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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INSISTENT Playing tennis is, at first, terribly demanding (9)
6% INTENSE Forceful tennis played by beginner in Essex (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 17, 2025
6% AWFUL Terrible (5) Eugene Sheffer Oct 14, 2025
6% ACTI First part of a play (4) Newsday Oct 13, 2025
6% BAD Terrible (3) Commuter Oct 8, 2025
6% ABYSMAL Terrible (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 3, 2025
6% DINS Terrible rackets (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 1, 2025
6% DIVA Demanding entertainer (4) New York Times Sep 28, 2025
6% GROANER Terrible joke (7) Commuter Sep 25, 2025
6% MPEST Terrible storm (5) New York Times Sep 25, 2025
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