(Of a contest) won by a narrow margin (5-3) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CLOSERUN (Of a contest) won by a narrow margin (5-3) (8) Puzzler Mar 2, 2025
7% NARROW Slender (margin) (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 6, 2025
7% EDGE Margin (4) (4) Mirror Quick Oct 5, 2025
7% VIES Contests (4) New York Times Sep 13, 2025
7% THIN Narrow (4) The Telegraph Quick Sep 12, 2025
7% NOTATES Writes in the margin (7) Commuter Sep 11, 2025
7% ANNOTATED Wrote in the margins (9) Commuter Sep 4, 2025
7% EUROVISION Song contest that ABBA won in 1974 (10) USA Today Jul 24, 2025
7% SLIMLY By a narrow margin (6) New York Times Jun 9, 2022
7% BARELY By a narrow margin (6) New York Times Jun 9, 2022

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