Answer: CRANK
CRANK is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 52 times.
Referring Clues:
- Monomaniac, informally
 - Model T starter
 - Phony phone caller
 - Gatling gun feature
 - Increase, with "up"
 - Nut-case
 - How to start up a Model T
 - Kind of call
 - Model T feature
 - Sourpuss
 - Old car engine starter
 - Bad-tempered person
 - Grouch
 - Car starter of yore
 - Gadget for an old car
 - Gadget for a very old car
 - Phony, as a phone call
 - Antique starter
 - Turn over, as an engine
 - Antique-car starter
 - Grouchy one
 - Curmudgeon
 - Curmudgeon
 - Curmudgeon
 - Curmudgeon
 - Curmudgeon
 - Flivver starter
 - Flivver starter
 - Starter on a really old car
 - Old car part
 - Old car starter
 - Old grouch
 - Ill-tempered one
 - Part of many a generator
 - Part of a really old telephone
 - Crotchety type
 - Sorehead
 - Wind up
 - Gouchy person
 - Ill-tempered type
 - Type of call
 - Original Model T need
 - Jack-in-the-box feature
 - Antique car starter
 - Jack-in-the-box handle
 - Street organ feature
 - Use for a bent axle
 - Annoying, as a call
 - Turn (up), as volume
 - Jack-in-the-box appendage
 - ___ it u raise the volume
 - "___ it up!"
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - September 05, 2025
 - LA Times - January 24, 2023
 - LA Times - August 11, 2022
 - LA Times - May 13, 2021
 - USA Today - April 12, 2021
 - LA Times - June 28, 2020
 - Netword - May 30, 2020
 - Netword - May 28, 2020
 - Netword - February 20, 2020
 - LA Times - January 03, 2020
 - LA Times - June 09, 2019
 - Netword - April 02, 2019
 - USA Today - January 15, 2019
 - LA Times - May 31, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 21, 2018
 - Netword - November 12, 2017
 - Netword - September 02, 2016
 - Universal - August 16, 2016
 - LA Times - June 10, 2016
 - Netword - September 30, 2015
 
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