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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BOWLS Tries to knock pins down in an alley (5) USA Today Apr 9, 2025
3% DIETED Tried to slim down (6) Newsday Apr 19, 2026
3% ELUSIVE Hard to pin down (7) LA Times Daily Apr 18, 2026
3% OOP Alley-____ (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Apr 18, 2026
3% TIBIA Part of pin starts to topple if bowling in alley (5) The Times Cryptic Mar 23, 2026
3% BULLDOZE Knock down (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Mar 13, 2026
3% BOWL Knock down pins in an alley (4)
3% WRESTLES Tries to pin down (8)
2% SPARE Pickup in an alley (5) Wall Street Journal Apr 23, 2026
2% RAP Knock (3) Eugene Sheffer Apr 23, 2026

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