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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ILLGOTTEN Telling off about books obtained criminally (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Mar 12, 2025
3% GETS Obtains (4) USA Today May 9, 2026
3% RAREST Least obtainable (6) Newsday May 7, 2026
3% GOT Obtained (3) Eugene Sheffer May 4, 2026
3% GET Obtain (3) Premier Sunday May 3, 2026
3% SCARCE Hard to obtain (6) Puzzler Backwords Apr 28, 2026
3% FELON Criminal (5) The Times Concise Apr 27, 2026
3% PASHTO Infatuation with books about language (6) The Times Cryptic Apr 27, 2026
3% ELF Regularly tell off mischievous child (3) The Times Quick Cryptic Apr 23, 2026
3% BEENTHERE "Tell me about it" (9) The Atlantic Apr 17, 2026

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