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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PRECEDING Coming earlier, quietly going back (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 9, 2017
7% RETURN Come back (6) Eugene Sheffer Oct 25, 2025
7% REAPPEAR Come back (8) The Telegraph Quick Oct 17, 2025
6% PREACH Quietly come to give sermon (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Nov 24, 2025
6% BATS Creatures of the night go back (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 10, 2025
6% LAID ___-back (easy-going) (4)
6% SOONER At an earlier date (6) Newsday Nov 5, 2025
6% DODO Bird going back in rhododendrons (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 5, 2025
6% PRIOR Earlier (5) Universal Oct 31, 2025
6% RESTART Go back to square one (7) LA Times Daily Oct 23, 2025

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