Answer: DEFENDER
The answer DEFENDER has 54 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- Centre half, perhaps, given ball back gets closer
- Fed up with the finisher that's not for the prosecution
- Fed up with the finisher not being in the attack
- Although not offensive, one gets fed up with the one that finishes, it seems
- Back in form to play a game of football?
- He is there to protect back, for example
- One who takes up the cause of another
- One who protects from danger or takes one's side
- Delay holding conclusion back
- Lawyer, at times
Last seen in:
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,825 - Aug 2 2022
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,812 - Jul 18 2022
- Newsday.com - Dec 21 2020
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 628 - Nov 2 2020
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,275 - Oct 27 2020
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Oct 21 2020
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,674 - Aug 1 2020
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,532 - Feb 18 2020
- The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,027 - Jul 22 2019
- The Sun - Two Speed - Mar 2 2019