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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WANTED Like escaped criminal worker caught during day (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 9, 2016
4% ROOK Bird caught by escaping criminal (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 28, 2025
3% SCREWTOP During break, workers like some bottles of wine (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
3% BROKEFREE Escaped (9) Eugene Sheffer Dec 30, 2025
3% EVADE Escape (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 30, 2025
2% AMID During (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 6, 2026
2% PERP Criminal, to cops (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 6, 2026
2% ESPIED Caught sight of (6) New York Times Dec 29, 2025
2% OLDEN __ days (5) Newsday Dec 27, 2025
2% FELONS Criminals (6) Eugene Sheffer Dec 23, 2025

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