Not a creek, exactly, but there may be fish in it (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CREEL Not a creek, exactly, but there may be fish in it (5) (5)
9% MINNOW Creek fish (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 1, 2025
7% EELS Fish that may be electric (4) USA Today Oct 20, 2025
7% UNSPECIFIED Not mentioned exactly (11) Puzzler Backwords Oct 20, 2025
7% RIA Southwestern creek (3) Newsday Sep 21, 2025
7% ONTHENOSE Exactly (9) Universal Aug 25, 2025
6% VERBATIM Repeated exactly (8) (8) Puzzler Nov 3, 2025
6% SARDINE Fish (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 27, 2025
6% NET Fish may get caught in one (3)
6% COD Fish stick fish (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 23, 2025
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