War almost gave rise to election defeat (6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WALLOP War almost gave rise to election defeat (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 19, 2023
5% OUTRAN Defeated in a sprint (6) Universal Oct 27, 2025
5% HINTED Gave a clue (6) USA Today Oct 27, 2025
5% LOSE Suffer defeat (4) Commuter Oct 23, 2025
5% DRUB Soundly defeat (4) Commuter Oct 22, 2025
5% ASCENT Rise (6) LA Times Daily Oct 21, 2025
5% LENT Gave temporarily (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 17, 2025
5% CEDED Gave up (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 16, 2025
5% LOSES Suffers defeat (5) Commuter Oct 15, 2025
5% LICK Defeat (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 11, 2025

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