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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INCULPATE Clean it up, shifting blame (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 31, 2024
8% NOTME Blame-shifting words (5) New York Times Mini Oct 28, 2025
7% ACCUSE Blame (6) Eugene Sheffer Dec 20, 2025
7% HESTARTEDIT Words said when shifting blame to a brother (11) USA Today Nov 14, 2025
6% WASH Make clean (4) Commuter Jan 27, 2026
6% SWEPT Cleaned with a broom (5) Newsday Jan 26, 2026
6% KAT Dennings of "Shifting Gears" (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 24, 2026
6% THISONESONME "I'll take the blame" (12) New York Times Jan 23, 2026
6% RAGS Cleaning cloths (4) LA Times Daily Jan 22, 2026
6% WIPE Clean by rubbing (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 21, 2026

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