Clues starting with ‘A’
Back to indexAn ____ houses bees, not gorillas.
August 2, 2025
An ____ is 1/12th of a foot.
July 16, 2025
An ____ is a goat with thick, long, curved horns living in Europe, Asia and Africa.
August 18, 2025
An ____ is a shorebird with an upturned bill.
August 28, 2025
An ____ is a sign of impending doom.
August 19, 2025
An ____ is a small amount of something.
June 19, 2025
An ____ is a ‘rustic’ poem.
August 27, 2025
An ____ is an ocean bay or river shoreline recess
April 6, 2025
An ____ is known as ‘nothing but net’.
July 31, 2025
An ____ is part of a gene that changes a single trait, like eye color. (Sounds like ‘total snake-fish’)
August 3, 2025
An ____ is roughly the length of the distance from your thumb tip to the first knuckle.
September 12, 2025
An ____ is the opposite of a base (in chemistry).
August 17, 2025
An ____ ‘bloom’ can be toxic.
September 8, 2025
An abacus is a Chinese ____ machine.
March 2, 2025
An advantage
October 19, 2025
An amoeba is a one-____ creature.
July 26, 2025
An animated character
February 11, 2025
An artist might paint an arm or a leg
March 22, 2025
An ellipse has two
August 22, 2025
An embarrassing situation
December 29, 2024
An entryway
May 9, 2025
An excessive amount.
August 25, 2025
An existing being
January 6, 2025
An expression of sympathy
July 26, 2025
An heir
April 16, 2025
An informer (child)
June 4, 2025
An insect’s version of a teenager refusing to come out of their room
October 18, 2025
An instance of or a return to lower price or wages
March 14, 2025
An invalid contract is ruled ____ and void
October 9, 2025
An old-fashioned way to say ‘does’
February 11, 2025
An ornament on top of a pole
April 27, 2025
An overly trusting person who used to perform on stage
March 29, 2025
An overused name for cats, also the moon
April 27, 2025
An unkind term for a homeless person
September 18, 2025
An ‘____’ is a French egg dish, I guess you could say.
October 11, 2025
An ‘____’ is a Muslim ‘priest’.
August 30, 2025
An ‘____’ is a blunted sword used in fencing.
September 19, 2025
An ‘____’ is a previous member of a school, or a pickle-producing agent.
September 24, 2025
An ‘____’ is responsible for eye or hair color.
September 20, 2025
An ‘____’ is someone who swears on an official court document (can’t say which one!)
September 21, 2025
An ‘____’ is someone who swears to a legal document. (Think: ‘off’ with a different vowel + ‘me’ + picnic pest)
October 1, 2025
Ancestry
April 19, 2025
Anchor or peaty and boggy area filled with grasses and sedges
June 1, 2025 • April 9, 2025
Ancient Celtic priest
February 2, 2025
Ancient Egyptian ‘paper’ (Latin pl.)
August 2, 2025
Ancient Greek buildings for performances
February 22, 2025
Ancient Greek cineplex
November 3, 2025 • September 28, 2025
Ancient Greek demigod (or a very strong man)
November 12, 2025
Ancient Greek public gathering space
September 26, 2025 • March 20, 2025
Ancient computers
October 23, 2025
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