Aquatic creature wrongly put, say, behind empty pool Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PLATYPUS Aquatic creature wrongly put, say, behind empty pool (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 24, 2015
6% FISH Aquatic creature (4) Puzzler Backwords Jul 22, 2025
5% SWAM Did laps in the pool, say (4)
5% EEL Electrifying aquatic creature (3)
4% GESTATE Empty gesture, say, to develop slowly (7) The Times Cryptic Oct 20, 2025
4% DRAINED Emptied (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 14, 2025
4% INTENSE Great home with past perhaps put behind (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
4% MISTYPE Key wrongly (7) (7) Puzzler Oct 11, 2025
4% BETTOR Person in a pool (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 2025
4% GAS Empty talk (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 2, 2025

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