What the back-scratching is in "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue What the back-scratching is in "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" featured in Washington Post Mini puzzle on January 13, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FAVOR.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FAVOR What the back-scratching is in "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" (5) The Washington Post Mini Jan 13, 2026
70% MAR Scratch (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 8, 2026
67% CLAWAT Scratch (6) New York Times Oct 15, 2025
67% CRONYISM "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" philosophy (8)
64% ANEW From scratch (4) Newsday Jan 7, 2026
64% EKED Scratched (out) (4) LA Times Daily Dec 18, 2025
64% CHAFE Scratch and scratch a few guards (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Dec 17, 2025
64% ABLE Up to scratch (4) Commuter Dec 17, 2025
62% IMOK "It's just a scratch" (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 24, 2025
62% MYBACK "You scratch ___, I'll scratch yours" (6)

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