Lame excuse
The crossword clue "Lame excuse" is answered by COPOUT, a 6-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COPOUT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COPOUT answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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.
- Weak, as an excuse - FLIMSY, used 9 times
- Excuse - PARDON, used 6 times
- Excuse from punishment - LETOFF, used 6 times
- "Excuse me!" - PARDON, used 6 times
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