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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SYLLABLES What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word (9) New York Times Feb 19, 2024
8% BACKBOARD Support for a basket ... or what combines with either word in each starred clue's answer? (9) Universal Nov 13, 2025
7% LEADINGOFF What can pair with each part of the starred clues' answers (10) Newsday Nov 21, 2025
7% ALLABOARD Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues (9) New York Times Sep 16, 2025
6% TOMTOMCLUB "Genius of Love" band, or what the answers to the starred clues are members of? (10) LA Times Daily Dec 11, 2025
6% OUTOFSORTS Ailing, and what answers to asterisked clues are (10) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 5, 2025
6% ODDSANDENDS Miscellaneous things ... and what the indicated letters in the starred clues' answers are? (11) Universal Dec 2, 2025
6% IMSTUFFED "Not ... another ... bite," or what the answer to each starred clue would say? (9) Universal Nov 28, 2025
6% TIMEANDAGAIN Repeatedly, or what's found in the answers to the starred clues (12) LA Times Daily Nov 17, 2025
6% MAMMA Bambino's first word (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 15, 2025

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