Dead duck
The crossword clue "Dead duck" is answered by GONER, a 5-letter entry. Used 97 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
GONER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GONER answer page.
Used 97 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GONER
Every other clue in this collection answered by GONER, most used first.
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- Lost cause - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
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- Downy duck - EIDER, used 53 times
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