Cosmic payback
The crossword clue "Cosmic payback" is answered by KARMA, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KARMA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KARMA answer page.
Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 12 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.
- BADKARMA (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for KARMA
Every other clue in this collection answered by KARMA, most used first.
- Destiny - used 55 times, most recently in 2021
- Fate - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Cosmic comeuppance - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Buddhist concept - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Sum of one's actions - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cosmic fate - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Kismet - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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