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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PURLOIN Not quite clean cut or appropriate (7) The Times Cryptic Jun 21, 2022
3% DETOXES Gets clean (7) Thomas Joseph Jan 20, 2026
3% NEAT Clean and tidy (4) Commuter Jan 20, 2026
3% CIAO Appropriate farewell for a chef? (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 17, 2026
3% STOP "Quit it!" (4) LA Times Daily Jan 16, 2026
3% INAPTLY Not appropriately (7) Commuter Jan 15, 2026
3% SCOURED Cleaned with vigor (7) Eugene Sheffer Jan 14, 2026
3% WIPE Clean with a towel (4)
3% RIGHT Appropriate side (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Jan 11, 2026
3% CRIB Appropriate (4) Newsday Jan 10, 2026

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