The clue "precipitous" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 11, 2021. The correct answer for this puzzle is "STEEP", a 5-letter word.
Solution STEEP is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution STEEP is 5 letters long. We have 19 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 118 solutions. The longest is STRAIGHT-UP-AND-DOWN with 17 letters, and the shortest is MAD with 3 letters.
Correct, clue "PRECIPITOUS" is currently one of the top traffic spikes (detected on 04 Dec 2025). Clearly, many find it tricky to solve!
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Solutions are between 3 and 17 letters long.