Flimsy
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Flimsy" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 16 crossword solutions for Flimsy.

We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 6 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 23 Apr 2021
  • USA Today - Monday, 2 Nov 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018

Crossword Answers

4 letters

LAME
A fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"

THIN
Take off weight

WEAK
Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

5 letters

WISPY
Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"

LIGHT
A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"

FRAIL
A basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

6 letters

SLEAZY
Of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

SLIGHT
A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

7 letters

TENUOUS
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

FRAGILE
Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"

8 letters

GOSSAMER
A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

9 letters

ONIONSKIN
A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies

11 letters

LIGHTWEIGHT
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds

12 letters

UNCONVINCING
Not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"

13 letters

INSUBSTANTIAL
Lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"

UNSUBSTANTIAL
Lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"