A trophy? Nothing for finalist at first attempt - that's a pointless exercise! Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A trophy? Nothing for finalist at first attempt - that's a pointless exercise! . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is WASTEOFEFFORT.

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Crossword Answer For A trophy? Nothing for finalist at first attempt - that's a pointless exercise!:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WASTEOFEFFORT A trophy? Nothing for finalist at first attempt - that's a pointless exercise! (13)
58% INANE Pointless (5) The Atlantic Oct 6, 2025
56% NOUSE Pointless (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 8, 2025
53% CUP Trophy (3) New York Times Nov 15, 2025
53% USE "It's no ___!" ("It's pointless!") (3)
51% STAB Attempt (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 17, 2025
51% SHOT Attempt (4) Universal Nov 15, 2025
51% TRY Attempt (3) Commuter Nov 6, 2025
51% TRIES Attempts (5) USA Today Oct 26, 2025
51% TRIED Attempted (5) The Telegraph Quick Oct 7, 2025
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