% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "FIFTHWHEEL"

FIFTHWHEEL
Useful type of hitch in a pickup truck, or an undesired part of a social circle
Unwanted thing
*Double-date extra
Superfluous individual
Based on the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across, unwanted thing that this puzzle lacks
Superfluous part
Superfluous participant
Somebody superfluous.
Superfluous one.
Superfluous person
Unwanted tagalong
Awkward presence on a double date . . . like each of this puzzle's circled letters?
Unnecessary person
Unnecessary person, on a double date
Extra person on a double date ... who's depicted by the last O in 17-, 24-, 39- and 52-Across?
Useless person
20 percent of a spare tire?
Misfit
Odd man with two couples
Unnecessary tagalong (after 1-Across, 44-Across, 46-Across and 37-Down)