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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INLIEU Instead of popular piece of fiction, first from Updike (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 27, 2018
6% LIE Piece of fiction (3)
5% FACT ___ or fiction? (4)
5% REAL Not fictional (4) Premier Sunday Nov 23, 2025
5% LIEU In ___ of (instead of) (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 17, 2025
4% AHAB Fictional monomaniac (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 18, 2025
4% TED Fictional coach Lasso (3) USA Today Dec 18, 2025
4% NEMO Fictional clownfish (4) LA Times Daily Dec 17, 2025
4% DISMANTLE Take apart piece by piece (9) (9) Mirror Classic Dec 17, 2025
4% JAMESI Monarch who's "the sixth" instead in Scotland (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 15, 2025

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