Spotted animal can briefly turn docile after scratching flanks Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CALICO Spotted animal can briefly turn docile after scratching flanks (6) The Times Mephisto Aug 11, 2024
3% SIDE Flank (4) Puzzler Backwords Dec 30, 2025
3% TAME Docile (4) Eugene Sheffer Nov 28, 2025
2% APT Spot-on (3) LA Times Daily Jan 10, 2026
2% MAR Scratch (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 8, 2026
2% BINGO "Spot on!" (5) New York Times Jan 8, 2026
2% ANEW From scratch (4) Newsday Jan 7, 2026
2% ANKLE Body part from an animal turned up (5) The Times Cryptic Jan 6, 2026
2% TAMED Made docile (5) Newsday Jan 5, 2026
2% LOCATION Spot (8) The Atlantic Jan 4, 2026

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