Pauline's problem
The crossword clue "Pauline's problem" is answered by PERIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PERIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PERIL answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PERIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PERIL, most used first.
- Danger - used 242 times, most recently in 2026
- Jeopardy - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Risk - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Hazard - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Problem for Pauline - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
- Imminent danger - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Great danger - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Endangerment - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Grave danger - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Grave risk - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Harm's way - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Mortal danger - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Great risk - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Serious risk - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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