What are essential pens like being gripped? Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BASICS What are essential pens like being gripped? (6) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 18, 2023
6% HELD Gripped (4) The Sun Two Speed Jul 28, 2025
5% WROTE Penned a poem (5) USA Today Sep 6, 2025
5% INLET Fjord, essentially (5) Newsday Sep 5, 2025
5% STY Pen for pigs (3) USA Today Sep 1, 2025
5% PSEUDONYM Pen name (9) Premier Sunday Aug 31, 2025
5% ONSPEC Without being asked; cos pen (anag.) (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 29, 2025
5% NIB Tip of the pen (3)
5% BIC Pen name (3) Eugene Sheffer Aug 28, 2025
5% BEGTHEQUESTION Assume what's being asked (14) Newsday Aug 27, 2025

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