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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DOSE Shot by nasty piece of work over drugs (4) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 5, 2023
3% ACID Flying Over Sunset drug, familiarly (4) The Atlantic Jan 15, 2026
3% PELLET Piece of shot (6) Puzzler Backwords Dec 2, 2025
3% ICKY Nasty (4) LA Times Daily Nov 30, 2025
3% BLEH "That's nasty" (4) The Atlantic Nov 24, 2025
2% TRY Give it a shot (3)
2% RIDS Gets shot (of) (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 30, 2026
2% DRIVE Golf shot (5) The Telegraph Quick Jan 30, 2026
2% JAB Shot in the arm? (3) Universal Jan 29, 2026
2% LICE Cops missing work over bugs (4) (4) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 28, 2026

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