Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FINISHINGSECOND Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across) (15)
6% STICKOUT Protrude, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across (8) Wall Street Journal Jun 1, 2026
6% CUTANDRUN Get out of Dodge, or what can precede the first words of 17-, 28- and 47-Across (9) USA Today Jun 1, 2026
6% HEADSTART Advantage for a racer, and a hint to 17-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across (9) Wall Street Journal Mar 30, 2026
5% SOMEBODYSCRANKY Response to a series of complaints … that also jokingly applies to 17-, 27- and 47-Across (15) New York Times Jun 15, 2026
5% ESP Ability for a purported 24-Across (3) The New Yorker Mini Jun 11, 2026
5% TANGENT Conversational offshoot ... or, when parsed as two words, a hint to 17-Down (7) New York Times Midi Jun 7, 2026
5% NOVA Suddenly bright 47-Across (4) Universal Jun 4, 2026
5% WHODOWE With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across (7) New York Times Jun 2, 2026
5% RIGHTYOUARE "Correct!," or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 34-, and 52-Across (11) LA Times Daily May 28, 2026
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