Answer to "Grows old, as a joke" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STALES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 1997.

Grows old, as a joke crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
STALES	100 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grows old, as a joke

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Crossword Answer definitions

STALES noun

1. Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

STALES verb

1. (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
2. To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
3. To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
4. (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.

STALES noun

1. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
2. The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
3. The stem of a plant.
4. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

STALES verb

1. To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

STALES noun

1. A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
2. A stalemate; a stalemated game.
3. An ambush.
4. A band of armed men or hunters.
5. The main force of an army.

STALES verb

1. To stalemate.
2. To be stalemated.

STALES verb

1. (livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.

STALES noun

1. A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
2. Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
3. An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
4. A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
5. A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
6. A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
7. Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

STALES verb

1. To serve as a decoy, to lure.

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 STALES

• Loses freshness
• Gets hard, as bread
• Gets rock hard, as buns
• Goes uneaten too long
• Goes flat
• Grows old, as a joke
• Goes bad
• Gets old
• Becomes trite.
• Grows boring.