Suspicious if backward and retiring (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FISHY Suspicious if backward and retiring (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 10, 2025
8% ONTO Suspicious of (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 12, 2025
7% EEW "Wee" backward? (3)
7% LEERY Suspicious (5) LA Times Mini Oct 15, 2025
6% BOOT Monopoly token retired in 2017 (4) New York Times Jan 9, 2026
6% COMESTOBED Joins one's partner in retirement? (10) LA Times Daily Jan 6, 2026
6% BUNK Rubbish place to retire (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 1, 2026
6% IRA Retirement savings plan: Abbr. (3)
6% PARANOID Suspicious father sprinted over with papers (8) (8) The Sun Two Speed Dec 28, 2025
6% SSA Retirement benefits org. (3) Universal Dec 27, 2025

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