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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MASAI The writer is taken aback about periodically harsh language (5) The Times Cryptic Dec 12, 2024
3% UPDIKE Writer supped periodically with Turner? (6) The Telegraph Toughie Nov 7, 2025
3% SIBLING Relative is taken aback by gaudy jewellery (7) The Times Cryptic Nov 5, 2025
3% SEVERITY Harshness (8) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2025
3% ACRID Harsh (5) LA Times Daily Oct 19, 2025
2% ORAL Taken by mouth (4) Commuter Nov 18, 2025
2% HAPPENS Exclamation of disgust about writer's chances (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 11, 2025
2% LYE Harsh cleaning agent (3) New York Times Nov 10, 2025
2% PLUTO Its period of revolution is about 248 years (5) The Washington Post Mini Nov 8, 2025
2% SOFTENS Makes less harsh (7) LA Times Daily Nov 7, 2025

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