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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ESPRESSO Drink may be essential to best journalists only at first (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 12, 2022
3% OFFER One may be "best and final" (5) Universal Dec 27, 2025
3% TAI Mai __: rum drink (3) LA Times Daily Dec 10, 2025
3% IMPEDED Pathetic character, not the first journalists checked (7) The Telegraph Toughie Dec 4, 2025
2% AMINO Essential __ acids (5) Commuter Jan 28, 2026
2% ANN Journalist Curry (3) New York Times Jan 26, 2026
2% LEDE Journalist's intro (4) USA Today Jan 24, 2026
2% SOLE Only (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 23, 2026
2% IWISH "If only!" (5) New York Times Jan 18, 2026
2% ALSO "Not only that..." (4) Newsday Jan 18, 2026

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