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CodyCross Mesopotamia Group 972 Puzzle 5 Answers

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Every clue and answer from this grid, in puzzle order.

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Mesopotamia Group 972 Puzzle 5 — All 19 Clues

Listed in grid order. Letter counts are shown so you can match a row before typing.

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#1 A place that sells beer like a bar or pub TAVERN 6
#2 An oppressive leader like a dictator TYRANT 6
#3 Appalachian __ Aaron Copland’s ballet piece SPRING 6
#4 Chinese philosopher said to have founded Taoism LAO TZU 7
#5 Forces who work together in wartime ALLIES 6
#6 Jennifer Aniston’s character in Friends RACHEL 6
#7 Limestone rock with egg-like particles OOLITE 6
#8 Priestess thought to communicate with deities ORACLE 6
#9 Rubber seal GASKET 6
#10 Sarah original target of The Terminator CONNOR 6
#11 Style __ subcultures of dress and fashion TRIBES 6
#12 The Indian city now known as Mumbai BOMBAY 6
#13 To prosper or excel rhymes with alive THRIVE 6
#14 Type of burner used in chemistry labs BUNSEN 6
#15 Type of network made up of nerves in the body NEURAL 6
#16 Video game __ of Legends LEAGUE 6
#17 Writer of novels AUTHOR 6
#18 __ in a Bun; circular frankfurter served in Wimpy BENDER 6
#19 __ of war property or land seized by a victor SPOILS 6
About this puzzle

How This Grid Breaks Down

This is puzzle 5 of group 972 in the Mesopotamia world of CodyCross. It holds 19 clues, with answers running from 6 to 7 letters — the longest being LAO TZU.

Work the long rows first. CodyCross fixes the letter count for every row before you type, so length alone eliminates most wrong guesses, and each completed row hands letters to the highlighted column that spells this puzzle's hidden bonus word. If a clue here looks familiar from another world, that is by design: the game recycles clue text with different answers, which is exactly why this page keeps the full world-group-puzzle path rather than listing clues on their own.

Move to puzzle 4, or open the whole of group 972. The Mesopotamia world covers 100 puzzles across 20 groups, and the world index spans all 108. This puzzle also exists in 8 other language editions of CodyCross (DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, RU, TR), which use entirely different clues rather than translations.

FAQ

Group 972 Puzzle 5 — Questions

What are the answers to CodyCross Mesopotamia group 972 puzzle 5?
This puzzle has 19 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed above in grid order — TAVERN, TYRANT, SPRING, LAO TZU, ALLIES, RACHEL, OOLITE, ORACLE and 11 more.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
19 clues, with answers from 6 to 7 letters. The longest is LAO TZU.
What is the hidden word for this puzzle?
CodyCross highlights one column in every grid; once all 19 rows are filled, that column spells a bonus word linked to the Mesopotamia theme. Fill the longest rows first and the column usually gives itself away.
My answer is not being accepted — why?
CodyCross reuses the same clue text in different worlds with different answers, and each row has a fixed letter count. Check the length against the list above; if it differs, you are almost certainly looking at the same clue from another world.
Languages

CodyCross in 9 Languages

Each language edition is a different puzzle set with its own worlds and clues — not a translation of the English one.

Pro tips

3 Tips for CodyCross

01

The board is the whole puzzle

Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.

02

Place the longest answer first

Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.

03

Neighbouring levels are the best hint

Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.

How to play

How to Solve a CodyCross Level

The order that clears a board fastest.

STEP 01

Read what you are given

Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.

STEP 02

Anchor with the answers you are sure of

Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.

STEP 03

Work outwards

Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify these answers

Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.

Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.

Last checked — Aug 26, 2026
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