What one might do after making a birthday wish Crossword Clue

• Waste

  New York Times · Saturday, July 12, 2025 · 4 letters

• Major setback

  New York Times · Wednesday, November 6, 2024 · 4 letters

• Explode

  New York Times · Wednesday, December 20, 2023 · 4 letters

• Erupt

  New York Times · Monday, April 10, 2023 · 4 letters

• Lose after being way ahead, as a lead

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 2, 2021 · 4 letters

• Severe disappointment

  New York Times · Tuesday, November 24, 2020 · 4 letters

• Crushing setback

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 1, 2020 · 4 letters

• Huff and puff

  New York Times · Monday, March 19, 2018 · 4 letters

• Setback

  New York Times · Saturday, February 3, 2018 · 4 letters

• Squander

  New York Times · Thursday, December 28, 2017 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 21-Across Umpire's count after a ball and a strike
• 22-Across Museum in N.Y.C.'s Central Park, with "the"
• 23-Across "Makes sense"
• 24-Down Ooze
• 25-Across Narrows at the end
• 26-Down Common email attachment
• 27-Across Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically
• 28-Down Second chance
• 29-Down Finished
• 30-Down Picky ___
• 31-Down PC "brain"
• 32-Across Engineered embankment