Weightlifter's bane

The answer

FLAB

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLAB answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for FLAB

Every other clue in this collection answered by FLAB, most used first.

• Spare tire - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
• Dieter's target - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Exerciser's target - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Love handles, essentially - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Liposuction target - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Bodybuilder's bane - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Exercise target - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Spare tire, so to speak - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Workout target - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Blubber - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Love handles - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Spare tire makeup - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Exerciser's excess weight - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Extra weight - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Flaccid flesh - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Spare tire material? - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Dog bane - FLEA, used 44 times
• Babysitter's bane - BRAT, used 27 times
• Dog's bane - FLEA, used 19 times
• Striker's bane - SCAB, used 17 times
• Neatnik's bane - MESS, used 12 times
• ___ noire (bane) - BETE, used 10 times

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