The clue "wasteful" last appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on August 28, 2020. The correct answer for this puzzle is "PRODIGAL", a 8-letter word.
Solution PRODIGAL is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution PRODIGAL is 8 letters long. We have 8 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 93 solutions. The longest is PENNY-WISE AND POUND-FOOLISH with 24 letters, and the shortest is VAIN with 4 letters.
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Solutions are between 4 and 24 letters long.
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