| Damp squib |
|
|
| It's no good being a bit of a dude (3) |
|
|
| Bomb with no boom |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Druid oddly is no good |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Defective |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Disappointment in a fireworks display |
|
|
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Mar 2024 |
| The comeback is a flop, too (3) |
|
|
| Faulty item (3) |
|
|
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Flop, failure (3) |
|
|
| A flop (3) |
|
|
| A counterfeit (3) |
|
|
| Damp squib (3) |
|
|
| Bouncing cheque (3) |
|
|
| Hey dudes, some of you are useless! (3) |
|
|
| Firework that doesn't work |
|
|
| One may as well turn over a worthless cheque (3) |
|
|
| Bomb that doesn't go off |
|
|
| "The ___ Avocado" (Elaine Dundy novel) |
|
|
| Flop |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Guy in New York falling short is a failure (3) |
|
|
| Firework that failed, say |
|
|
| Bomb that fail to detonate, (3) |
|
|
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Nonexploding firework |
|
|
| At regular intervals, druid isn't working (3) |
|
|
| Faulty (inf) (3) |
|
|
| Unsuccessful thing |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Unpopped firecracker |
|
|
| Firecracker that bombs? |
|
|
| Failed firecracker |
|
|
| Worthless firecracker, say |
|
|
| Faulty or counterfeit |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Defective firecracker |
Newsday |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Bad bomb |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Defective firecracker |
USA Today |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Film bomb |
Premier Sunday |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Failed firecracker, say |
|
|
| Fizzling thing |
Premier Sunday |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Firecracker with fizz but no pop |
Family Time |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Total nothing |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2023 |
| Bad firecracker, e.g |
Family Time |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Failure of a firecracker |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jun 2023 |
| Dandy dropping Ecstasy is a failure |
The Times Cryptic |
29 May 2023 |
| Clunker |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2023 |
| Flop |
Universal |
09 May 2023 |
| Defective firecracker |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Flop |
Premier Sunday |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Lemon |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2023 |
| Flop |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Disappointment |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2023 |
| Clunker |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2023 |
| Firework that fails |
|
|
| Thing that turns out to be a disappointment |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2023 |
| Disappointing firework |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Flop |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Flop |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Disappointment |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Failure |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2022 |
| Lemon |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Flop |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Not functioning |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Flop |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Failure, however you look at it? |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Lemon |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Flop |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 May 2022 |
| American guy, lacking energy, is a failure |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 May 2022 |
| Flop |
Universal |
13 May 2022 |
| Washout |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2022 |
| Lemon |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2022 |
| Lemon |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2022 |
| Flop |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Nonfunctioning firecracker |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2022 |
| Clunker |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Total flop |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Palindromic failure |
|
|
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Counterfeit article |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Firework that fails |
|
|
| Flop |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2021 |
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Washout |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Clunker |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Lemon |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Flop |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Lemon or turkey |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Failure |
The Times Concise |
09 Oct 2021 |
| July 4th letdown |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2021 |
| July 4th letdown |
The Washington Post |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Fake article |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Clunker |
Premier Sunday |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Failed firework |
Universal |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Firecracker that doesn't go off |
Universal |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Failure; counterfeit |
The Times Concise |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Letdown at a fireworks show |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Flop |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Total flop |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Bad firecracker |
The Washington Post |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Bad firecracker |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Either way, it's covered up by Hindu deity in Turkey |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 May 2021 |
| Total flop |
USA Today |
27 May 2021 |
| Faulty firecracker (rhymes with "bud") |
|
|
| Failure may be slander, with daughter in for leader |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 May 2021 |
| Stinker |
Newsday |
15 May 2021 |
| Flop |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2021 |
| Counterfeit |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Apr 2021 |
| Ineffective pair of departments probed by university |
|
|
| Firecracker that won't go off |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Failure |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Lemon |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Flop |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Feb 2021 |
