The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PROSY , but the solution may also be SLOW which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Tedious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PROSY | 15 % | 5 |
| TIRESOME | 15 % | 8 |
| LONG | 13 % | 4 |
| SLOW | 11 % | 4 |
| BORING | 9 % | 6 |
| DULL | 8 % | 4 |
| STALE | 4 % | 5 |
| DRY | 4 % | 3 |
| IRKSOME | 4 % | 7 |
| TIRING | 2 % | 6 |
| WEARY | 2 % | 5 |
| OLD | 2 % | 3 |
| STODGY | 2 % | 6 |
| LONGWINDED | 2 % | 10 |
| BORESOME | 2 % | 8 |
| DREARY | 2 % | 6 |
| HUMDRUM | 2 % | 7 |
| ARID | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tedious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wearisome
- tiresome
- deadening
- dull
- ho-hum
- slow
- uninteresting
- irksome
- prolix
- long-winded
- wordy
- verbose
Crossword Answer definitions
PROSY adjective- Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
- Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
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 PROSY
- Matter-of-fact
- Lacking wit
- Matter-of-fact, as text
- Lacking imagination
- Unpoetic
- Commonplace
- Like plain writing
- Hardly poetic
- Tedious
- Dull and boring
More clues leading to the result TIRESOME
- Snoozeworthy, as a lecture
- Tedious
- Yawn-inducing
- Dreadfully dull
- Platitudinous
- Ho-hum
- What Felix's attributes can be at times, to Oscar
- Humdrum
- Dull
- Hardly fascinating
More clues leading to the result LONG
- Hanker for
- Louisiana's "Kingfish"
- North Atlantic island
- Protracted
- 1956 Little Richard hit "____ Tall Sally"
- Aspire
- Have a desire
- Yearn
- Needing editing, perhaps
- Yearn (for)
More clues leading to the result SLOW
- Street sign
- Highway warning
- Like molasses
- Snail-like
- __-pitch softball
- Not so fast
- Musically retarded
- Be cautious rounding a corner
- Not busy
- A bit thick
More clues leading to the result BORING
- Ho-hum
- Accruing very little interest?
- Likely to elicit a nod?
- Blah
- Piercing.
- Tiresome.
- Tedious.
- Tedious
- Dull
- Routine
More clues leading to the result DULL
- Blunt
- In need of honing
- Lackluster
- Yawn-provoking
- Snooze-worthy
- Jejune
- Far from bright
- Blah
- Like some aches
- Ho-hum
More clues leading to the result STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result DRY
- Saharan
- Unbuttered
- Dock or cell
- Unbuttered toast
- Alcohol-free
- Boring
- Not drinking
- Opposite of 41-Down
- Out of ideas
- Teetotaling
More clues leading to the result IRKSOME
More clues leading to the result TIRING
- Arduous
- Growing weary
- Getting weary
- Exhaustive
- Exhausting
- Tedious.
- Wearisome
- Becoming boresome
- Like laborious work
- Somewhat weary
More clues leading to the result WEARY
- Spent
- Needing a nap
- No rest for them
- Tire
- About ready to drop
- Fatigued
- Worn-down
- Bushed
- Tuckered out
- In need of a nap
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result STODGY
- Boring
- Boring and dowdy
- Old-fashioned
- Victorian, in a way
- Victorian in nature
- Tediously commonplace
- Fuddy-duddy
- Unduly formal
- Stick-in-the-mud
- Dull
More clues leading to the result LONGWINDED
- Tedious.
- Verbose.
- Prolix.
- Like some orators.
- Gabby
- Some orators
- Talking at tedious length
- Going on and on
- Circumlocutory
- Beware of that trombone player: He's ___
More clues leading to the result BORESOME
More clues leading to the result DREARY
- Like a rainy day
- Cheerless
- Humdrum
- Lacking in liveliness
- Tedious
- Depressive
- Like a dismal day
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Not all that bright
More clues leading to the result HUMDRUM
- Dull
- Like Walter Mitty's real life
- Boring
- Dull as dishwater
- Commonplace.
- Monotonous.
- Dull.
- Tedious.
- Dreary
- Prosaic