Fail to keep a promise
The crossword clue "Fail to keep a promise" is answered by RENEGE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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RENEGE
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Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RENEGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RENEGE, most used first.
- Go back on a promise - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Go back (on) - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Break a promise - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Weasel out - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Fail to follow suit - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Go back on one's word - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Back out - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Go back - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Go back on a deal - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Back out of a deal - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Back out (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Bridge blunder - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Cop out - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Go back on, as a promise - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Keep - RETAIN, used 47 times
- Promise - ASSURE, used 27 times
- Solemn promise - PLEDGE, used 18 times
- Promise - PLEDGE, used 15 times
- Promise confidently - ASSURE, used 14 times
- Sure to fail - DOOMED, used 12 times
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