What might be scary, except for hospital nurse (5) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue What might be scary, except for hospital nurse (5) last seen in Guardian 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 TREAT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TREAT What might be scary, except for hospital nurse (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Jul 3, 2024
6% THREAT Potential danger hospital is boring nurse (6) The Times Cryptic Sep 3, 2026
6% FEARSOME Scary (8) The Telegraph Quick Aug 29, 2026
5% EGO What might be "inflated" in a person? (3)
5% GET What might precede a life? (3) The Washington Post Mini Sep 8, 2026
5% BOO Scary exclamation (3) Commuter Sep 5, 2026
5% TERNS What the gullible might mistake for gulls? (5) The Washington Post Mini Sep 5, 2026
5% SONG What you might break into (4) Newsday Sep 4, 2026
5% BARNONE Without exception (3,4) (7) Mirror Classic Sep 4, 2026
5% EERIE Weird and scary (5) Newsday Aug 31, 2026

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