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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEAVEASTAIN Necessitate spot cleaning, perhaps (11) USA Today Nov 22, 2017
7% ENTAIL Necessitate (6) (6) Puzzler Jan 12, 2026
7% TIDYUP Clean trams perhaps? (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 11, 2025
6% PLAZA Fountain spot, perhaps (5) LA Times Daily Dec 19, 2025
6% LAP Spot for a cat, perhaps (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 30, 2025
5% THERE "That's the spot!" (5) USA Today Jan 19, 2026
5% DUST Do some cleaning (4) New York Times Jan 16, 2026
5% MOP Do some cleaning (3) New York Times Jan 16, 2026
5% PIP Spot, in the game Spots (3) The Atlantic Jan 15, 2026
5% PREEN Clean, like Em is? (5) The Times Cryptic Jan 15, 2026

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