The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FOUNDER which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 1999.
Come to grief crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FOUNDER | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Come to grief
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fall on one's face
- go down in flames
- fall foul
- lose ground
- come to a sticky end
- fall apart
- come to nothing
- blow up in one's face
- go the way of
- come a cropper
- end in tears
- break bad
Crossword Answer definitions
FOUNDER noun- One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)
- Someone for whose parents one has no data.
- The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
- One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
- A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
- Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
- To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
- To fail; to miscarry.
- To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.
- To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
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