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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EPONYM Person after whom something is named (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 15, 2022
3% ONEONONE Person-to-person (8) Newsday Oct 23, 2025
3% SCAREDYCAT Child's name for a timid person (7-3) (10) Mirror Classic Oct 23, 2025
3% OWN Personal (3) The Telegraph Quick Oct 23, 2025
3% NOUN Word used as the name of something (4) (4) Puzzler Oct 22, 2025
3% SCIROCCO VW model named after a desert wind (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Oct 19, 2025
3% TEAM ___ spirit (something strengthened after a bonding session) (4)
3% NORSE Like the god Tyr, for whom Tuesday is named (5) New York Times Mini Oct 13, 2025
3% OLIVIER Whom Britain's Tony is named for (7) Newsday Oct 10, 2025
3% OHM Georg with a unit named after him (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 10, 2025

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