Tense, fixer and journalist set off Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRIGGERED Tense, fixer and journalist set off (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 3, 2016
6% IGNITES Sets off (7) Eugene Sheffer Aug 14, 2025
6% BOUTRIGGERS Fight fixers? (11) Wall Street Journal Aug 9, 2025
6% TRIGGERS Sets off (8) The Times Sunday Concise Jul 13, 2025
6% TOADFLAX Plant that flowers on and off, on and off, between tense and not tense (8)
5% NANTES Ann set off for French city (6) (6) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Sep 6, 2025
5% HODA Journalist Kotb (4) USA Today Aug 28, 2025
5% DETONATED Noted date suspect set off (9) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 28, 2025
5% PRESS Journalists, collectively (5) Puzzler Backwords Aug 22, 2025
5% IDA Journalist Tarbell (3) USA Today Aug 21, 2025

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