| Less good |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Opposite of "better" |
Universal |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Not as good |
New York Times Mini |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Less good (5) |
Mirror Quick |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Swore badly, having deteriorated (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Western rose when cultivated is of poorer quality (5) |
|
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| Walk's over - rain starts towards south-east and gets more severe (5) |
|
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| Lesser in quality |
|
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| Not as good; sower (anag.) |
The Telegraph Mini |
20 Jun 2025 |
| For better or __ |
Commuter |
11 Jun 2025 |
| The awful rows at one point become more awful (5) |
|
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| ___ for the wear *not better) (5) |
|
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| Not so good |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2025 |
| What it could be |
|
|
| Less good |
Puzzler Backwords |
15 Apr 2025 |
| More than bad |
|
|
| Not as good |
The Telegraph Mini |
17 Mar 2025 |
| For better or for ... |
|
|
| Not as good as before |
|
|
| What things could always be |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Rows about energy that's deteriorated (5) |
|
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| We often report substandard electrical leads a that's not so good (5) |
|
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| We often report substandard electrical leads - that's not so good (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
29 Dec 2024 |
| More bad (5) |
|
|
| Response during an eye exam |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2024 |
| In one way or another, poorer (5) |
|
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| Sower (anag.) (5) |
|
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| More unfavourable (5) |
|
|
| Less good |
Mirror Quick |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Swore badly, having deteriorated |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Nov 2024 |
| West, as alternative to Southeast, isn't so good (5) |
|
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| Comparative form of bad (5) |
|
|
| Less good |
Universal |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Inferior part of row or series |
|
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| Inferior rupees consumed by misery (5) |
|
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| "For better, or for ___" |
|
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| Sausage eaten first is not as good (5) |
|
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| Could be ____ (It's not so bad) |
|
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| Or sew it differently - it's not as good as the last one (5) |
|
|
| Inferior (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Swore badly - even more so! (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Swore badly - even more so! (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Aug 2024 |
| More unpleasant |
Mirror Tea Time |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Misery envelops empty rooms in less good condition |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
31 Jul 2024 |
| It's not so good to be so off, and the poorer by it (5) |
|
|
| Of lower quality |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jul 2024 |
| A point that's sore, perhaps, will never be better (5) |
|
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| Inferior or less well |
|
|
| Line up with points of deterioration (5) |
|
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| Comparative of bad (5) |
|
|
| Poorer rhyme for a purse (5) |
|
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| ____ for wear |
|
|
| Sausage starts to be inferior (5) |
|
|
| Was sporting about loss eventually, having come off this? |
The Times Cryptic |
29 May 2024 |
| 'Going from bad to ..... ' |
|
|
| One wouldn't think better of a patient who is this (5) |
|
|
| Less than bad |
|
|
| Inferior |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2024 |
| More than bad |
|
|
| It isn't so good in Glasgow or Selkirk (5) |
|
|
| More dreadful |
Mirror Classic |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Less good |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Not so well |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Aggravated, son donned trousers (5) |
|
|
| Be the_ for wear |
|
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| A better rebuttal (5) |
|
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| Inferior choice of directions (5) |
|
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| Not as good a choice of two directions (5) |
|
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| From bad to - |
|
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| Damaged letter or two (5) |
|
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| ----- for wear, hungover |
|
|
| In poorer condition |
|
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| What things could always be |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Nov 2023 |
| For better or for __ |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2023 |
| "For better, or for ___" |
|
|
| In sorrier shape |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Put on clothing that's ultimately inferior |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Inferior |
Universal |
13 Jul 2023 |
| More ill with developing sore |
The Times Cryptic |
11 May 2023 |
| Not as good |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 May 2023 |
| Not better |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2023 |
| Not as good |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Mar 2023 |
