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40 Potential Answers:
| Rank | Answer | Length | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | LEMON Fruit, or something that proves to be defective (5) | (5) | ||
| 9% | THESIS Something to prove | (6) | LA Times Daily | May 30, 2026 |
| 7% | AVAILED Proved useful | (7) | New York Times | Jun 6, 2026 |
| 7% | FLAW Defect | (4) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | Apr 26, 2026 |
| 6% | ASCERTAIN Prove adult succeeded? Sure | (9) | The Telegraph Cryptic | Jun 16, 2026 |
| 6% | LIME Zesty fruit ... and something commonly used as topping on 22a | (4) | ||
| 6% | DEBUG Locate and remove defects | (5) | Puzzler Backwords | Apr 29, 2026 |
| 6% | MANDATORYRECALL Full return of a defective product | (15) | Newsday | Apr 28, 2026 |
| 6% | BELIE Prove untrue | (5) | Eugene Sheffer | Apr 23, 2026 |
| 6% | LISP Speech defect (4) | (4) | Mirror Classic | Apr 18, 2026 |
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