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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PUPPETEER Person pulling the strings? (9) New York Times May 5, 2021
9% BARISTA Person pulling shots (7) USA Today Oct 9, 2025
8% TUGS Pulls (4) USA Today Dec 5, 2025
8% LUG Pull (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 20, 2025
8% TUG Pull (3) Universal Nov 7, 2025
8% SHARPPRACTICE Chicanery in spades, with repeated string-pulling? (13) The Times Cryptic Sep 17, 2025
7% TOW Pull (3) (3) Mirror Quick Dec 15, 2025
7% GHIJ String after F (4) Newsday Dec 14, 2025
7% BANJOS Bluegrass strings (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 9, 2025
7% LYRE Stringed instrument (4) The Telegraph Quick Dec 8, 2025

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