Lacking guidance, Liberal released criminal before start of sentence Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEADERLESS Lacking guidance, Liberal released criminal before start of sentence (10) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 1, 2019
4% PRAY Ask for divine guidance (4)
4% SETSFREE Liberates (8) Wall Street Journal Dec 20, 2025
4% END Period's place, in a sentence (3)
4% NEO What might go before -liberal and -lithic (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 17, 2025
4% VILLAIN Criminal (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 16, 2025
4% WRITERS Sentence determiners, of a sort (7) Wall Street Journal Dec 16, 2025
4% THUG Criminal, hooligan (4) Puzzler Backwords Dec 14, 2025
4% RELEASE Liberate (7) The Telegraph Quick Dec 13, 2025
4% PLEASEHOLD Receptionist's line before Muzak starts (10) USA Today Dec 13, 2025

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