The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OPIUM which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1997.
Cause of an 1839-42 war crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OPIUM | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cause of an 1839-42 war
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Crossword Answer definitions
OPIUM noun- A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
- Anything that numbs or stupefies.
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