Distinguished soldier before being captured in US city Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MONTEREY Distinguished soldier before being captured in US city (8) The Telegraph Toughie May 19, 2022
3% TAKEN Captured (5) The Times Concise Dec 12, 2025
3% GIS US soldiers, informally (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 9, 2025
3% EMINENT Highly distinguished (7) USA Today Dec 3, 2025
2% ONOR __ before (4) Newsday Jan 9, 2026
2% ANT "Soldier" insect (3) Commuter Jan 6, 2026
2% ERE Before (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 6, 2026
2% TRAIT Distinguishing feature (5) (5) Puzzler Jan 5, 2026
2% LAPTOP Computer part used in US city work (6) The Times Cryptic Jan 5, 2026
2% TELL Distinguish from constellation (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Jan 3, 2026

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