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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ACTUPON Do as instructed and misbehave before performing (7) The Guardian Cryptic Apr 12, 2016
3% ACTEDOUT Reproduced; misbehaved (8) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 19, 2025
3% ACT *___ natural, instruction asking for a performance that doesn't seem like a performance, and a common oxymoron (3)
3% ACTEDUP Misbehaved (7) The Times Concise Dec 6, 2025
3% TRAIN Instruct (5) The Telegraph Mini Dec 6, 2025
3% ACTUP Misbehave (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 28, 2025
3% ERRANT Misbehaving (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 11, 2025
3% DONTLOOK Instruction before a surprise is revealed (8) Universal Sep 26, 2025
3% UNO Numero before dos (3)
2% STEP Single instruction (4) New York Times Dec 17, 2025

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