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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% UNTOWARD Word aunt misused proves inappropriate (8) The Guardian Quiptic Apr 11, 2022
3% LITERALLY Word frequently misused as an intensifier (9) The Atlantic Jan 9, 2026
3% PENPORTRAIT Report paint misused? But this is a picture in words (11) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 25, 2025
3% UNFIT Inappropriate (5) Puzzler Backwords Dec 15, 2025
2% CLEARS Proves innocent (6) Commuter Jan 9, 2026
2% OUTFLANK Circumvent folk aunt condemned (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 8, 2026
2% TETANUS Theatre cleaned out aunt's awful infection (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
2% TUNA Aunt mad for fish (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Jan 6, 2026
2% TOMEI Marisa who plays Peter Parker's aunt (5) LA Times Daily Jan 4, 2026
2% TIA Acapulco aunt (3) Thomas Joseph Jan 3, 2026

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