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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DETER Prevent crime writer dropping The Times (5) The Times Cryptic Jun 14, 2023
3% INSULT Slight help for diabetics dropping in time (6) The Times Cryptic Aug 23, 2025
3% ESTOP Prevent, in legalese (5) Premier Sunday Aug 17, 2025
3% NGAIO ____ Marsh, crime fiction writer (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 15, 2025
3% NYE Time to drop the ball, for short? (3)
3% TABLE Drop for the time being (5) New York Times Jun 28, 2025
2% TEAR Eye drop (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 5, 2025
2% PIN ___-drop silence (3)
2% FILMNOIR Crime movie genre (8) The Times Concise Sep 2, 2025
2% AHA "The penny drops!" (3) LA Times Daily Aug 31, 2025

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