Cause of an outage (5,7) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POWERFAILURE Cause of an outage (5,7) (12)
84% ICESTORM Winter cause of power outages (8) USA Today Jul 1, 2019
75% CONCONFUSESFUSES Prisoner accidentally causes a power outage? (16) New York Times Jun 20, 2021
9% ELECTRICALSHORT Outage cause (15)
8% ALOST "It's -- cause!" (5) Premier Sunday Oct 26, 2025
7% OFFEND Cause to feel insulted (6) Puzzler Backwords Nov 15, 2025
7% TIES Causes for overtime (4) USA Today Nov 11, 2025
7% REMIND Cause to remember (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 11, 2025
7% DELAY Cause to be late (5) Commuter Nov 4, 2025
7% SPLATTER Cause a mess, as with frying oil (8) New York Times Nov 2, 2025
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