Given duty, sort of chef is up and working Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% COMMISSION Given duty, sort of chef is up and working (10) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 23, 2023
6% ACTIVE On duty (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 13, 2025
5% SENTRY Guardsman on duty (6) (6) Puzzler Nov 10, 2025
5% INAWAY "Sort of" (6) New York Times Nov 9, 2025
5% ENOKI Chef's mushroom (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2025
5% HMRC They take their duty seriously (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 7, 2025
5% OVEN Chef's cooker (4) Universal Nov 3, 2025
5% SYD "The Bear" sous-chef (3) USA Today Nov 1, 2025
5% TYPE Sort (4) New York Times Oct 31, 2025
5% ODE Work to lift something up? (3) The Washington Post Mini Oct 30, 2025

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