Comes up short Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Comes up short last seen in Universal puzzle. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LOSES.

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4 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
LOSES Comes up short (5) Universal Sep 2, 2023
FAILS Comes up short (5) USA Today Mar 30, 2017
OWES Comes up short (4)
LACKS Comes up short (5)

36 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
36% FALLSHY Come up short (7) Newsday Jan 26, 2025
36% LOSE Come up short (4) New York Times Aug 16, 2023
36% OWE Come up short (3) Newsday Jan 9, 2021
36% FAIL Come up short (4) Newsday Sep 6, 2016
36% SHY Coming up short (3) LA Times Daily Feb 19, 2015
36% AMPLE Not coming up short (5)
36% FALL Come up short (4)
31% AXE Chopper in test coming up short (3) The Sun Two Speed Jul 26, 2025
29% FISHY If coming up short, is suspicious (5) (5)
29% IDEA Thought to be perfect but coming up short? (4)

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