Intense criticism
The crossword clue "Intense criticism" is answered by FLAK, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FLAK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLAK answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FLAK
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLAK, most used first.
- Criticism - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong criticism - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Harsh criticism - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Antiaircraft fire - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Anti-aircraft fire - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Hostile reaction - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Type of jacket - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Hostile criticism - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Severe criticism - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Intense anger - RAGE, used 44 times
- Intense - DEEP, used 17 times
- Intense craving - LUST, used 13 times
- Cutting criticism - SLAM, used 10 times
- Intense anger - FURY, used 10 times
- Intense attraction, with "the" - HOTS, used 10 times
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