Athlete's dry spell

The answer to “Athlete's dry spell” in the USA Today crossword is SLUMP — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on July 6, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 49-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Athlete's dry spell” answer

SLUMP (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SLUMP

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What does SLUMP mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SLUMP is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Athlete's dry spell” appeared?

USA Today reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 6, 2026 (most recent) → SLUMP. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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