Unclear about ear-piercing style essentially (6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CLOUDY Unclear about ear-piercing style essentially (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 12, 2024
7% SHRILL Ear-piercing (6) Universal Nov 9, 2025
6% BORE Pierce (4) The Telegraph Quick Feb 4, 2026
6% HITANEWLOBE Add to one's ear piercings? (11) LA Times Daily Jan 23, 2026
6% SHRIEK Ear-piercing yell (6) (6) The Guardian Quick Jan 21, 2026
6% STAB Pierce (4) Commuter Jan 5, 2026
6% CLIPON Earring for non-pierced ears (4-2) (6) Puzzler Nov 5, 2025
5% PERSE Essentially (5) The Telegraph Plusword Feb 4, 2026
5% ALA In the style of (3) Universal Feb 2, 2026
5% AWL Leather-piercing tool (3) Wall Street Journal Feb 2, 2026

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