Worse, as excuses go
The crossword clue "Worse, as excuses go" is answered by LAMER, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LAMER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMER answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 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.
- FEEBLER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAMER
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAMER, most used first.
- Debussy work - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
- Less convincing - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- More pathetic, as excuses go - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Poorer, as excuses go - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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