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| Rank | Answer | Length | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | ANDROPOV Yuri ___, leader of the Soviet Union (as General Secretary of its Communist Party) who succeeded Leonid Brezhnev in 1982 (8) | (8) | ||
| 6% | BREZHNEV Leonid __, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1964 -1982 (8) | (8) | The Guardian Weekend | Mar 8, 2025 |
| 5% | LEONID Brezhnev of the Soviet Union | (6) | New York Times | Sep 28, 2025 |
| 4% | LARA Yuri Zhivago's love | (4) | Eugene Sheffer | Dec 27, 2025 |
| 4% | NIKITA Soviet leader Khrushchev | (6) | Universal | Dec 20, 2025 |
| 4% | LENIN First Soviet leader | (5) | Newsday | Dec 16, 2025 |
| 4% | REAGAN President who succeeded Carter | (6) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | Dec 13, 2025 |
| 4% | PURGE Party's leader longing for expulsion | (5) | The Telegraph Toughie | Dec 11, 2025 |
| 4% | ODDER Stranger bringing Communist Party to the West | (5) | The Times Quick Cryptic | Dec 9, 2025 |
| 4% | ANNAN Kofi ___, former secretary general of the United Nations | (5) | New York Times | Dec 7, 2025 |
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