Less exciting

The answer

TAMER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAMER answer page.

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 3 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.

• BLANDER (1 uses in xd)
• DRABBER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TAMER

Every other clue in this collection answered by TAMER, most used first.

• Less wild - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Circus performer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Circus star - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Circus employee - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
• Circus worker - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• More docile - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Less feral - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal handler - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Not as wild - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• More subdued - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Circus figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Lion ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• More domesticated - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Less common - RARER, used 151 times
• Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
• Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
• Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
• More or less - ABOUT, used 62 times
• Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times

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