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| Rank | Answer | Length | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | POWERFAILURE Cause of an outage (5,7) | (12) | ||
| 84% | ICESTORM Winter cause of power outages | (8) | USA Today | Jul 1, 2019 |
| 75% | CONCONFUSESFUSES Prisoner accidentally causes a power outage? | (16) | New York Times | Jun 20, 2021 |
| 9% | ELECTRICALSHORT Outage cause | (15) | ||
| 8% | ALOST "It's -- cause!" | (5) | Premier Sunday | Oct 26, 2025 |
| 7% | OFFEND Cause to feel insulted | (6) | Puzzler Backwords | Nov 15, 2025 |
| 7% | TIES Causes for overtime | (4) | USA Today | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 7% | REMIND Cause to remember | (6) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 7% | DELAY Cause to be late | (5) | Commuter | Nov 4, 2025 |
| 7% | SPLATTER Cause a mess, as with frying oil | (8) | New York Times | Nov 2, 2025 |
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