Explain to king during knockout competition (5,2) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CLEARUP Explain to king during knockout competition (5,2) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Mar 29, 2025
6% CHOPPEDUP Tripped during competition - in bits (7,2) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 1, 2025
6% ETHER Knockout gas (5) Puzzler Backwords Sep 19, 2025
6% ELUCIDATE Explain (9) The Telegraph Quick Aug 28, 2025
5% IGETIT "No need to explain" (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 16, 2025
5% SLAM Poetic competition (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
5% SIXTEENTHREST ...during a symphony (13) Newsday Oct 9, 2025
5% COURTRECESS ...during a case (11) Newsday Oct 9, 2025
5% DOGEATDOG Extremely competitive (9) USA Today Oct 7, 2025
5% ALAMO Budget competition? (5) The Atlantic Oct 5, 2025

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