The Clue
A- or H- (4 letter answer)
The Answer
BOMB
Tags
Notes
The answer BOMB is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Clunker
Fiasco
Flop
Turkey
Absolute failure
Aerosol can
Big flop
Broadway loser
Complete failure
Complete flop
Crash and burn
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Elway feat
Explosive device
Fail on Broadway
Fail miserably
Flop on Broadway
H, A or cherry
A or H weapon
Hit's opposite
Lay an egg
Lethal missile
Long pass
Flame out
Relative of a turkey
Rialto turkey
One with a terrible opening
Total flop
Word with A or H
Angel's bad news
Bradford-to-Swann pass
Bradshaw-to-Swann thriller
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Long, high pass
Long N.F.L. pass
Montana-to-Solomon pass
Zero-star movie
"Ishtar" or "Heaven's Gate," famously
Less than a one-star movie
Definition
BOMB as a noun:
1. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
2. (bomb calorimeter, bomb) = strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
3. (turkey, bomb, dud) = an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
BOMB as a verb:
1. (bombard, bomb) = throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
2. (fail, flunk, bomb, flush it) = fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"