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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ALLUSION Literary reference (8) New York Times Jun 18, 2016
26% BENETS ___ Reader's Encyclopedia (classic literary reference) (6) New York Times Jan 12, 2019
24% RAVENS N.F.L. team whose name is a literary reference (6) New York Times May 17, 2025
12% PIERS Allegorical narrative poem by English poet William Langland (c. 1370) that makes the first known literary reference to Robin Hood (5) (5)
3% READERSDIGESTION Literary takeaway? (16) LA Times Daily Sep 14, 2025
3% SHORTSTORY Literary form (10) The Times Concise Sep 13, 2025
3% EDDAS Icelandic literary works (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 10, 2025
3% CITE Refer to (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 8, 2025
3% IRONY Literary device (5) Commuter Sep 5, 2025
3% EYRE Literary Jane (4) USA Today Sep 2, 2025

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