Throw a tantrum
The crossword clue "Throw a tantrum" is answered by ACTUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACTUP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACTUP answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- RANTANDRAVE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ACTUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACTUP, most used first.
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- Malfunction - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Go on the fritz - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Behave badly - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Carry on - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Be bratty - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Make mischief - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Be a brat - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Become troublesome - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Behave like a brat - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Make a scene - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Be naughty - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Cause trouble - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Throw with effort - HEAVE, used 57 times
- Throw water on - DOUSE, used 47 times
- Throw away - SCRAP, used 44 times
- Throw out - EJECT, used 38 times
- Throw out - EVICT, used 33 times
- Throw with force - HEAVE, used 25 times
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