Crossword answer
DESTROYER
9 letters · Used for 5 different clues · 11 appearances · Last seen The Independent, September 12, 2026
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DESTROYER
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DESTROYER is a 9-letter answer that has appeared 11 times in our database across 5 different clues. It was most recently the answer to “Type of warship” in the The Independent crossword on September 12, 2026.
Other 9-letter answers
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TURNSBLUEStarts to look really cold
RUSTYNAILDrambuie cocktail
AUSTRALIA2008 Baz Luhrmann film starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman
DISMISSALIs son stopping terrible sacking? (9)
SANTORINI8 exploded, blowing top - as once happened here?
SCINTILLATrace wrong steering component over the radio
OBEDIENCESubmission
PANSEAREDHow some like their salmon
CRATERINGIn free fall
ASTROLOGYSubject with signs
CTRLFREAKPerson who needs to always be in charge
NECTARINEAce intern damaged fruit (9)
METALCOREHybrid genre
Every appearance of DESTROYER (11)
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Sep 12, 2026
Type of warship · The Independent · 9 Across
Jul 26, 2026
Warship does retry manoeuvring (9) · The Guardian · 28 Across
May 30, 2026
Warship · Daily Express · 4 Down
Dec 26, 2025
Tale with a twist in does perhaps factor in ruin? · The Independent · 16 Down
Sep 19, 2025
Type of warship · The Independent · 3 Down
Jun 17, 2025
Type of warship · The Independent · 16 Across
Dec 27, 2024
Warship · Evening Standard · 43 Across
Feb 9, 2024
Warship · Evening Standard · 34 Across
Sep 12, 2022
Warship · Evening Standard · 21 Across
Aug 28, 2020
Battleship · Evening Standard · 4 Down
Nov 23, 2018
Warship · Evening Standard · 43 Across