Crumbly earth
The crossword clue "Crumbly earth" is answered by MARL, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MARL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MARL answer page.
Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MARL
Every other clue in this collection answered by MARL, most used first.
- Earthy deposit - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
- Crumbly soil - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
- Loamy fertilizer - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Clayey soil - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Clayey deposit - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Earth - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
- Crumbly clay mixture - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
- "The Good Earth" heroine - OLAN, used 92 times
- Crumbly cheese - FETA, used 88 times
- Earth Day subj. - ECOL, used 74 times
- Good earth - LOAM, used 72 times
- Came to earth - ALIT, used 71 times
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