Locked-up prisoner punished for not returning book to library on time? (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CONFINED Locked-up prisoner punished for not returning book to library on time? (8) (8) The Guardian Quiptic Aug 10, 2025
6% RENEW Option for a library book (5) LA Times Daily Dec 7, 2025
6% CAGES Locks up (5) New York Times Dec 1, 2025
5% DYE It changes locks (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 19, 2025
5% COIFS Lock combinations? (5) New York Times Dec 17, 2025
5% BOOK Library acquisition (4) New York Times Dec 16, 2025
5% INSIDE Fashionable team gets locked up (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Dec 16, 2025
5% ONLOAN Like a checked-out library book (6) USA Today Dec 12, 2025
5% MANE Lion's locks (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 6, 2025
5% CARD Library ___, I.D. you might have used during your childhood to borrow books from the library (4)

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