Thug
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 22 crossword solutions for Thug which appeared recently in The Sun Cryptic.

We have deemed Thug as a COMMON crossword clue as we have seen it included in several crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "HOOLIGAN".

Publications

  • The Sun Cryptic - Wednesday, 19 May 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Friday, 4 Sep 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Wednesday, 22 Apr 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 27 Nov 2018
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 3 Jun 2018

Crossword Answers

3 letters

APE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

4 letters

GOON
Continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

HOOD
(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal

PUNK
Rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock

LOUT
An awkward stupid person

5 letters

BULLY
A hired thug

TOUGH
Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

BRUTE
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement

YOBBO
A cruel and brutal fellow

7 letters

GORILLA
Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

HOODLUM
An aggressive and violent young criminal

TOUGHIE
A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

RUFFIAN
A cruel and brutal fellow

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8 letters

GANGSTER
A criminal who is a member of gang

BULLYBOY
A swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction

ASSASSIN
A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"

HOOLIGAN
A cruel and brutal fellow

PLUGUGLY

9 letters

ROUGHNECK
A cruel and brutal fellow

RACKETEER
Someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)

11 letters

STRONGARMER

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