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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PREMISE Basis for an argument (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 20, 2020
98% DATUM Basis for an argument. (5)
30% POSIT To put forward as the basis of an argument (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 20, 2025
3% POLEMIC Argument (7) (7) Mirror Quick Dec 15, 2025
3% DISPUTATIOUS Argumentative; Utopia is dust (anag.) (12) The Telegraph Quick Dec 15, 2025
3% NEAR Not far from one argument (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Dec 14, 2025
3% ERA Time of blunter arguments (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic Dec 13, 2025
3% SEVERALLY Sly leaver (anag) - on an individual basis (9) (9) The Guardian Quick Dec 13, 2025
3% HUT Dwelling - haunt on regular basis (3) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 12, 2025
3% OFTEN On a regular basis (5) New York Times Dec 9, 2025

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