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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROOK Piece that plays it straight (4) Wall Street Journal Feb 8, 2025
3% ERRS Leaves the straight and narrow (4) New York Times Nov 30, 2025
3% ONDRIVE Straight-batted cricket shot played to the leg side (7) The Times Concise Nov 29, 2025
3% NEAT Straight from the bottle, to bartenders (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 25, 2025
3% ALIGNED Arranged in a straight line, say (7)
3% TOYED Played (with) (5) New York Times Nov 24, 2025
3% WALKAFINELINE Succeed through the straight and narrow (13) Newsday Nov 22, 2025
3% TOKENS Game pieces (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 22, 2025
3% GPA Straight-A student's pride: Abbr. (3) Universal Nov 20, 2025
3% REPERTOIRE Report unbridled passion about English pieces to be played? (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 20, 2025

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