Wartime leader the writer found occupying French elevation, covered in blood (10) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Wartime leader the writer found occupying French elevation, covered in blood (10) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 22, 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MONTGOMERY.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MONTGOMERY Wartime leader the writer found occupying French elevation, covered in blood (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 22, 2026
4% SERA Blood fluids (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 17, 2026
4% KIN Flesh and blood (3) New York Times Oct 14, 2026
4% HEEL Elevator at a fancy event? (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 14, 2026
4% FLOOR Elevator stop (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 13, 2026
4% PRE Prefix for "owned" or "occupied" (3)
4% ARTERY Blood vessel (6) Commuter Oct 7, 2026
4% OVERLAIN Love French poet briefly covered (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 7, 2026
4% MANS Occupies, as a battle station (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 3, 2026
4% OTIS Elevator pioneer (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 2, 2026

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