Playing hard to get backup from American invader — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “Playing hard to get backup from American invader”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 16th Apr 2004. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Playing hard to get backup from American invader” is COYPU (5 letters).
We last saw “Playing hard to get backup from American invader” in Guardian Cryptic on 16th Apr 2004.
The 5-letter answer for “Playing hard to get backup from American invader” is COYPU.
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