Dry and crumbly
The crossword clue "Dry and crumbly" is answered by MEALY, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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
MEALY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEALY answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MEALY
Every other clue in this collection answered by MEALY, most used first.
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