Worm, harmless coiling round, getting into knot Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Worm, harmless coiling round, getting into knot last seen in Telegraph 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NEMATODE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NEMATODE Worm, harmless coiling round, getting into knot (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Apr 8, 2021
5% NODE Knot (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
5% BENIGN Harmless (6) Wall Street Journal Sep 13, 2025
5% UNTIES Gets rid of, as a knot (6)
4% TIES Makes a knot in (4) Newsday Oct 12, 2025
4% TIED "We ___ the knot!" (4) USA Today Oct 6, 2025
4% SPRINGS Coils (in a mattress) (7) (7) Puzzler Oct 5, 2025
4% ECOLI Bacteria whose strains are mostly harmless (5) Universal Oct 5, 2025
4% RETIE Knot again (5) Commuter Oct 2, 2025
4% EAR Place for a musical "worm" (3) USA Today Oct 2, 2025

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