Poorer, as excuses go
The crossword clue "Poorer, as excuses go" is answered by LAMER, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LAMER
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LAMER
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAMER, most used first.
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- Debussy opus - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Debussy piece. - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Less plausible, as an excuse - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Debussy composition - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Worse, as excuses go - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Less convincing - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- More pathetic, as excuses go - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Poorer - WORSE, used 9 times
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