Power failures
The crossword clue "Power failures" is answered by OUTAGES, a 7-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. 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
OUTAGES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OUTAGES answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. 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
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- BLACKOUTS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OUTAGES
Every other clue in this collection answered by OUTAGES, most used first.
- Power problems - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Staying power - STAMINA, used 32 times
- Gave power to - ENABLED, used 6 times
- Gives power to - ENABLES, used 6 times
- Political power structure - APPARAT, used 6 times
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