Conversational offshoot ... or, when parsed as two words, a hint to 17-Down Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TANGENT Conversational offshoot ... or, when parsed as two words, a hint to 17-Down (7) New York Times Midi Jun 7, 2026
6% REDACTS Censors, as a classified document ... or, when parsed as two words, a hint to 25-Across (7) New York Times Midi Jun 7, 2026
5% OPTOUT Choose to withdraw ... or, when parsed differently, a theme hint (6) Universal Jun 18, 2026
5% APPENDS Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have? (7) New York Times Apr 6, 2026
4% TWOBIRDS Part of an idiom hinted at by 2-/5-Down (8) New York Times Midi Jul 17, 2026
4% PARADISE Ideal vacation spot ... or a phonetic hint to a word hidden twice in 17-, 27- or 43-/50-Across (8) Universal Jul 16, 2026
4% STINGRAYSHUFFLE Maneuver done in shallow waters to avoid stepping on wildlife ... or a hint to the word scrambled in 17-, 26- or 44-Across (15) Universal Jul 15, 2026
4% PARAMETERS Badly parse a term for boundaries (10) (10) The Guardian Quiptic Jul 12, 2026
4% EAVESDROPS Listens in on a private conversation (10) Wall Street Journal Jul 6, 2026
4% SHOE Converse or Vans footwear (4)

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