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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SWOON Faint shortly overcoming wife (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 19, 2019
3% GIDDY Faint (5) (5) The Sun Mini Jan 4, 2026
3% TRACES Faint remnants (6) Commuter Dec 29, 2025
3% FEEBLE Faint, slight (6) Puzzler Backwords Dec 20, 2025
2% SPOUSE Husband or wife (6) The Times Concise Jan 9, 2026
2% TOWARDS Shortly before (7) (7) The Sun Mini Jan 6, 2026
2% DUTCH Wife, in slang (5) The Telegraph Quick Jan 5, 2026
2% HERA Wife of Zeus (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 1, 2026
2% MID Prefix with way or wife (3) LA Times Daily Jan 1, 2026
2% MANIFESTO Possibly some faint political statement (9) The Times Cryptic Dec 30, 2025

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