| Less "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Deteriorating |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2023 |
| Had on about South being not as good |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Dec 2022 |
| Like :( vis-à-vis :/ |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Like 🙁 vis-à-vis :/ |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2022 |
| "For better, or for ___" |
|
|
| With nag, husband's left more disagreeable |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Oct 2022 |
| From bad to ___ |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Not as good |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Not so well |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 May 2022 |
| For better or for ___ |
Universal |
28 Feb 2022 |
| 'For better or ___' |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Better's opposite |
|
|
| For better or ___ |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Quarrel about the Home Counties becoming less desirable |
|
|
| Not as nice |
The Washington Post |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Not as nice |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Less skillfully |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2021 |
| "For better or for ___" |
|
|
| Not as good |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2021 |
| Beyond bad |
The Washington Post |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Beyond bad |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Poorer fretted outside society |
|
|
| On the decline |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Inferior to another |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Upsetting difference of opinion with heartless witness is not getting any better |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Mar 2021 |
| Inferior |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Inferior |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Had on about son being poorer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Feb 2021 |
| Not as favorable |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2020 |
| Not so great |
New York Times |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Less well |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2020 |
| More severe misery involves vergers in Reims |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2020 |
| Less favorable |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2020 |
| In a less satisfactory state, with stallion husband gone |
|
|
| It's inferior upsetting difference of opinion from heartless witness |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Aug 2020 |
| For better or for ___ |
Universal |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Like a B+, vis-a-vis an A- |
Universal |
03 Aug 2020 |
| It's not getting any better for idlers from World Series |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Royal Society's in misery with lower standards |
|
|
| Not as good |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Husband abandons woman after fight turns more serious |
|
|
| Of lousier quality |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Not better with sore bum |
|
|
| Less well |
The Times Concise |
06 Apr 2020 |
| More than bad |
|
|
| Declining |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2019 |
| More bad language without a shred of decency – base! |
|
|
| Not as well done |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2019 |
| C-, vis-a-vis C |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Like a D, vis-a-vis a C |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Sep 2019 |
| "For better or for ___" |
|
|
| Opposite of better |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jul 2019 |
| F, vis-a-vis D- |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2019 |
| "I've seen ____" (bad comparative) |
|
|
| Wedding vow word |
The Washington Post |
17 Apr 2019 |
| Wedding vow word |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2019 |
| More inferior |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Not as good |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Mar 2019 |
| Less favorable |
The Washington Post |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Less favorable |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Poorer |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2019 |
| Lower-quality |
Universal |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Inferior small bore going around |
|
|
| "It's __ than I thought" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2019 |
| 'It's __ than I thought' |
The Washington Post |
04 Jan 2019 |
| C-, vis-a-vis C+ |
|
|
| Wedding vow word |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| "It's __ than I thought" |
|
|
| Lower-quality |
|
|
| Poorer |
|
|
| F, vis-a-vis D- |
|
|
| Sicker |
|
|
| U-turn from better |
Universal |
17 Dec 2018 |
| See 117-Across |
Premier Sunday |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Swore badly, as it's not getting any better |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Nov 2018 |
| Bad's successor? |
Universal |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Not as good |
Universal |
24 Sep 2018 |
| Less well-done |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Having regressed |
Jonesin |
24 Jul 2018 |
| Not as good |
Thomas Joseph |
07 May 2018 |
| Sew around or it gets more difficult |
|
|
| "A fate ___ than death..." |
|
|
| Like an F, vis-a-vis a D |
USA Today |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Go from bad to __ |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2018 |
| U-turn from better |
|
|
| Like an F, vis-a-vis a D |
|
|
| Bad's successor? |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| Troubling prognosis |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2017 |
| 'I've seen ___' |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Eroded around front of ship — not so good |
|
|
| Inferior living in a bungalow or semi |
