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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HIATUS Beat America, putting first of astronauts in space (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Mar 5, 2015
7% ELLEN Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space (5) New York Times Dec 14, 2025
6% OCHOA Astronaut Ellen who was the first Latina director of the Johnson Space Center (5) LA Times Daily Jan 12, 2026
6% ANNA Astronaut ___ Lee Fisher, the first mother to fly into space (4) New York Times Nov 5, 2025
5% WOMAN Valentina Tereshkova was the first one in space (5) USA Today Jan 31, 2026
5% DEFEATIST Beat first cynic (9) (9) Mirror Cryptic Jan 29, 2026
5% CHIEF First one put in cooker (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Jan 28, 2026
5% NASA Astronaut's org. (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 26, 2026
5% AREA Space (4) New York Times Jan 26, 2026
5% SAM America's "uncle" (3) Newsday Jan 26, 2026

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