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Here is the answer for the crossword clue ...or, if a letter is nudged over, a hint to the contest answer last seen in Wall Street Journal puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is WORDPLAY.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WORDPLAY ...or, if a letter is nudged over, a hint to the contest answer (8) Wall Street Journal Aug 5, 2016
5% ENTRY Contest submission (5) Newsday Oct 14, 2025
5% SOLUTION Answer (8) The Telegraph Quick Oct 14, 2025
5% YOUDOYOU Encouragement of individuality ... or a hint to a letter, a word and another letter within each starred clue's answer (8) Universal Oct 13, 2025
5% ELBOW Nudge, or the circled words, phonetically (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
5% CUE Signal, hint (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
5% REPLY Answer (5) Universal Oct 5, 2025
5% SPLITSECONDS Brief moments, and a hint to the asterisked answers (12) Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 2025
5% RODEO Western contest (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 1, 2025
5% GOTOSEED *Deteriorate (In this answer, note letters 5-2) (8) Universal Sep 30, 2025

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