The clue "assail" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 13, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "BESET", a 5-letter word.
Solution BESET is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution BESET is 5 letters long. We have 31 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 155 solutions. The longest is HIT LIKE LIGHTNING with 16 letters, and the shortest is GO with 2 letters.
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Solutions are between 2 and 16 letters long.
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