___ worse than death
The crossword clue "___ worse than death" is answered by AFATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 43 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus.
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AFATE
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Used 43 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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