Clues for the word "DUD"
We've had 154 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 567 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on September 22, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Washout
- Fizzle
- Flop
- Fizzler
- TURKEY
- Bad firecracker
- It fizzles
- Turkey, so to speak
- Clunker
- Clinker
- Broadway nightmare
- It doesn't go off well
- Bomb not bursting in air?
- You won't get a bang out of it
- It doesn't detonate
- Failure of a firecracker
- Lemon
- Bomb that's a bomb
- Bomb that bombed
- Nonfunctional bomb
- Disappointing firecracker
- Stinker
- Bomb of a bomb
- Faulty firecracker
- Failure
- Firecracker that fizzles
- It makes no report
- Firecracker that fails
- Synonym for the first words of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 33-Down
- Defective firecracker
- It doesn't go off
- Fizzled firecracker
- It doesn't end with a bang
- Palindromic turkey
- Misfire
- Bomb that bombs
- Firecracker that doesn't fire
- Ineffective ammo
- Bomb bomb
- Producer's fear
- Ineffective firecracker
- Loser
- Firecracker flop
- Explosive that doesn't explode
- Lead baloon
- Lead balloon
- Producer's fear
- Producer's fears
- Producer's fears
- Failure
- Bad bomb
- Failed bomb
- One not going out with a bang?
- Firecracker that doesn't make a noise
- Failed firecracker
- Cracker that doesn't crack
- Bust
- Firecracker with no fire
- Unexploded bomb
- Firework that doesn't fire
- Firecracker that doesn't crack
- Flop of a firecracker
- Defective bomb
- Complete failure
- It never goes off
- The occasional firework
- Explosives that fail to detonate
- Thing that didn't go off
- Box office bomb
- Defective cherry bomb
- Firecracker that goes pfft
- Lemon or turkey
- Bomb
- Fizzling thing
- Chocolate candy item, Milk ___
- Firecracker that does not go off
- Firework without the pop
- Druid oddly ineffective
- Firecracker that doesn't explode
- Firecracker that does not explode
- Waste of fireworks
- Fizzling firecracker
- Useless (informal)
- Defective
- Defect ive
- Being already bad, is unable to go off!
- A useless palindrome
- It's no good backing one, either!
- Counterfeit
- It's no good being a bit of a dude
- A failure up to no good again
- Squib
- Singular clothes, simply no good
- A failure
- Either way, it's no good
- Bullet that fails to fire
- Failing to work (or to explode)
- Not working
- Nonstarter on Broadway
- Cracker that won't crack
- Movie flop
- Unexploded shell
- Defective round of ammunition
- Bust of Edmund I, oddly effaced
- Ineffectual man who wears flashy clothes out East
- A loser anyone can back
- He's no good at reversing, either
- Box office flop
- Stinkeroo
- Faulty firework
- Cracker lacking pop
- Damp squib
- Worthless firecracker
- Fake
- Worthless firework
- It's no good turning up another time
- Milk ___
- July 4th nonstarter
- Defective explosive
- Backed up, he's still no good
- Fizzling firework
- Faulty explosive
- Being stood up doesn't disturb him
- Broadway turkey
- Firecracker that doesn't go off
- It'll never work
- July 4th show failure
- Palindromic failure
- It's no good stealing a note from a dude
- Wet firecracker, e.g.
- Of Urdu derivation, it means no good
- Palindromic flop
- Total flop
- It's no good backing a loser!
- No end of a dude, he's useless!
- Effort that goes "Pfft!"
- One also raised not to work?
- Letdown at a fireworks show
- July 4th letdown
- It's no good either way
- Absolute flop
- Disappointment
- Unsatisfactory thing
- Disappointing firework
- Thing that turns out to be a disappointment
- Bad firecracker, e.g.
- Total nothing
- Firecracker with fizz but no pop
- Unsuccessful thing
- Nonexploding firework
- Commercial flop
- Milk ___ (candy morsel)
- Box-office failure
- Total bust
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 22, 2026
- Daily American - September 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 14, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - August 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 29, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 17, 2026
- Your Life Choices - July 15, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - June 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 19, 2026
- Your Life Choices - June 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 01, 2026
- Daily American - May 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - May 08, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 05, 2026
- LA Times - May 05, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 05, 2026
- Your Life Choices - April 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 06, 2026
- Daily American - April 04, 2026
- LA Times - March 25, 2026
- Mirror Mini - February 15, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 19, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 18, 2026
- And in 537 more crossword puzzles...