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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PEDANT Quiet worker detaining journalist is fussy sort (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Mar 29, 2018
3% WAYLAID Detained (7) Eugene Sheffer Feb 13, 2026
2% EDITOR Chief journalist on a newspaper (6) Puzzler Backwords Feb 18, 2026
2% NIT ___-pick (be fussy) (3)
2% EMERITUS English deserve occasionally fussy retiree (8) The Telegraph Toughie Feb 17, 2026
2% ONES "It's always the quiet ____ ..." (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 15, 2026
2% REPORTERSBEAT Journalist's assigned area (13) Newsday Feb 15, 2026
2% PEACE Quiet, calm (5) Puzzler Backwords Feb 14, 2026
2% ANGLE Journalistic slant (5) Newsday Feb 9, 2026
2% NEWSITEMS Journalists' fodder (9) Universal Feb 7, 2026

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