“What is hope? Nothing but paint on the face of ____” (Byron) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue “What is hope? Nothing but paint on the face of ____” (Byron) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EXISTENCE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EXISTENCE “What is hope? Nothing but paint on the face of ____” (Byron) (9) The Times Specialist Sunday May 5, 2019
5% MET Came face to face (3) Puzzler Backwords Jan 30, 2026
5% NIL It's nothing? (3)
5% ASPIRE Hope (to be) (6) The Times Concise Jan 29, 2026
5% CORSAIR A privateer, such as Conrad in a Byron poem (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 25, 2026
5% KISSARMY Fan group that often wears black-and-white face paint (8) New York Times Jan 24, 2026
5% RUSHMORE Mount with southeast-facing faces (8) LA Times Daily Jan 16, 2026
5% EMOTION Hope or sadness (7) Commuter Jan 15, 2026
5% OPTIMISTIC Hopeful (10) Commuter Jan 14, 2026
5% THEONION Nothing loaded, in that case what's charged magazine? (8) The Times Cryptic Jan 9, 2026

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