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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% USSR Space Race contender (4) Newsday Dec 13, 2018
3% COMPETE Contend with favourite in climax? (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 16, 2025
3% TORE Raced (4) New York Times Dec 5, 2025
3% YURI Space race cosmonaut Gagarin (4) New York Times Nov 19, 2025
3% BARRELED Raced (8) The Atlantic Nov 13, 2025
3% SPED Raced (4) Eugene Sheffer Nov 11, 2025
3% DASHED Raced (6) USA Today Nov 5, 2025
3% COULDA "I ___ been a contender!" (6) USA Today Oct 14, 2025
3% ATHLETE Sporting contender (7) Puzzler Backwords Sep 24, 2025
3% VYING Contending (5) The Telegraph Mini Sep 21, 2025

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