Fail under pressure
The crossword clue "Fail under pressure" is answered by CHOKE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHOKE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHOKE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CHOKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHOKE, most used first.
- Fail in the clutch - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Apply, as pressure - EXERT, used 75 times
- Hot under the collar - IRATE, used 65 times
- Two under par - EAGLE, used 63 times
- Under - BELOW, used 45 times
- Under siege - BESET, used 44 times
- Brings under control - TAMES, used 42 times
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