Where water might be taken, not quite drier (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Where water might be taken, not quite drier (5) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 1, 2025. 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 TOWEL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TOWEL Where water might be taken, not quite drier (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 1, 2025
7% AIRER Drier (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 11, 2025
5% HOUSETRAIN Show where to go and use hot running water (10) The Times Cryptic Sep 30, 2025
5% ACUTE Not quite right? (5) LA Times Daily Sep 28, 2025
5% PACKITIN Quit (8) Newsday Sep 27, 2025
5% ISITCAKE Netflix series where sneakers might be dessert (8) USA Today Sep 27, 2025
5% MAYI "Is this seat taken ...?" (4) New York Times Sep 26, 2025
5% ORAL Taken by mouth (4) Commuter Sep 24, 2025
5% ATTIC Where lost luggage might be found (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 20, 2025
5% STOLEN Taken illegally (6) Commuter Sep 18, 2025

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