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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NITRITE Food preservative compound (7) Wall Street Journal Mar 26, 2018
3% CREOSOTE Paint using wood preservative (8) Puzzler Backwords Dec 30, 2025
3% SAVE Preserve (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 29, 2025
3% ESTER Fragrant compound (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 27, 2025
3% THC Compound in some edibles (3) LA Times Daily Dec 20, 2025
3% DRIED Preserved, in a way (5) New York Times Dec 18, 2025
3% LYES Caustic compounds (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 17, 2025
3% ACID Caustic compound (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2025
3% DEET Insect repellent compound (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2025
3% ADDITIVES Food dyes and preservatives, for example (9) USA Today Dec 4, 2025

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