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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SWAT Whack with a newspaper, perhaps (4) New York Times Dec 2, 2015
8% RAPS Whacks (4) (4) Mirror Quick Jan 10, 2026
8% SWATS Whacks (5) Premier Sunday Nov 9, 2025
7% AWRY Out of whack (4) Newsday Nov 12, 2025
6% EDS Newspaper workers (Abbr.) (3) USA Today Jan 30, 2026
6% ESSAY Newspaper opinion piece (5) Newsday Jan 27, 2026
6% ITEM Article in a newspaper (4) (4) Puzzler Jan 27, 2026
6% COLUMN Regular newspaper feature (6) The Times Concise Jan 26, 2026
6% NYT Big Apple newspaper: Abbr. (3)
6% THEFT Crime in the newspaper (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 21, 2026

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