The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SATAN
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More clues leading to the result SATAN
- Getting article on the day is the very devil!
- Salvation Army, army with name for the Devil
- Mephisto, eg, is natural when rising
- Making comeback in cartoon? A Tasmanian devil!
- Figure in Christianity, Father Xmas, heading to North at the end
- Briefly smelt, holding a foul spirit
- Laurel traps a devil
- underworld boss
- Fiend producing half of weekend article
- Devil, Santa in disguise!
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