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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ABILITY Basis of a meritocracy (7) Wall Street Journal Mar 24, 2016
3% NAME On a first-___ basis (4) USA Today Dec 2, 2025
3% NEED ___-to-know basis (4)
3% SEX On the Basis of ___ (3) The Atlantic Sep 19, 2025
3% ELITE Meritocracy (5)
2% LEASE Contract that's illegal - sue on a regular basis (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 28, 2025
2% BABIES People change them on a regular basis (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 26, 2025
2% ONA __ first-name basis (3) LA Times Daily Nov 23, 2025
2% COT Basis for lying to head off complaints being raised (3) The Times Cryptic Nov 7, 2025
2% GPS Nav. system basis (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 1, 2025

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