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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ABACUS A support mostly useless — not something we now count on (6) The Times Cryptic Apr 16, 2015
5% TALLIEDUP Counted (9) LA Times Daily Jan 10, 2026
5% TAKEUPSPACE Be useless (11) LA Times Daily Dec 17, 2025
5% SCRAP Useless metalware (5) (5) Puzzler Dec 14, 2025
4% THECROWN *Not now (8) Wall Street Journal Jan 8, 2026
4% HERE __ and now (4) Commuter Jan 7, 2026
4% ALUMS Grads, now (5) New York Times Jan 7, 2026
4% ASFOR "Now, about ..." (5) LA Times Mini Jan 6, 2026
4% STAT "Now!" (4) LA Times Daily Jan 1, 2026
4% ABACI Counting frames (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 1, 2026

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