Needs an operative to cover current bases Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ADENINES Needs an operative to cover current bases (8) The Telegraph Toughie Mar 21, 2025
3% EDDY Current covers of expurgated diary (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 27, 2025
3% USER Operator (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 24, 2025
3% RUNS Operates (4) Eugene Sheffer Dec 18, 2025
3% RECENT Current (6) Puzzler Backwords Dec 2, 2025
3% UMPS They cover all the bases (4) New York Times Nov 5, 2025
2% LID Cover (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 9, 2026
2% RAGE Current craze (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 8, 2026
2% INFORCE Operative employed by the police? (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 8, 2026
2% ONGOING Current (7) (7) Puzzler Jan 6, 2026

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