|
|
| Less favorable |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Inferior |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jan 2017 |
| Not so good |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Jan 2017 |
| Sicker |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2017 |
| "I've seen ___" |
|
|
| Troubling prognosis |
|
|
| Declining |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2016 |
| Showing additional symptoms |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2016 |
| In sorrier shape |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2016 |
| Less desirable |
The Washington Post |
16 Jul 2016 |
| From bad to ___ |
Universal |
29 Feb 2016 |
| From bad to ___ |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2016 |
| In sorrier shape |
|
|
| From bad to ___ |
|
|
| Swore badly – even more so! |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Nov 2015 |
| Less good |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Nov 2015 |
| Better's opposite |
USA Today |
11 May 2015 |
| Extremely restless in misery is not so good |
|
|
| Swore to reform but hasn't got any better |
|
|
| Less well done |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Less well |
Universal |
22 Feb 2015 |
| What things could always be |
Universal |
12 Feb 2015 |
| Be the ___ for wear |
Universal |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Less well |
|
|
| What things could always be |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| In sorrier shape |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| Better's opposite |
|
|
| Closer to last |
|
|
| Be the ___ for wear |
|
|
| Less desirable |
|
|
| Better's opposite |
|
|
| No __ for the wear |
|
|
| Going downhill |
|
|
| Not as favorable |
|
|
| "A fate ___ than death" |
|
|
| Having gone south |
|
|
| Dispute over London area becoming more unpleasant |
|
|
| Poorer |
|
|
| Marriage vow condition |
|
|
| Less acceptable |
|
|
| Billy Joel "___ Comes to Worst" |
|
|
| "For better or for ___" |
|
|
| In sorrier shape |
|
|
| In decline |
|
|
| More unfavorable |
|
|
| Further from recovery |
|
|
| In sorrier shape |
|
|
| In decline |
|
|
| Badder, more formally |
|
|
| Deserving fewer stars (than) |
|
|
| Not so good |
|
|
| What you hope the other bands at the battle are |
|
|
| In sorrier shape |
|
|
| Inferior |
|
|
| In a sorrier state |
|
|
| Sicker than before |
|
|
| Aggravated |
|
|
| Further from recovery |
|
|
| No ___ for wear |
|
|
| More severe |
|
|
| Billy Joel: "___ Comes to Worst" |
|
|
| More than bad |
|
|
| Inferior |
|
|
| In a sorrier state |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| More than bad |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| Inferior |
|
|
| Less well |
|
|
| Better's opposite |
|
|
| Less well-done |
|
|
| Not as favorable |
|
|
| Less better-off |
|
|
| In decline |
|
|
| Not so good |
|
|
| Not so good |
|
|
| What things could always be |
|
|
| Unfavorable prognosis |
|
|
| Not as well |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| Deteriorating |
|
|
| Deteriorating |
|
|
| Better's opposite |
|
|
| Declining |
|
|
| Sicker |
|
|
| Hardly better |
|
|
| Less better-off |
|
|
| On the decline |
|
|
| "It's ___ than that!" |
|
|
| Less better-off |
|
|
| "If __ comes to ..." |
|
|
| Far from better |
|
|
| Not as well |
|
|
| Marriage vow condition |
|
|
| "For better or for ___" |
|
|
| Successor to bad? |
|
|
| "If __ comes to ..." |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| "For better or for __" |
|
|
| "For Better or __" |
|
|
| Not as well |
|
|
| More severe |
|
|
| "Which is ___ ...?" |
|
|
| "For better or for __" |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| Less well |
|
|
| Not as well |
|
|
| Inferior |
|
|
| "A fate ___ than death" |
|
|
| A medic might tie one on |
|
|
| Less desirable |
|
|
| Aggravated |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| Poor prognosis |
|
|
| Better antithesis |
|
|
| Wedding vow word |
|
|
| "And if that weren't bad enough ..." |
|
|
| Not as well |
|
|
| Successor to bad? |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| Showing more symptoms |
|
|
| Marital antonym of "better" |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| Having deteriorated |
|
|
| Having retrogressed |
|
|
| On the downslide |
|
|
| "...for better or __" |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| Less favorable |
|
|
| Unfavorable prognosis |
|
|
| "...for better or __" |
|
|
| Of lesser quality |
|
|
| Of lesser quality |
|
|
| More severe |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| In poorer health |
|
|
| Not as good |
|
|
| "It could be ___" |
|
|
| Deteriorating |
|
|
| Inferior |
|
|
| "It could be ___" |
|
|
| More dire |
|
|
| "For better or for ___" |
|
|
| Medical pronouncement |
|
|
| What things could be |
|
|
| Failing further |
|
|
| Inferior |
|
|
| Declining in health |
|
|
| Further downhill |
|
|
| Poorer |
|
|
| Be the ___ for wear |
|
|
| On the decline |
|
|
| Wedding vow word |
|
|
| Better's antithesis |
|
|
| Better's antithesis |
|
|
| From bad to __ |
|
|
| More than bad |
|
|
| More unfavorable |
|
|
| Hardly better |
|
|
| Definitely not better |
|
|
| What things could always be |
|
|
| Going downhill |
|
|
| For better or for ____ |
|
|
| Less desirable |
|
|
| More unfavorable |
|
|
| In a poorer state |
|
|
| More unpleasant |
|
|
| From bad to ___ |
|
|
| An anagram for sower |
|
|
| Better's opposite |
|
|
| Opposite of better |
|
|
| Wedding-vow word |
|
|
| More inferior |
|
|
| Better's antithesis |
|
|
| Less acceptable |
|
|
| "No ___ for the wear" |
|
|
| Direr |
|
|
| Of poorer quality |
|
|
| ___ for the wear |
|
|
| Better's partner |
|
|
| Not so good. |
|
|
| Poorer. |
|
|
| More unfavorable. |
|
|
| Not as good. |
|
|
| Less good. |
|
|
| Comparatively bad. |
|
|
| Aggravated |
|
|
| More serious. |
|
|
| More unsuitable. |
|
|
| More deleterious. |
|
|
| More faulty. |
|
|
| Less fitting. |
|
|
| Inferior. |
|
|
| Less well. |
|
|