Awful Crossword Clue

Other answers seen for this clue

• DIRE4 letters

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  Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between December 1999 and June 2007.
• HORRIFIC8 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Thursday, January 19, 2017.
• ABHORRENT9 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, October 9, 2016.
• FOUL4 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, January 27, 2008.
• HORRID6 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Monday, May 22, 2006.
• GRUESOME8 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Thursday, December 18, 2003.
• THEPITS7 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Friday, September 22, 2000.

• Practical joke

  New York Times · Monday, September 15, 2025 · 3 letters

• Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one

  New York Times · Sunday, July 6, 2025 · 3 letters

• Comedy bit

  New York Times · Wednesday, March 5, 2025 · 3 letters

• Joke

  New York Times · Thursday, August 22, 2024 · 3 letters

• Comedic bit

  New York Times · Friday, December 1, 2023 · 3 letters

• [barf]

  New York Times · Sunday, July 9, 2023 · 3 letters

• ___ order

  New York Times · Friday, April 8, 2022 · 3 letters

• Shut up

  New York Times · Thursday, September 23, 2021 · 3 letters

• Part of a strip

  New York Times · Sunday, March 15, 2020 · 3 letters

• Kind of gift

  New York Times · Wednesday, November 27, 2019 · 3 letters

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• 93-Down "Chicago" song
• 94-Across Classic Cremona family
• 95-Down Boss: Abbr.
• 96-Down Do ___ burn
• 97-Down About to cry
• 98-Across "Perhaps ..."
• 98-Down Quaint stopovers
• 100-Across *Alexander Pope phrase appropriate to the start of a sports season
• 101-Down Tolstoy's "The Death of ___ Ilyich"
• 102-Down Vex
• 103-Across Be alive
• 104-Across *1974 Carl Carlton hit