Memory failure
The crossword clue "Memory failure" is answered by LAPSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAPSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAPSE answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LAPSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAPSE, most used first.
- Run out, as a subscription - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Run out - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Slip - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Expire - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Oversight - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Backslide - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Small error - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Expire, as a subscription - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Memory gap - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Memory slip - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Slight error - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Error - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
- Error in judgment - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Moment of forgetfulness - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Go unrenewed - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Memory mishap - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Minor error - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Expire, as a membership - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Fall into disuse - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Minor mistake - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Run out, as subscriptions - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Time-___ photography - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Faux pas - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Interruption - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Momentary slip - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Come to an end - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- End, as a subscription - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Failure of judgment - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Fall from grace - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Forgetful moment - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Spell of forgetfulness - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Take ___ down memory lane - ATRIP, used 41 times
- Memory units - BYTES, used 32 times
- Commit to memory - LEARN, used 20 times
- Ford failure - EDSEL, used 20 times
- Computer memory units - BYTES, used 18 times
- Muse of memory - MNEME, used 15 times
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