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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IDEA Germ of an invention (4) USA Today Feb 18, 2018
4% SEEDS Germs in the dirt? (5) The Atlantic Feb 15, 2026
3% PATENTED Like many inventions (8) Eugene Sheffer Mar 17, 2026
3% PATENTERKEY Explanatory guide provided by an invention's creator? (11) Wall Street Journal Mar 17, 2026
3% ELI Whitney who invented the cotton gin (3) New York Times Midi Mar 16, 2026
3% CREATE Invent (6) LA Times Daily Mar 15, 2026
3% MESSENGERS European town beset by germs spread by couriers (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 13, 2026
3% BACTERIA Care - a bit - about germs (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Mar 7, 2026
3% TEL Graham Bell's invention, for short (3)
3% FERTILE Inventive fellow to reel it off (7) (7) Mirror Cryptic Feb 25, 2026

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