Manager backing me, before ruse starts to exasperate ref Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EMPLOYER Manager backing me, before ruse starts to exasperate ref (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 14, 2024
5% ONS Put- -- (ruses) (3) Premier Sunday Aug 17, 2025
5% IRKSOME Exasperating (7) Puzzler Backwords Aug 9, 2025
5% AARGH Exasperation exclamation (5) Newsday Aug 8, 2025
5% CMON Exasperated exclamation (4) Universal Aug 2, 2025
5% EMPLOY Use, to get me back, a ruse (6) (6)
5% PLOY Ruse (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jun 6, 2025
4% JEER "Are you blind, ref?", for example (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 6, 2025
4% BOSS Line manager (4) The Times Concise Sep 5, 2025
4% EVADE Manage to lose (5) New York Times Aug 29, 2025

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