The French hope a poet becomes world champion (5,8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEWIS The French hope a poet becomes world champion (5,8) (5)
6% WISHED Hoped (6) USA Today Dec 8, 2025
6% JOHNSONTHOMPSON Katarina ---, British heptathlon world champion in 2019 and 2023 (15) The Times Specialist Nov 24, 2025
6% PATTERSON Floyd ____ was the first Olympic boxing gold medallist to become a professional heavyweight world champion (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 23, 2025
6% APOSTLE A job with the French champion (7) (7) The Sun Two Speed Nov 19, 2025
6% BAER Max ____, world heavyweight boxing champion (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 11, 2025
5% ORBS Planets, to poets (4)
5% SARA Poet Teasdale (4) Eugene Sheffer Dec 10, 2025
5% FINDING Discovery of former chess champion: French opening popular at the start (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 8, 2025
5% FRANKBRUNO British Boxer who became the WBC world heavyweight champion in 1995 (10) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 7, 2025
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