Skeptical one
The crossword clue "Skeptical one" is answered by CYNIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CYNIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CYNIC answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CYNIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by CYNIC, most used first.
- Skeptical sort - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Pessimist - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Skeptical person - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Diogenes, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Jaded sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Indian, for one - OCEAN, used 70 times
- Be of one mind - AGREE, used 68 times
- Bikini, for one - ATOLL, used 66 times
- One way to read - ALOUD, used 57 times
- One of the Judds - NAOMI, used 55 times
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