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| 99% | 4 | INOT | Exact Match! | |
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| 31% | 8 | Tiebreaker necessity | ||
noun • a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | ||||
| 31% | 5 | A tiebreaker score of 2-2 | ||
noun • a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game • the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number • a word used in exclamations of confusion • one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots | ||||
During A Tiebreaker Informally
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INOT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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Updated: September 29, 2025
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| New York Times30 Sep 2025 | Across 27 | INOT |
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