Wake up, there's complaint - not good to begin with Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Wake up, there's complaint - not good to begin with last seen in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle. 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 ROUSE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROUSE Wake up, there's complaint - not good to begin with (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 7, 2024
88% ROUSING Waking up (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 12, 2025
84% SNAPOUTOFIT "Wake up!" (11) Universal Nov 12, 2025
81% ASTIR Just waking up (5) Newsday Jan 4, 2026
81% RISE "___ and shine!" ("Wake up!") (4)
78% ALARM Wake-up call (5) New York Times Nov 6, 2025
71% ROOSTER Wake-up call for a farmer, maybe (7) TV Jan 4, 2026
71% BEEF Complaint (4) The Telegraph Quick Jan 3, 2026
71% COMETONOTHING Be frustrated: 'Wake up, love!' (4,2,7) (13) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 1, 2026
71% BLEARY Like eyes after waking up (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 19, 2025

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