Down at the heels
The crossword clue "Down at the heels" is answered by SEEDY, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SEEDY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEEDY answer page.
Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 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.
- SCRUFFY (1 uses in xd)
- SHABBY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SEEDY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEEDY, most used first.
- Run-down - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
- Squalid - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Disreputable - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Shabby - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Dilapidated - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Rundown - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
- Unkempt - used 21 times, most recently in 2005
- Like a dive bar - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Far from posh - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- In sorry shape - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Like a fleabag - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Run-down in appearance - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Disreputable, as a bar - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Down-at-the-heel - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Down-at-heel - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Hardly posh - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Like a flophouse - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Like dive bars - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Ramshackle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Shabby-looking - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Threadbare. - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Like a pomegranate - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Poorly kept - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Somewhat disreputable - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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