Mean dog
The crossword clue "Mean dog" is answered by CUR, a 3-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CUR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CUR answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 9 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.
Other clues for CUR
Every other clue in this collection answered by CUR, most used first.
- Mongrel - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
- Mangy mutt - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Scoundrel - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Junkyard dog - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Mean mutt - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Nasty dog - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Mutt - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Blackguard - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- Mongrel dog - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Dirty dog - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Dogcatcher's quarry - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Snarling dog - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Mean mongrel - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Aggressive dog - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bad dog - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Heel - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Surly sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Contemptible one - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Coward - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Despicable one - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Junkyard canine - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Mangy mongrel - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Nasty mutt - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- Hot dog holder - BUN, used 57 times
- Sea dog - TAR, used 48 times
- A mean Amin - IDI, used 46 times
- Young dog - PUP, used 42 times
- Dog show org. - AKC, used 37 times
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