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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ETC Something used for shortening (3) Newsday Dec 31, 2022
4% TSP Shortening used in recipes? (3)
3% ABRIDGE Shorten (7) Universal Feb 23, 2026
3% MONSIEUR Form of address in Paris in use more when shortened, surprisingly (8) (8) The Sun Two Speed Feb 22, 2026
3% BUTCHERS Shortened rhyming slang for a look (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Feb 22, 2026
3% HEM Shorten, as pants (3) Universal Feb 21, 2026
3% ASSET Energy in assistant is something useful (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 19, 2026
3% GETIT Understand something (5) The Telegraph Mini Feb 19, 2026
3% PAR Something to shoot for (3) LA Times Daily Feb 19, 2026
3% PEST Something troublesome (4) The Telegraph Mini Feb 18, 2026

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