Nearly all leaving an American church with suspicion

The answer to “Nearly all leaving an American church with suspicion” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is ASKANCE — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 9, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 27-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Nearly all leaving an American church with suspicion” answer

ASKANCE (7 letters)

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What does ASKANCE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of ASKANCE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Nearly all leaving an American church with suspicion” appeared?

The Times Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 9, 2026 (most recent) → ASKANCE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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