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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BILLIARDS Game played by poets nursing sick setter (9) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 4, 2021
3% POLO Game played on horseback (4) Newsday Nov 17, 2025
3% AILED Was sick (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 10, 2025
3% SWAM Played a pool game (4) The Atlantic Nov 7, 2025
3% CAVILLER Spelunker nursing sick one with gripes (8) The Telegraph Toughie Nov 4, 2025
3% ILL Sick (3) The Telegraph Quick Nov 1, 2025
3% SHEL "Sick" poet Silverstein (4) USA Today Sep 27, 2025
2% YAHTZEE Game played with five dice (7) Universal Nov 27, 2025
2% FLUS Sicknesses common in winter (4)
2% TAG Laser ___ (arena game played in the dark) (3)

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