Unusually short, as a prison sentence Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LENIENT Unusually short, as a prison sentence (7) USA Today Oct 23, 2017
8% COMMUTE Reduce (a prison sentence) (7) The Times Concise Oct 29, 2025
7% SERVEONESTIME See out a prison sentence (13) The Times Concise Nov 26, 2025
6% CELL Prison room (4) Puzzler Backwords Jan 1, 2026
6% CURIO Unusual object (5) Puzzler Backwords Dec 26, 2025
6% GAOL Prison (4) (4) Mirror Quick Dec 25, 2025
6% INMATE Prisoner (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 24, 2025
6% ODDLY Unusually (5) (5) Puzzler Dec 21, 2025
6% SLAMMER Prison (7) The Telegraph Quick Dec 20, 2025
6% END Period's place, in a sentence (3)

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