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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DESSERT Lock editor up, fool? (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 8, 2022
8% CAGES Locks up (5) New York Times Dec 1, 2025
7% TRESS Lock (5) LA Times Daily Jan 10, 2026
7% IMPRISON Jail, lock up (8) The Times Concise Oct 17, 2025
6% ONTO Not fooled by (4) Newsday Jan 19, 2026
6% IDIOT Total fool (5) Commuter Jan 15, 2026
6% DEFT Handy editor turned up on newspaper (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 14, 2026
6% KEYS Lock openers (4) Newsday Jan 13, 2026
6% CLASHED Locked horns (with) (7) Eugene Sheffer Jan 13, 2026
6% STET Editor's marking (4) Commuter Jan 12, 2026

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