Clues for the word "DRAWBACK"
We've had 26 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 51 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on November 11, 2025.
Definition of drawback
- n. - A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
- n. - Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied.
Referring Clues
- Downside
- Minus
- Disadvantage
- Flaw
- Fly in the ointment
- Hindrance or disadvantage
- Recoil from disadvantage
- It's no advantage to retire
- Clue for part of hospital with a problem
- Shrink, which is a snag
- Shrink, that's the snag
- Clue to foster-child's disadvantage?
- Ward problem
- Flinch because of a handicap
- Hitch
- Ward's disadvantage?
- Disadvantage of retreat
- Snag with Thailand ending revolutionary conflict has Obama losing heart
- Sketch on the reverse presents a difficulty
- Support by lottery possibly a disadvantage
- Depict stern problem
- Recoil brings disadvantage
- Negative
- Snag
- Will get out a gun in retaliation - that's the snag
- Shortcoming
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 23, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 24, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 24, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 08, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 11, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 23, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - August 27, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 24, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 20, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 23, 2023
- Your Life Choices - January 16, 2023
- Daily Quick - November 09, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - September 23, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 23, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - June 23, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 28, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - April 24, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - April 20, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - March 29, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 10, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - May 01, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - April 18, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - January 04, 2016
- And in 21 more crossword puzzles...