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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EPONYM Person after whom something is named (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 15, 2022
3% THAT Which, who or whom (4) Puzzler Backwords Dec 22, 2025
3% ALIENEE Person to whom property is transferred (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 16, 2025
3% BEER Porter runs after busy person (4) The Telegraph Toughie Dec 16, 2025
3% LISTEE Person named in a directory (6) Premier Sunday Dec 7, 2025
3% PLIMSOLL Samuel -, 19th-century British politician after whom the load line on a ship is named (8) (8) Mirror Quiz Dec 7, 2025
3% ASHE Arthur ___ after whom a famous tennis stadium in Queens is named (4)
3% MOOG Robert -, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named (4) (4) Mirror Quiz Dec 5, 2025
3% STDENIS Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is named (7) New York Times Nov 28, 2025
3% ANITA For whom Neety is a nickname (5) Newsday Nov 22, 2025

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