Proverbial backbreaker
The crossword clue "Proverbial backbreaker" is answered by STRAW, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STRAW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRAW answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1980. 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.
- THELASTSTRAW (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STRAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRAW, most used first.
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- Sipping aid - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Milkshake insert - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of vote - used 16 times, most recently in 2004
- Hat material - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Scarecrow's stuffing - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Panama hat material - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Scarecrow fill - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Soda-shop freebie - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Camel's backbreaker - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- "Turkey in the ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Barn bedding - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Scarecrow filler - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- It's for suckers - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Thatching material - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Backbreaker, in a proverb - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- ___ poll - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Scarecrow filling - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Boater material - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Glass sipper - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Scarecrow's innards - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Shake accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "This is the last ___!" - 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.
- Proverbial battlers - SEXES, used 26 times
- Proverbial waste maker - HASTE, used 19 times
- Proverbial saying - ADAGE, used 8 times
- Like proverbial milk - SPILT, used 7 times
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