A very short and tense editor turned away Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AVERTED A very short and tense editor turned away (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 13, 2022
3% ELATED Very happy to return story to editor (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
3% OTS Tense NBA periods, for short (3) LA Times Daily Oct 8, 2025
3% NERVY Tense, worried (5) The Times Concise Sep 19, 2025
3% EDGY Tense (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 13, 2025
3% AVERT Turn away (5) Thomas Joseph Sep 12, 2025
3% CROP Cut very short (4) (4) Puzzler Sep 11, 2025
3% TAPINS Very short putts (6) Newsday Aug 3, 2025
3% DETRACT Take away pamphlet after editor turned up (7) (7)
2% TASK Labour's tense as Keir's leader (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 21, 2025

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