Downturn
The crossword clue "Downturn" is answered by DIP, a 3-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. 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
DIP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIP answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 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.
- RECESSION (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIP, most used first.
- Quick swim - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
- Short swim - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Party bowlful - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Brief drop - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Brief swim - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Chips go-with - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Party staple - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Salsa or guacamole - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Dance maneuver - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Guacamole, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Immerse - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Tango move - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Salsa, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Guacamole, for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pickpocket - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
- Cocktail party bowlful - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Slight downturn - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Swim. - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Ballroom dance move - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Chip go-with - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Dance move - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Guacamole or salsa - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Hummus, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Chip topper - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Decline - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Minor decline - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Party fare - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Plunge - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Potato chip topping - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Slight decrease - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Tango maneuver - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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