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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CURTAILMENT Shortening of brief illness (11) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 15, 2025
3% ABRIDGE Shorten a game (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 19, 2025
3% INAPT Ill-suited (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 19, 2025
3% MARGARINE Shortened dress soldier keeps shortening (9) The Times Cryptic Nov 12, 2025
3% MALICE Hostility, ill will (6) The Times Concise Nov 6, 2025
3% INFLUENZA Winter illness * (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 30, 2025
3% ABASHED Ill at ease (7) Newsday Oct 30, 2025
3% SHORT Brief (5) New York Times Oct 28, 2025
3% AERON Shortened flights (5) Newsday Oct 25, 2025
3% ETC List shortener (3) Universal Oct 23, 2025

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