Story about Conservative brought up for big effect (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ECLAT Story about Conservative brought up for big effect (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Jul 24, 2025
7% BEGOT Brought about (5) New York Times Mini Aug 8, 2025
6% LIE Cooked-up story (3)
6% RESULT Effect of Ulster getting broken up (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 14, 2025
6% TELLING Effective (7) Eugene Sheffer Nov 4, 2025
6% ELATE Cheer story about drug (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 27, 2025
6% YEA "About __ big" (3) LA Times Daily Oct 17, 2025
6% BRED Brought up key colour (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Oct 10, 2025
6% BRAGS Shares a big fish story, say (5) New York Times Oct 10, 2025
6% ILLBRED Badly brought up (3-4) (7) Mirror Classic Oct 6, 2025

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