Marsupial that plays dead Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POSSUM Marsupial that plays dead (6) USA Today Oct 31, 2025
98% OPOSSUM Marsupial that plays dead (7) LA Times Daily Oct 14, 2022
37% OPOSSUMS Marsupials that 'play dead' (8) (8)
3% KOALA Marsupial (5) The Telegraph Quick Nov 12, 2025
3% ROLL With 4-Across, prepare to play dead, perhaps (4) The Washington Post Mini Nov 12, 2025
3% DODO As dead as a ___, extinct (4) Puzzler Backwords Nov 12, 2025
3% SCURF Flakes of dead skin (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 12, 2025
3% REQUIEM Mass for the dead (7) The Telegraph Quick Nov 10, 2025
3% LATIN Dead language (5) (5) Mirror Quick Nov 10, 2025
3% DOPPELGANGERS Dead ringers (13) New York Times Nov 5, 2025

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