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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DUSTPAN Desperate Dan puts shovel ... (7) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 28, 2023
6% DIG Use a shovel (3) Eugene Sheffer Dec 31, 2025
5% TERI "Desperate Housewives" actress Hatcher (4)
5% DON Put on (3) Commuter Dec 30, 2025
5% ADDS Puts on (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 22, 2025
5% LAY Put (3) The Telegraph Quick Dec 21, 2025
5% PLEA Desperate request (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 18, 2025
5% SPADE Garden shovel that is also a suit in a deck of cards (5)
5% WEAR Put on (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 4, 2025
5% EVA ___ Longoria, "Desperate Housewives" star (3)

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