The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLUMP , but the solution may also be RECESSION which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Economic downturn crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLUMP | 67 % | 5 |
| RECESSION | 33 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Economic downturn
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- economic crisis
- recessionary
- recession
- credit crunch
- deindustrialization
- great depression
- bear market
- unemployment rate
- hard times
- impoverishment
- unemployment
- economy
Crossword Answer definitions
SLUMP noun- A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
- A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
- A boggy place.
- The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
- The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
- To collapse heavily or helplessly.
- To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
- To slouch or droop.
- To lump; to throw together messily.
- To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
- (slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unsconscious; to kill.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SLUMP
- Hitless stretch
- Batter's blues
- Go 0-for-the-week
- Plate drought
- Batter's woe
- Losing streak
- Batter's bugaboo
- Exhibit poor posture
- Mild recession
- Bad time for a batter