| Defective firecracker (rhymes with "mud") |
|
|
| Milk ___ (Hershey's caramel bit) |
|
|
| Firework that failed |
|
|
| Counterfeit |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Failure among Hindu doctors |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Flop |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2021 |
| Flop |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Commercial flop |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Effort that goes 'Pfft!' |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Counterfeit, worthless |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Total flop |
|
|
| Lemon |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Oct 2020 |
| Failure |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Sep 2020 |
| Fizzler |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Clinker |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Bomb that bombs |
|
|
| Firecracker that doesn't go off |
USA Today |
27 May 2020 |
| Guy in Washington, mostly useless |
|
|
| Palindromic flop |
Universal |
18 Apr 2020 |
| Smash's opposite |
The New Yorker |
30 Mar 2020 |
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Worthless whichever way you take it |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Mar 2020 |
| Defective (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Mar 2020 |
| Fizzling firecracker |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Fizzled firecracker |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Failure; washout |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2020 |
| Firecracker that fizzles |
Universal |
06 Jan 2020 |
| Wet firecracker, e.g |
New York Times |
15 Dec 2019 |
| Wet firecracker, e.g. |
|
|
| Faulty (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Palindromic failure |
Universal |
18 Oct 2019 |
| July 4th show failure |
The Washington Post |
04 Oct 2019 |
| July 4th show failure |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Clunker |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2019 |
| It'll never work |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2019 |
| It'll never work |
The Washington Post |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Fizzled firecracker |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Bust |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Palindromic word for "worthless" |
|
|
| Unsuccessful firework |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Film bomb |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Firecracker that fails to crack |
|
|
| Firecracker that doesn't go off |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Broadway turkey |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Regularly visiting druids? That doesn't work |
|
|
| Flop |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| It doesn't go off |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2019 |
| It doesn't go off |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Faulty explosive |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2019 |
| Uniform worn by daughters is no good |
|
|
| Bad bomb |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Apr 2019 |
| Fizzling firework |
Universal |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Washout |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Failure among Hindu deities |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Feb 2019 |
| Fizzled firecracker |
|
|
| Bust |
|
|
| Fizzling firework |
|
|
| Palindromic failure |
|
|
| Broadway turkey |
|
|
| Faulty explosive |
|
|
| Clunker |
|
|
| It doesn't go off |
|
|
| It'll never work |
|
|
| Firecracker that doesn't go off |
|
|
| July 4th show failure |
|
|
| Dummy |
Canadiana |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Failure |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Dec 2018 |
| Failed firecracker |
The Washington Post |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Failed firecracker |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Flop |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Defective explosive |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2018 |
| July 4th nonstarter |
The Washington Post |
30 Oct 2018 |
| July 4th nonstarter |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Milk ___ |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Defective |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Sep 2018 |
| Worthless whichever way you see it |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Sep 2018 |
| Worthless firework |
Universal |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Something that fails to function well |
|
|
| Firecracker that doesn't crack |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Firecracker that doesn't crack |
The Washington Post |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Useless Edmund ignoring odd characters |
|
|
| Flop |
The New Yorker |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Turkey salad you served finally |
|
|
| Worthless firecracker |
Family Time |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Cracker lacking pop |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Cracker lacking pop |
The Washington Post |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Stinkeroo |
New York Times |
24 May 2018 |
| Failing to work |
The Times Concise |
11 May 2018 |
| Box office flop |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Fizzler |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Ineffectual person |
The Times Concise |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Fizzling thing |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Flop to and fro |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Firecracker that doesn't crack |
|
|
| Failed firecracker |
|
|
| Defective explosive |
|
|
| July 4th nonstarter |
|
|
| Worthless firework |
|
|
| Disappointing thing |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Box office flop |
|
|
| Cracker lacking pop |
|
|
| Fizzler |
|
|
| Milk ___ |
|
|
| Stinkeroo |
|
|
| 'Turkey' |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Defective cherry bomb |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Failed firecracker |
Universal |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Bomb that bombs |
|
|
| Lemon or turkey |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2017 |
| Firecracker that goes pfft |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Defective firecracker |
The Washington Post |
14 Aug 2017 |
| Defective firecracker |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2017 |
| Flop |
Canadiana |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Bomb that won't go off |
|
|
| Box office bomb |
