Futile effort Crossword Clue

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3 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
VAINATTEMPT Futile effort (11) Newsday Nov 7, 2017
WASTEDENERGY Futile effort (12)
WASTE Futile effort (5)

37 Similar Clues:

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42% WILDGOOSECHASES Futile efforts (15)
37% WASTNERGY Make a futile effort (9)
33% WHACAMOLE Metaphor for a tedious, futile effort (9) New York Times Mar 14, 2015
27% TAXWRITEOFF 'Futile effort to wax it' is a gross reduction (3,5,3) (11)
3% LABORMOVEMENT Collective effort to advance workers' rights (13) USA Today Dec 1, 2025
3% ANA Get __ for effort (3) Newsday Nov 30, 2025
3% PHONEITIN Give a half-hearted effort (9) USA Today Nov 26, 2025
3% WEWON Cry after a successful team effort (5) LA Times Daily Nov 26, 2025
3% MILE Go the extra ___ (make extra effort) (4)
3% TRY Put in the effort (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 22, 2025

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