Black mark.
The crossword clue "Black mark." is answered by DEMERIT, a 7-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEMERIT
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEMERIT answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEMERIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEMERIT, most used first.
- Bad mark - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Mark for misconduct - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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