What's caused a mismatch between the starred clues and their answers Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue What's caused a mismatch between the starred clues and their answers last seen in Wall Street Journal puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is GAMIFICATION.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GAMIFICATION What's caused a mismatch between the starred clues and their answers (12) Wall Street Journal Sep 26, 2024
7% INSTITCHES Laughing hysterically, or what the answers to the starred clues literally are (10) LA Times Daily Jan 25, 2026
7% TIMEANDAGAIN Repeatedly, or what's found in the answers to the starred clues (12) LA Times Daily Nov 17, 2025
6% WESTCOUNTRY Region associated with scrumpy, and what is literally in the answers to asterisked clues (11) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 22, 2026
6% WORKBACKWARDS Advice to a problem solver, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues (13) LA Times Daily Feb 20, 2026
6% ODDJOBS Taskrabbit tasks ... or what letters one, three, five, etc., in the starred clues' answers spell? (7) Universal Feb 20, 2026
6% MEATEATING Non-vegetarian, and what the answers to asterisked clues are literally doing (10) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 17, 2026
6% TWOFORONE Good deal, like the answers to the starred clues (9) Wall Street Journal Feb 12, 2026
6% LOOSECHANGE Collection found under sofa cushions, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? (11) LA Times Daily Feb 12, 2026
6% STEALAKISS Quickly smooch … or a hint to the answers to the four starred Down clues (10) New York Times Feb 12, 2026

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