Physicist holding out to get Rutherford’s head designer Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% COUTURIER Physicist holding out to get Rutherford’s head designer (9) The Times Cryptic Feb 3, 2022
6% BAIL Head out (4) USA Today Nov 19, 2025
6% EAST __ Rutherford, NJ (4) Commuter Nov 18, 2025
6% EDITH Costume designer Head (5) TV Nov 2, 2025
6% OBTAIN Get hold of (6) The Times Concise Oct 15, 2025
6% ERNEST Physicist Rutherford (6) Newsday Feb 27, 2025
5% BOHR Physicist Niels ___ (4)
5% HERE "Hold this" (4) New York Times Nov 30, 2025
5% RUTS Tough things to get out of (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 29, 2025
5% WARPS Gets bent out of shape (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 29, 2025

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