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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ANTON CHEKHOV Russian writer of short stories and (more famously in translation) plays (13) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 15, 2020
6% LYDIA Short story writer Davis (5)
5% RNA It works in translation (3) New York Times Oct 18, 2025
5% BIO Life story, for short (3) Thomas Joseph Oct 14, 2025
5% NERDIER I render translation more like a dweeb (7) (7) Mirror Cryptic Oct 10, 2025
5% PRIMABALLERINA Misty Copeland, famously (14) USA Today Oct 9, 2025
5% NYET Russian "no" (4) TV Sep 28, 2025
5% BIOS Life stories, for short (4)
5% RENDERS Translates (7) Premier Sunday Sep 21, 2025
5% ROUTE 66 is famously one (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 8, 2025

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