Shed crocodile tears
The crossword clue "Shed crocodile tears" is answered by EMOTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EMOTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMOTE answer page.
Used 22 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EMOTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMOTE, most used first.
- Ham it up - used 281 times, most recently in 2026
- Overact - used 206 times, most recently in 2026
- Chew the scenery - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Overdo it on stage - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Be theatrical - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Behave theatrically - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Act the ham - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Tears - RENDS, used 65 times
- Tears apart - RENDS, used 58 times
- "Crocodile Hunter" Steve - IRWIN, used 29 times
- Tears down - RAZES, used 27 times
- Tears into - HASAT, used 22 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.