Run-down neighborhood
The crossword clue "Run-down neighborhood" is answered by SLUM, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLUM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUM answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUM, most used first.
- Urban renewal target - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Urban blight - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Run-down area - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Urban eyesore - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Blighted urban area - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Squalid neighborhood - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Inner-city blight - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Squalid area - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Squalid urban area - used 6 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.
- Neighborhood - AREA, used 495 times
- Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
- Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
- Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
- Run ___ (go wild) - AMOK, used 142 times
- Run away - FLEE, used 124 times
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