Clues starting with ‘A’
Back to indexAmorous affair or throw something
December 30, 2024
Amorphous items
September 2, 2025
Amount of smoke breathed in a puff
May 18, 2025
Amphetamine
May 15, 2025
Amplified by a hand-held device
June 27, 2025
Amy ____ her sister Sara’s curly locks while Sara preferred Amy’s straight hair.
February 3, 2025
An 8th of a circle; 45° angle or arc
January 24, 2025
An Olympic sword (not an allergy pen!)
May 16, 2025
An ___ Triathlon involves running, biking and swimming MILES of each! Too much for me!
July 21, 2025
An ____ can refer to body energy emitted by someone near you.
February 2, 2025
An ____ 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’)
September 5, 2025 • August 3, 2025
An ____ is the opposite of a base (in chemistry).
August 17, 2025
An abacus is a Chinese ____ machine.
March 2, 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 instance of or a return to lower price or wages
March 14, 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 ‘____’ is a Muslim ‘priest’.
August 30, 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 public gathering space
March 20, 2025
Ancient melodic pattern
September 3, 2025 • August 16, 2025 • July 5, 2025
Ancient potion inducing forgetfulness of one’s grief or troubles
January 26, 2025
Ancient stringed instrument
April 23, 2025
And even an adjective. That might also refer to being like the actor who played Thurston (’Thirsty?’) Howell III
June 15, 2025
And of course there’s a Latin plural
June 15, 2025
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