Answer: DUD
DUD is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 107 times.
Referring Clues:
- Washout
 - Fizzle
 - Flop
 - Fizzler
 - TURKEY
 - Bad firecracker
 - It fizzles
 - Turkey, so to speak
 - Clunker
 - Clinker
 - Broadway nightmare
 - It doesn't go off well
 - Bomb not bursting in air?
 - You won't get a bang out of it
 - It doesn't detonate
 - Failure of a firecracker
 - Lemon
 - Bomb that's a bomb
 - Bomb that bombed
 - Nonfunctional bomb
 - Disappointing firecracker
 - Stinker
 - Bomb of a bomb
 - Faulty firecracker
 - Failure
 - Firecracker that fizzles
 - It makes no report
 - Firecracker that fails
 - Synonym for the first words of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 33-Down
 - Defective firecracker
 - It doesn't go off
 - Fizzled firecracker
 - It doesn't end with a bang
 - Palindromic turkey
 - Misfire
 - Bomb that bombs
 - Firecracker that doesn't fire
 - Ineffective ammo
 - Bomb bomb
 - Producer's fear
 - Ineffective firecracker
 - Loser
 - Firecracker flop
 - Explosive that doesn't explode
 - Lead baloon
 - Lead balloon
 - Producer's fear
 - Producer's fears
 - Producer's fears
 - Failure
 - Bad bomb
 - Failed bomb
 - One not going out with a bang?
 - Firecracker that doesn't make a noise
 - Failed firecracker
 - Cracker that doesn't crack
 - Bust
 - Firecracker with no fire
 - Unexploded bomb
 - Firework that doesn't fire
 - Firecracker that doesn't crack
 - Flop of a firecracker
 - Defective bomb
 - Complete failure
 - It never goes off
 - The occasional firework
 - Explosives that fail to detonate
 - Thing that didn't go off
 - Box office bomb
 - Defective cherry bomb
 - Firecracker that goes pfft
 - Lemon or turkey
 - Bomb
 - Fizzling thing
 - Box office flop
 - Stinkeroo
 - A fizzer
 - Cracker lacking pop
 - Worthless firework
 - Milk ___
 - July 4th nonstarter
 - Defective explosive
 - Fizzling firework
 - Faulty explosive
 - Broadway turkey
 - Firecracker that doesn't go off
 - It'll never work
 - July 4th show failure
 - Palindromic failure
 - Wet firecracker, e.g.
 - Debacle
 - Palindromic flop
 - Total flop
 - Effort that goes "Pfft!"
 - Firecracker that won't go off
 - Letdown at a fireworks show
 - July 4th letdown
 - Absolute flop
 - Disappointment
 - Unsatisfactory thing
 - Disappointing firework
 - Total nothing
 - Unsuccessful thing
 - Commercial flop
 - Milk ___ (candy morsel)
 - Big bust
 - Lemon, in a way
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 29, 2025
 - LA Times - September 21, 2025
 - New York Times - August 29, 2025
 - New York Times - June 08, 2025
 - USA Today - January 30, 2025
 - USA Today - November 21, 2024
 - LA Times - August 12, 2024
 - New York Times - June 30, 2024
 - USA Today - November 28, 2023
 - USA Today - September 15, 2023
 - New York Times - June 17, 2023
 - LA Times - March 02, 2023
 - USA Today - January 31, 2023
 - USA Today - January 09, 2023
 - LA Times - November 18, 2022
 - USA Today - May 26, 2022
 - LA Times - May 02, 2022
 - New York Times - April 12, 2022
 - USA Today - February 24, 2022
 - USA Today - October 28, 2021
 
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