Clues for the word "DUD"
We've had 153 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 540 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 19, 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
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 19, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 19, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 07, 2026
- LA Times - January 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2026
- LA Times - January 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 14, 2025
- New York Times - November 09, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 03, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 26, 2025
- LA Times - September 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 19, 2025
- And in 510 more crossword puzzles...