Setback
The crossword clue "Setback" is answered by LOSS, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOSS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOSS answer page.
Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 8 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.
Other clues for LOSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOSS, most used first.
- Defeat - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Deprivation - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Red-ink amount - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Privation - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Forfeiture - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
- Profit's opposite - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- At a ___ for words - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Red-ink entry - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sports defeat - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Bereavement - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tax write-off - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Red-ink figure - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Gambler's woe - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Write-off - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Profit's counterpart - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- At a __ for words (speechless) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Bottom-line bummer - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Win's opposite - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Destruction - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Election defeat - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Leader leader? - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Red ink - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Red ink item - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Half a financial statement - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- L - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Misplacement - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Perfect season spoiler - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Profit's partner? - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Red figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- Minor setback - SNAG, used 22 times
- Small setback - SNAG, used 10 times
- Quarterback's setback - SACK, used 9 times
- Little setback - SNAG, used 6 times
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