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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PRIOR Earlier churchman (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 4, 2023
3% EDO What Tokyo was called earlier (3)
3% AFORE Earlier (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 11, 2025
3% DATEBACK *Belong to an earlier period (8) Wall Street Journal Sep 8, 2025
3% OLDER Of earlier vintage (5) Newsday Sep 3, 2025
3% CARDINAL Churchman's ticket home to Alabama (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 11, 2025
3% AGO Earlier (3) The Telegraph Quick Jul 26, 2025
3% PREVIOUS Earlier (8) The Telegraph Quick Jul 11, 2025
2% INGEAR Working group joining meeting earlier (6) The Times Cryptic Oct 6, 2025
2% AHANDFULOFDUST Evelyn Waugh novel sometimes seen as moving away from his earlier satirical style (14) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 21, 2025

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