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The Clue
Ham-fisted (5 letter answer)
The Answer
INEPT
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Notes
The answer INEPT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
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Awkward
Bumbling
Bungling
Clueless
Clumsy
Klutzy
Maladroit
Malapropos
Oafish
All thumbs
Fumble-fingered
Handling badly
Like a butterfingers
Like a lubber
Like a schlimazel
Like a stumblebum
Like Inspector Clouseau
Like the Keystone Kops
Like a sad sack
Definition
INEPT as an adjective:
1. (awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen) = not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
2. (feckless, inept) = generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
3. (inept, tactless) = revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"