The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAG which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2019.
Fail to keep up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAG | 91 % | 3 |
| DROPBEHIND | 9 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fail to keep up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fall behind
- lag
- lapse
- slew
- retard
- drop back
- slow
- drop
- lag behind
- slow down
- adrift
- lagging
Crossword Answer definitions
LAG noun- A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- Delay; latency.
- One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- A prisoner, a criminal.
- A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- A bird, the greylag.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
- To transport as a punishment for crime.
- To cause to lag; to slacken.
- Late
- Last; long-delayed.
- Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result LAG
- Dawdle
- Dilly dally
- Fall behind
- Act the snail
- Eightball start
- Fail to keep up
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- Dilly-dally
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