Close race ending, and a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 39- and 54-Across Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PHOTOFINISH Close race ending, and a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 39- and 54-Across (11) Wall Street Journal Dec 10, 2019
5% FOURGONE With 57-Across, a punny description of part of 17-, 22-, 31- and 39-Across (8) Wall Street Journal Dec 11, 2025
5% BELT See 17-Across (4) New York Times Dec 6, 2025
5% HOOP See 17-Across (4) USA Today Nov 27, 2025
5% AREYOUCHICKEN Daring question, to which the answer is "yes" for the ends of 20-, 26-, 37- and 45-Across (13) Wall Street Journal Nov 17, 2025
5% OMEN Portentous 17-Across (4) LA Times Daily Nov 17, 2025
5% HARDY See 17 Across (5) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 14, 2025
5% DOT With 26-Across, end of Wikipedia's URL (3) Universal Nov 10, 2025
5% OLA "Hi", in 17-Across (3) TV Nov 9, 2025
5% NANO Smallest 54-Across (4) Universal Nov 6, 2025

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