Turn on the waterworks
The crossword clue "Turn on the waterworks" is answered by CRY, a 3-letter entry. Used 32 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CRY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRY answer page.
Used 32 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 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.
- SHEDTEARS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CRY
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRY, most used first.
- Weep - used 150 times, most recently in 2026
- Blubber - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Shed tears - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a bawl - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Shout - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Bawl - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Sob - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Call out - used 23 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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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