Brief portent: go about a mile in the lead Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MOMENTARY Brief portent: go about a mile in the lead (9) The Times Cryptic Sep 16, 2015
6% ZOOM Go a mile a minute (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 24, 2025
6% OMEN Portent (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 11, 2025
6% SIGN Portent (4) Thomas Joseph Sep 2, 2025
6% BI Portent (2) USA Today Quick Jul 17, 2025
5% LAWYER Brief (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 15, 2025
5% FEET Fractions of a mile (4) Newsday Oct 14, 2025
5% UNIT Mile or minute (4) USA Today Oct 11, 2025
5% PER Miles ___ hour (3)
5% TRANSIENT Sat inert, shocked about new brief (9) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 2, 2025

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