Excessive, as punishment
The crossword clue "Excessive, as punishment" is answered by UNDUE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. 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
UNDUE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UNDUE answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UNDUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by UNDUE, most used first.
- Excessive - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
- Not warranted - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Not called for - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Excessive, as force - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Improper - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
- Inappropriate - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Inordinate - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Not deserved - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Immoderate - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Ill-deserved - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Improper, as influence - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Not justified - used 7 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.
- Excessive enthusiasm - MANIA, used 54 times
- Of punishment - PENAL, used 33 times
- Punishment-related - PENAL, used 29 times
- "Crime and Punishment" heroine - SONYA, used 21 times
- "____ and Punishment" - CRIME, used 16 times
- Excessive - ULTRA, used 15 times
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