Being efficient, manage to protect maiden needing shelter Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% COMPETENT Being efficient, manage to protect maiden needing shelter (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 19, 2016
5% CLINICAL Coldly efficient (8) The Times Concise Nov 27, 2025
5% DAMSEL Maiden (6) Universal Oct 30, 2025
5% MPG Efficiency stat not needed in an E.V. (3) New York Times Oct 15, 2025
5% COVER Protect cold maiden maybe (5) The Times Cryptic Sep 1, 2025
4% NEE Maiden name indicator (3) The Telegraph Mini Nov 26, 2025
4% PATENTS Inventors' protections (7) Newsday Nov 26, 2025
4% OVEREXCITED Maiden, possibly former lover, quoted as being too emotional (11) (11) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 24, 2025
4% DOGHOUSES Shelties' shelters (9) LA Times Daily Nov 22, 2025
4% ARBOR Shady shelter (5) New York Times Nov 22, 2025

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