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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PREVENTATIVE Contest held by idiot the writer has planned to avoid (12) The Times Cryptic Jan 23, 2024
2% MATCH Tennis contest (5) Eugene Sheffer Sep 5, 2025
2% EVASION Unscrupulous avoidance (7) The Times Concise Sep 4, 2025
2% RACE Speed contest (4) Newsday Sep 3, 2025
2% VAUNT Boast unit has avoided 50 per cent in tax (5) The Times Cryptic Sep 3, 2025
2% INEPT Incompetent writer held up in centre of city (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 1, 2025
2% RACES Political contests (5) Commuter Sep 1, 2025
2% NOTAGOODIDEA "I'd avoid that" (12) New York Times Aug 30, 2025
2% RAPBATTLE Spitting contest? (9) New York Times Aug 29, 2025
2% NEAT Well-planned (4) Newsday Aug 29, 2025

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