6) Universal Jan 5, 2026
55% NOTDO Abstain from (5) New York Times Dec 13, 2025
49% FASTER Abstain from food with hesitation, more quickly (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 18, 2025
49% FAST Abstain from eating (4) New York Times Mini Nov 27, 2025
47% THIN Skinny (4) The Times Concise Jan 1, 2026
45% CFO Co.'s $$$ head (3) New York Times Jan 4, 2026
45% DART Move swiftly (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 18, 2025
43% HAIRNET Food worker's head covering (7) Commuter Jan 1, 2026
43% BADSEED One who's rotten from the start (7) New York Times Dec 15, 2025

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