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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHAMPION York's first-rate defender (8) The Times Sunday Cryptic Jul 20, 2025
7% TOPS First-rate (4) Eugene Sheffer Feb 18, 2026
6% AONE First-rate (4) Newsday Dec 1, 2025
5% SPEED Going rate? (5) Wall Street Journal Feb 21, 2026
5% PACE Rate; step (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 19, 2026
5% BACK Rugby or football defender (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 17, 2026
5% WAGE Hourly pay rate (4) New York Times Feb 16, 2026
5% CLASSROOM First-rate space for instruction (9) (9) Mirror Cryptic Feb 12, 2026
5% ACACIA First-rate accountant repeatedly sent back plant (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Feb 10, 2026
5% NUEVA ___ York, Spanish name for New York (5) New York Times Mini Feb 4, 2026

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