Bird originally obliged to avail itself of lake Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OUSEL Bird originally obliged to avail itself of lake (5) The Times Cryptic Sep 7, 2015
3% ALONE By itself (5) USA Today Oct 12, 2025
3% LOON Great Lakes diving bird (4) LA Times Daily Oct 2, 2025
3% LOONS Lake birds (5) Eugene Sheffer Aug 23, 2025
2% FUTILE To no avail (6) Newsday Nov 3, 2025
2% META Making reference to itself (4) Premier Sunday Nov 2, 2025
2% COMO Lake of Lombardy (4) Thomas Joseph Nov 1, 2025
2% ATEAM The best bunch available (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 29, 2025
2% UNTO A thing __ itself (4) Commuter Oct 27, 2025
2% THX "Much obliged," in a text (3) New York Times Oct 26, 2025

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