Clues starting with ‘A’
Back to indexA CEO is the ____ of a business
March 28, 2025
A Krazy Klue!
May 3, 2025
A North American tyrant flycatcher…spelled like a tiny Paul Rubens thing missing a letter
May 16, 2025
A ___ is a pace after a trot, but before a gallop.
July 11, 2025
A ____ can be a small alcove in a wall, or a special place you fit in.
July 16, 2025
A ____ could be a play that flopped, or something used in warfare.
July 15, 2025
A ____ is a 3-masted sailing ship; not to be confused with the 4-quart liquid measure.
August 3, 2025
A ____ is a Mexican covered porch.
August 2, 2025
A ____ is a Swiss ‘state’.
July 30, 2025
A ____ is a hard wind.
August 3, 2025
A ____ is a kind of riddle; probably the most quoted one is ‘what is the sound of one hand clapping?’
July 28, 2025
A ____ is a lively dance, usually part of a suite of dances.
August 4, 2025
A ____ is a single Russian pancake.
July 31, 2025
A ____ is a small Italian restaurant.
June 19, 2025
A ____ is a tall reedy marsh plant whose leaves can be woven for mats or chair seats
June 7, 2025
A ____ is a teacher, primarily with a moral purpose, like Aesop.
July 17, 2025
A ____ is a thin wooden rod.
July 26, 2025
A ____ is the pointy part of a fishhook.
July 31, 2025
A ____ was a popular instrument several hundred years ago; not so much anymore.
August 4, 2025
A ______ is a toasted sandwich made with Italian bread, often in a ______ press
April 27, 2025
A baby is nursed from this duct
June 4, 2025
A boat with two masts may be a schooner, a ketch, or a ____.
March 19, 2025
A break in the noise
August 4, 2025
A break or fissure
March 14, 2025
A breed of dog used for hunting
February 11, 2025
A bull
July 14, 2025
A butterfly spins a chrysalis, but a moth spins a ____.
July 30, 2025
A certain comic’s accoutrement
May 5, 2025
A cherubim or seraphim
April 16, 2025
A church’s rectangular central space
January 29, 2025
A class of organic compounds
June 7, 2025
A coffin maker’s preferred wood or type of conifer
February 28, 2025
A cold water fish might have a rainbow style
June 5, 2025
A cordiale agreement
February 12, 2025
A costume mistress’ job is ____, or clothing, the actors.
July 31, 2025
A craving to eat dirt, paint, or clay
February 23, 2025
A crown fit for a princess
March 29, 2025
A cylindrical percussion instrument
January 11, 2025
A cypher is a message written in ____.
January 7, 2025
A doctor might ____, or touch, your body lightly.
August 2, 2025
A dogpile = ____ up on
March 2, 2025
A dog’s ____ is never worse than its bite.
March 14, 2025
A dove and a treaty are both symbolic of this
April 10, 2025
A fake out, in an icy sport
May 11, 2025
A famous symbol
May 30, 2025 • April 2, 2025
A favor, blessing or benefit
July 1, 2025
A female surfer
April 28, 2025
A film that makes you cry…or a tiny Scottish tart?
May 16, 2025
A fool of a took
April 27, 2025
A fraction is a ____.
June 19, 2025
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