Candidate for a reduced sentence? Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% RUNON Candidate for a reduced sentence? (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2021
8% SHORTLIST Reduced roster of candidates (9) The Times Concise Oct 31, 2025
8% COMMUTE Reduce (a prison sentence) (7) The Times Concise Oct 29, 2025
7% DROP Reduce (4) Puzzler Backwords Jan 6, 2026
7% PARE Reduce (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
6% ICEBAG Swelling reducer (6) USA Today Jan 16, 2026
6% DEESCALATE Reduce in intensity (10) Commuter Jan 15, 2026
6% TIMWALZ Vice-presidential candidate of 2024 (7) New York Times Jan 13, 2026
6% CHAR Reduce to carbon (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 12, 2026
6% SYNTAX Sentence structure (6) LA Times Daily Jan 4, 2026

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