Obtained, as protection money Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EXTORTED Obtained, as protection money (8) USA Today Jul 2, 2019
8% GET Obtain (3) USA Today Oct 9, 2025
8% GETS Obtains (4) Commuter Sep 29, 2025
8% PROCURE Obtain (7) Wall Street Journal Sep 24, 2025
8% LUCRE Money obtained from cruel treatment (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 9, 2025
8% GOT Obtained (3) The Telegraph Mini Sep 3, 2025
8% BUYS Obtains using money (4)
7% SOURCED Obtained, maybe locally (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
7% SNAFFLE Obtain deviously (7) Newsday Sep 21, 2025
7% SHIELDED Protected (8) The Times Concise Sep 17, 2025

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