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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% KICKSTART Gives up pastry to provide initial impetus (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 27, 2016
3% CEDES Gives up (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 28, 2026
3% HOTHEADS Impetuous types (8) The Telegraph Quick Jan 28, 2026
3% CEDE Give up (4) The Telegraph Quick Jan 27, 2026
3% FORFEIT Give up (7) The Telegraph Quick Jan 26, 2026
3% CUTBAIT Give up, in an idiom (7) LA Times Daily Jan 20, 2026
3% DRIVE Impetus (5) Thomas Joseph Jan 15, 2026
3% GOKAPUT Give up the ghost (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 6, 2026
3% YIELD Give up (5) (5) Puzzler Dec 26, 2025
3% PUFF __ pastry (4) LA Times Daily Dec 22, 2025

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