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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ONALEAD How a detective might work (7) LA Times Daily Nov 6, 2025
3% ACID Sarcastic American detectives (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 1, 2026
3% SLYLY How a trickster might behave (5) New York Times Sep 30, 2026
3% DOI "And how!" (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 30, 2026
3% FORASONG How streaming platforms might pay bands cheaply (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 30, 2026
3% HANDINHAND How childhood sweethearts might walk (10) The Atlantic Sep 26, 2026
3% CASES Matters for courts or detectives (5)
3% ODD "How ___" (3) New York Times Sep 25, 2026
3% NOIR Gritty detective genre (4) Universal Sep 20, 2026
3% UPINARMS How and where rampant beasts might be indignant (8) The Times Cryptic Sep 17, 2026

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