The clue "contrive" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 11, 2020. The correct answer for this puzzle is "GINUP", a 5-letter word.
Solution ENGINEER is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution ENGINEER is 8 letters long. We have 19 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 167 solutions. The longest is MAKE ARRANGEMENTS with 16 letters, and the shortest is GET with 3 letters.
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Solutions are between 3 and 16 letters long.
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