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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEFOE English novelist's editor backed rival (5)
68% STERNE Serious English or Irish novelist (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Jun 5, 2026
65% IRIS ___ Murdoch, 20th-century English novelist (4) (4) Puzzler Jun 28, 2026
65% FOE Rival (3) Thomas Joseph Jun 11, 2026
65% ECLIPSED Obscured English snippets of film, by editor (8) (8) Puzzler Cryptic May 9, 2026
62% EBB Draw back from English bishops (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic Jul 11, 2026
62% ERNEST Novelist Hemingway (6) Newsday Jul 8, 2026
62% IAN Novelist McEwan (3) Universal Jul 7, 2026
62% HESSE Steppenwolf novelist (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 6, 2026
62% EGAN Novelist Jennifer (4) Premier Sunday Jul 5, 2026
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