USA Today |
08 May 2017 |
| Thing that didn't go off |
Universal |
24 Feb 2017 |
| Defective |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Feb 2017 |
| Thing that didn't go off |
|
|
| Firecracker that goes pfft |
|
|
| Failed firecracker |
|
|
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Box office bomb |
|
|
| Defective cherry bomb |
|
|
| Clunker |
Premier Sunday |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Defective firecracker |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Such a cheque is no good, even when returned |
|
|
| Whatever way you look at it, Duff amounts to a failure |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Jul 2016 |
| Faulty |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jun 2016 |
| Defective firecracker |
Universal |
21 May 2016 |
| Firework not seen going up? On the contrary! |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Counterfeit article |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Mar 2016 |
| The occasional firework |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Failure of a firecracker |
Universal |
06 Mar 2016 |
| A failure going back and forth |
|
|
| Thing that fails to work |
The Times Concise |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Flop of a firecracker |
Universal |
31 Oct 2015 |
| It never goes off |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2015 |
| Fizzling firecracker |
Jonesin |
06 Oct 2015 |
| Failure revealed by Druids oddly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Defective firecracker |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2015 |
| Flop, turkey |
Irish Times Simplex |
17 Mar 2015 |
| Useless |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Jan 2015 |
| Religious scholar admits university failure |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jan 2015 |
| Bomb that's a bomb |
|
|
| It never goes off |
|
|
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Flop of a firecracker |
|
|
| Epitome of the lowest standards |
|
|
| Bust of Edmund I, oddly effaced |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Lead balloon |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| Fizzler |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Failure of a firecracker |
|
|
| Flop of a firecracker |
|
|
| Firecracker with no fire |
|
|
| Unexploded bomb |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| Cracker that doesn't crack |
|
|
| Cracker that doesn't crack |
|
|
| Bust |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| Firecracker with no fire |
|
|
| Fizzled firecracker |
|
|
| Clunker |
|
|
| Clunker |
|
|
| Fizzler |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Clunker |
|
|
| Fizzler |
|
|
| One not going out with a bang? |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Bad firecracker |
|
|
| Faulty firecracker |
|
|
| Defective firecracker |
|
|
| Explosive that doesn't explode |
|
|
| Producer's fear |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Cracker that won't crack |
|
|
| Ineffective firecracker |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Ineffective firecracker |
|
|
| Firecracker that fizzles |
|
|
| It doesn't go off well |
|
|
| Firecracker that doesn't fire |
|
|
| Ineffective ammo |
|
|
| Bomb bomb |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| Nonstarter on Broadway |
|
|
| Faulty firecracker |
|
|
| Fizzler |
|
|
| Unpopped cracker |
|
|
| It doesn't end with a bang |
|
|
| Clunker |
|
|
| Faulty firecracker |
|
|
| Faulty firecracker |
|
|
| Failure |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| It doesn't go off |
|
|
| Fizzled firecracker |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Firecracker that fails |
|
|
| Firecracker that fails |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Failure |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Palindromic turkey |
|
|
| Firecracker that fizzles |
|
|
| It makes no report |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| Nonfunctional bomb |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Producer's fear |
|
|
| Failure |
|
|
| Misfire |
|
|
| Disappointing firecracker |
|
|
| Producer's fear |
|
|
| Flo |
|
|
| Bomb not bursting in air? |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Failure |
|
|
| Bomb that bombed |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Total failure |
|
|
| Fizzler |
|
|
| You won't get a bang out of it |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Bomb that bombs |
|
|
| It doesn't go off well |
|
|
| Stinker |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| It doesn't detonate |
|
|
| Synonym for the first words of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 33-Down |
|
|
| Synonym for the first words of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 33-Down |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Broadway nightmare |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Not-so-functional firecracker |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Fiasco |
|
|
| Fizzler |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| Clunker |
|
|
| Failure |
|
|
| Failed device |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| It fizzles |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Bomb that bombs |
|
|
| It doesn't go off |
|
|
| Failure |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Failure of a firecracker |
|
|
| Fizzling firecracker |
|
|
| Failed firework |
|
|
| Bad firecracker |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| It doesn't detonate |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Bomb that didn't go off |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Bust |
|
|
| Debacle |
|
|
| Big flop |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Fizzled firecracker |
|
|
| You won't get a bang out of it |
|
|
| Faulty firecracker |
|
|
| Fizzling firecracker |
|
|
| Fizzle |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Hardly a success |
|
|
| Bomb of a bomb |
|
|
| Bomb |
|
|
| Defective missile |
|
|
| Failure |
|
|
| Worthless |
|
|
| Washout |
|
|
| Lemon |
|
|
| Clinker |
|
|
| Waste of money |
|
|
| Unexploded bomb |
|
|
| Flop |
|
|
| Fiasco |
|
|
| Flat failure |
|
|
| Fizzle. |
|
|
| Washout. |
|
|
| Failure: Colloq. |
|
|
| Flop. |
|
|
| Ineffectual one: Slang. |
|
|
| Flat failure: Slang. |
|
|
| Very faulty item: Colloq. |
|
|
| Failure. |
|
|
| Failure: Slang. |
|
|
| Flat failure. |
|
|
| Ineffectual thing: Slang. |
|
|
| Flat failure: Colloq. |
|
|
| Ineffectual one. |
|
|
| Complete failure. |
|
|
| Unexploded shell. |
|
|
| Ineffective person: Slang. |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
|
| Wet firecracker |
|
|
| Bummer |
|
|
| Independence Day no-show? |
|
|
| Total misfire |
|
|
| Spectacular failure |
|
|