Clues for the word "SLUMP"
We've had 52 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 71 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 28, 2025.
Definition of slump
- n. - The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
- v. t. - To lump; to throw into a mess.
- v. i. - To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
- n. - A boggy place.
- n. - The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
Referring Clues
- Batter's woe
- Hitter's problem
- Losing streak
- Dry spell
- Drop off
- Batter's dry spell
- Stop hitting?
- Stretch with no hits
- Depression
- Bummer for a batter
- Nonproductive streak
- Dry spell or the theme of this puzzle
- Difficult time for Sosa
- Batter's bugaboo
- Unproductive period
- Fall, as home prices
- Doldrums
- Economic downturn
- Mild recession
- Down time for a team
- Consecutive losses
- Period of decline
- Fall heavily
- Bad spell at the plate
- Bad time for a batter
- Batter's rough patch
- Slugger's dry spell
- Batter's nightmare
- Economic decline
- Downturn
- Rough patch
- Batter's "O-fer" streak
- Slouch
- Recession
- Not a good time to produce plums
- Economic depression
- Sudden drop in business
- Deep recession
- Collapse
- Athlete's down time?
- Weak period
- Losing period
- Fall in messy lumps
- No good market for bad plums!
- Fall in lumps?
- Droop
- Recession can be a small piece of luck for politician
- Fall, as real estate prices
- Dry spell at the plate
- String of Ls
- Period of failure
- Opposite of a streak in sports
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 24, 2025
- USA Today - September 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 07, 2023
- New York Times - August 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 11, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 01, 2022
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 22, 2018
- Mirror Classic - January 18, 2018
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 13, 2018
- USA Today - December 19, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - July 06, 2017
- Washington Post Sunday - July 02, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2017
- LA Times - February 26, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 21, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 03, 2016
- Guardian Quick - September 19, 2016
- USA Today - August 09, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 01, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 27, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 18, 2016
- Universal - May 08, 2016
- LA Times - December 24, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 08, 2015
- New York Times - April 08, 2015
- Universal - November 29, 2014
- LA Times Sunday - October 13, 2013
- And in 41 more crossword puzzles...