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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NEARISH Close, rather unexpectedly, a shrine (7) The Times Cryptic Mar 13, 2015
5% OPEN Not closed (4) Commuter Nov 4, 2025
5% SHUTS Closes (5) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2025
5% CROSSPATHS Meet unexpectedly (with) (10) Newsday Oct 26, 2025
5% NAE Scot's "I'd rather not" (3) LA Times Daily Oct 26, 2025
5% NIGH Close (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
5% NEAR Close (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 23, 2025
5% PILGRIM Traveller to a shrine (7) (7) The Sun Mini Oct 6, 2025
5% CIGAR "Close, but no ____" (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 4, 2025
5% EVIL Rather wicked (4) LA Times Daily Sep 30, 2025

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