Animal that sleeps while floating on its back Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SEAOTTER Animal that sleeps while floating on its back (8) New York Times Aug 9, 2025
3% RAFT Vessel floating right back (4) The Times Cryptic Oct 23, 2025
3% LOGS What you saw while sleeping? (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
3% AGO Years ___ (a while back) (3)
3% OTTER Animal that eats while floating on its back (5)
2% REEDY Shrill unknown animals are back (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 9, 2025
2% REM Sleep phase (3) Universal Nov 7, 2025
2% ONCE A while ago (4) Newsday Nov 5, 2025
2% BEASTS Animals (6) USA Today Nov 3, 2025
2% ALGA Floating organism (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 31, 2025

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