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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CLOSET Private detective essentially gets wasted inhaling drug (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 7, 2023
3% BREATH Inhalation (6) Universal Sep 14, 2025
3% SLEUTH Private detective (6) Commuter Aug 9, 2025
2% RIPEN City gets drug for old age (5) The Times Cryptic Oct 27, 2025
2% SEAL Privatize? (4) Newsday Oct 25, 2025
2% MEWS Private stables (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 25, 2025
2% FINALISE Conclude Flipper is inhaling a line and another drug (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 23, 2025
2% INSIDE Private (6) (6) Puzzler Oct 23, 2025
2% TUTOR Private instructor (5) The Telegraph Quick Oct 22, 2025
2% DROSS Smeltery waste (5) LA Times Daily Oct 19, 2025

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