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Come A Cropper Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FAIL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
verb

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• be unsuccessful

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• stop operating or functioning

• be unable

• judge unacceptable

• fail to get a passing grade

• fall short in what is expected

• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

• prove insufficient

• deteriorate

95%8Exact Match!
verb

• be included in or classified as

56%8 Too late for an American cropper to come a cropper?
verb

• fall forward and down

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New York Times02 May 1982 Across 77
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