Unusual strain on defender of the status quo that's not permanent Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRANSITORY Unusual strain on defender of the status quo that's not permanent (10)
54% FORKEEPS Permanently (8) LA Times Daily Oct 8, 2025
54% EVER Permanently (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 8, 2025
54% ROCKTHEBOAT Terrible book chatter to threaten the status quo (4,3,4) (11) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 17, 2025
52% TENSION Strain (7) Puzzler Backwords Sep 18, 2025
52% ROSSI Lead singer of Status Quo, Francis ___-- (5) (5)
52% NORM Status quo (4) USA Today Apr 23, 2025
52% ANTE Status quo ___ (4)
52% ASIS Status quo (4)
52% NOWORSE "Status quo" (7)
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