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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DRAMA Play dead, oddly, when animal enters (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Apr 4, 2017
6% EXTINCT Dead nice, oddly, poking something akin to a dead parrot? (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 14, 2025
6% ROSTRUM Stage riot oddly before play (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 6, 2025
6% POSSUM Marsupial that plays dead (6) USA Today Oct 31, 2025
5% HEL Norse queen of the dead (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 8, 2025
5% SEA Dead __ Scrolls (3) LA Times Daily Dec 7, 2025
5% LETIN Allow to enter (5) The Telegraph Mini Dec 5, 2025
5% DEES Dead ends? (4) New York Times Nov 28, 2025
5% EVE Trevor ____ played Peter Boyd in <i>Waking the Dead</i> (3) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 23, 2025
5% TIE Dead heat (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 18, 2025

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