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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STRAY Candidate for adoption (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 20, 2019
3% NADER Ralph ____, US presidential candidate (5) The Telegraph Quick May 29, 2026
3% JEB ___ Bush, onetime presidential candidate (3) New York Times Midi May 29, 2026
3% BUNNY Adopting new name, purchase pet (5) The Times Quick Cryptic May 29, 2026
3% FRANK Apt name for a candid person? (5) LA Times Mini May 27, 2026
3% ODIN Loki's adoptive father, in the MCU (4)
3% NOMINEE Candidate (7) The Times Sunday Concise May 17, 2026
3% QUARTBACKER Opponent of adopting the metric system's liter? (11) Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026
3% INNS Bars island adopting new name (4) The Times Cryptic May 6, 2026
3% INTEGER Prime candidate? (7) Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

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