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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CRADLES Holds protectively (7) Eugene Sheffer Apr 15, 2025
35% CRADLE Hold protectively (6) USA Today Mar 30, 2026
4% AEGIS Protection (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 30, 2026
4% SHIELD Protective equipment started to hold line (6) The Times Cryptic Aug 14, 2026
3% LOAD Place in a hold (4) Newsday Oct 11, 2026
3% MOAT Protective trench (4) LA Times Daily Oct 9, 2026
3% TEGUMENT Last bit of the sticky stuff holding canvas together in protective layer (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 9, 2026
3% KEEP Hold on to (4) New York Times Midi Oct 8, 2026
3% SHELL Snail's protection (5) Commuter Oct 8, 2026
3% TREASURES Holds precious . . . or precious things in a hold (9) The New Yorker Mini Oct 8, 2026

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