Rotten state taking some years to nurture confident effective openings — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 9–letter crossword clue “Rotten state taking some years to nurture confident effective openings”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 11th Jan 2006. 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 “Rotten state taking some years to nurture confident effective openings” is DECADENCE (9 letters).
We last saw “Rotten state taking some years to nurture confident effective openings” in Guardian Cryptic on 11th Jan 2006.
The 9-letter answer for “Rotten state taking some years to nurture confident effective openings” is DECADENCE.
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