Answer to "Recession" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLUMP , but the solution may also be DOWNTURN which is one of the most recent solution (1999 in LA Times).

Recession crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SLUMP	29 %	5
EBB	29 %	3
SAG	14 %	3
DECLINE	14 %	7
DOWNTURN	14 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Recession

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• recess
• receding
• corner
• niche
• ceding back
• economy
• regression
• regress
• retrogression
• retreat
• crisis
• flat

Crossword Answer definitions

SLUMP noun

1. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
2. 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.
3. A boggy place.
4. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
5. The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

SLUMP verb

1. To collapse heavily or helplessly.
2. To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
3. To slouch or droop.
4. To lump; to throw together messily.
5. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
6. (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

More clues leading to the result EBB

• Decline gradually
• Die down
• Dwindle
• Fade away
• Fall back
• Go down
• Decline
• Recede
• Recede, as the 12D
• Subside

More clues leading to the result SAG

• Get droopy
• Droop
• Reagan was its pres.
• Lose energy
• Depression
• Droop in the middle
• Go limp
• Hang down
• Bow to gravity
• What overloaded shelves do

More clues leading to the result DECLINE

• Gradual decrease
• Sink
• Downward slope
• Drop
• Turn down
• Gradual loss
• Send regrets
• Wane.
• Do a grammar chore
• Slump

More clues leading to the result DOWNTURN

• Decline
• Recession
• Decrease
• Economic slump
• Market woe
• Worsening, as of business activity