The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FAILED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2004.
Came a cropper crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAILED | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Came a cropper
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crope
- came a gutser
- came short
- came
- came to a sticky end
- came to a close
- came to
- came to the fore
- came the old soldier
- came to pass
- came about
- miscame
Crossword Answer definitions
FAILED verb- To be unsuccessful.
- Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To neglect.
- Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
- To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- To miss attaining; to lose.
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
- To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
- To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
- To perish; to die; used of a person.
- To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- Unsuccessful
- Decayed; worn out.
- Bankrupt.
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