Tear-jerker
The crossword clue "Tear-jerker" is answered by ONION, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ONION
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONION answer page.
Used 24 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1974. 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.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by ONION, most used first.
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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.
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