Turn on the waterworks
The crossword clue "Turn on the waterworks" is answered by WEEP, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WEEP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WEEP answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 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.
- SHEDTEARS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WEEP
Every other clue in this collection answered by WEEP, most used first.
- Cry - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Shed tears - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Sob - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Blubber - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Have a bawl - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- "Read 'em and ___!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Show sorrow - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a good cry - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Break down - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Emulate Niobe - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
- Bawl - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Tear up - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Lament - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
- Cry one's eyes out - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn on the faucets - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Let the tears flow - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Mourn. - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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