"Whoso beset him round / With dismal stories, / Do but themselves ____; / His strength the more is" (John Bunyan) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CONFOUND "Whoso beset him round / With dismal stories, / Do but themselves ____; / His strength the more is" (John Bunyan) (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 14, 2024
4% FOLKTALE Paul Bunyan story, e.g. (8) Newsday Feb 18, 2026
4% GLOOMY Dismal (6) The Telegraph Quick Feb 3, 2026
3% BOMB Fail dismally (4) Wall Street Journal Mar 12, 2026
3% CURVED Rounded (6) Puzzler Backwords Mar 12, 2026
3% IPSAS Those women themselves (acc.) (5) The Times O Tempora Mar 7, 2026
3% GRANDDESIGN The -, 1949 novel by John Dos Passos (5,6) (11) Mirror Quiz Mar 6, 2026
3% BLUE Dismal Conservative (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Mar 5, 2026
3% PLOT Do it for the ___ (take risks for the sake of a great story) (4) The Atlantic Feb 28, 2026
3% END "__ of story!" (3) Commuter Feb 28, 2026

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