Crossword-Solution: POTBOILER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Potboiler | n. | A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. |
We have 25 clues for the answer “POTBOILER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Inferior art or literary work produced chiefly for money | 1 answer |
| Hastily made, but profitable, book | 1 answer |
| inferior work of art produced quickly to make money | 1 answer |
| Work of pulp fiction | 1 answer |
| Uninspired book | 1 answer |
| Stoner's pulp fiction? | 1 answer |
| Quickly churned-out novel | 1 answer |
| Piece of writing done from sheer necessity. | 1 answer |
| Novel by a hack | 1 answer |
| Mediocre work of art | 1 answer |
| Mediocre novel | 1 answer |
| Made-for-profit quickie | 1 answer |
| Inferior book, picture, etc. | 1 answer |
| Hardly fine literature | 1 answer |
| Hack writing effort. | 1 answer |
| Hack product | 1 answer |
| Hack novel | 1 answer |
| Hack job of writing or painting. | 1 answer |
| Fine literature it's not | 1 answer |
| Book hastily written for gain. | 1 answer |
| Hack's output | 2 answers |
| Old bird? | 4 answers |
| Type of book | 11 answers |
| A LITERARY COMPOSITION OF POOR QUALITY THAT WAS WRITTEN QUICKLY TO MAKE MONEY | 11 answers |
| Hack | 66 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with POTBOILER (2)
That odious Milord Potboiler amuses himself by making poor Theodore hide in my dressing-room and stand there half the day.
The Devil's Disciple, with which I won my cordon bleu in America as a potboiler, would have had a different sort of hero if Richard Mansfield had been a different sort of actor, though the actual commission to write it came from an English actor, William Terriss, who was assassinated before he recovered from the dismay into which the result of his rash proposal threw him.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 16 times in crossword archives (1952–2015).