Clues for the word "ADONIS"
We've had 146 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 281 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on June 11, 2026.
Definition of adonis
- n. - A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
- n. - A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
- n. - A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
Referring Clues
- Lady-killer
- Beloved of Aphrodite
- Hunk
- Venus's partner, in Shakespeare
- Poster boy
- Mythical dreamboat
- Handsome hunk
- John Waterhouse painting "The Awakening of ___"
- Goddess of love's love
- Handsome youth
- Lover of Aphrodite
- Mr. Gorgeous
- Hunky sort
- Dreamboat
- Handsome guy
- Real hunk
- Hellenic hunk
- "Venus and ___" (Shakespeare poem)
- Male looker
- Love of the goddess of love
- Beaut of a beau
- Persephone's love
- Love of the Greek goddess of love
- He loved Venus
- Hunky guy
- Many a model
- Mythical hunk
- Handsome fellow
- He spent the winter in Hades
- Aphrodite's love
- Handsome Greek of myth
- Handsome lad of myth
- Handsome young man
- Aphrodite's beloved
- Gorgeous Greek of lore
- Mythological hunk
- Pretty boy
- Male arm candy
- Good-looker
- Male doll
- Dreamboat of myth
- Gorgeous guy
- Love goddess' love
- Youth killed by a boar
- Greek God
- Classical dreamboat
- Handsome lad
- Beautiful boy
- Handsome youth of myth
- Venus' love
- Dreamy guy
- Studly guy
- Venus's love
- Aphrodite's amour
- Stud muffin
- Handsome god
- Studmuffin
- Good-looking guy
- Ancient looker
- Chippendales dancer, e.g.
- Beautiful guy
- Handsome man
- Archetype of attractiveness
- Head turner
- Handsome dreamboat of myth
- Handsome young man making fuss about wrongdoing
- Who's a pretty boy? A Mafia boss is!
- Beautiful youth
- Hottie
- Handsome youth - said no (anag)
- (Very) handsome youth
- He would have said no need for plastic surgery
- Lover of 17 lives next door to a lecturer
- Trouble with greed, perhaps around looker
- Exemplar of beauty, a tonic when evil turns up
- Handsome youth (from Greek mythology)
- A Spanish gentleman is a fine fellow
- Handsome youth holding hand down bids in oddly deficient way
- Handsome youth - boy from Greek mythology
- A university lecturer is a lord
- Endlessly rebuke male put away for striking boy
- Good-looker from Ulster during Troubles?
- One teaching at university is one that has to be fair
- A fellow at university is a good-looking chap
- Good-looker redresses wrong after trouble
- A Spaniard is taken for a Greek
- He's handsome, but has bad back after a party
- Type of male beauty
- Handsome youth rejected wickedness after trouble
- Handsome Greek youth
- Handsome young man (of Greek myth)
- No aids (anag)
- A Spaniard is killed while hunting
- Is preceded by a fellow dandy
- A tutor is a handsome lad
- His form's perfect, but who's teaching them?
- A Spanish gent is a handsome fellow
- A Spaniard is a Greek
- Handsome one
- Attractive young man
- The handsome chap said no, unfortunately
- Dish cooked in soda
- Fuss about wrongdoing with good looker
- The handsome youth said no, unfortunately
- One lives without function as a handsome youth
- A fellow is a looker
- A teacher is like a god!
- A teacher is a handsome fellow
- Vacuous airhead sadly is no beauty
- Archetype of male beauty
- A university teacher is a handsome man
- A Spanish nobleman is a handsome young chap
- Handsome young man said: "No problem!"
- Beau-ideal having trouble with 'is new intake
- He had an affair, naughtiness aroused by Venus?
- University teacher is after a handsome young man
- Handsome young man is giving support to a lecturer
- A university teacher is a handsome young man
- A boy is becoming a handsome young man
- Handsome youth a lecturer is after
- Playwright's partner of 25 has trouble with wrong return
- Beau ideal falling in love during the commercials
- Lord upset over rising wickedness
- Very handsome young man
- Hunky young man
- Who's a noble Spaniard? A fair character
- Dandy
- Handsome youth is behind a teacher
- A Spaniard is a handsome fellow
- Handsome youth apt to sin badly at a party
- Beautiful youth of Greek myth
- Beautiful youth in Greek myth
- One fellow is of classic beauty
- Beautiful mythical youth
- Total stud
- Handsome, but he may be said to be about a back number
- The lover of Aphrodite
- Mythical youth
- A fellow lives with a handsome chap
- Mortal lover of Aphrodite
- Dreamboat of a guy
- Aphrodite's mortal lover
- Greek myth-inspired term for a hot guy
- Mythological hot guy
- Lovely chap making a fuss when there's terrible sin
- Mortal lover of Aphrodite and Persephone
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - June 11, 2026
- Daily American - May 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 09, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 12, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 30, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 22, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 24, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 19, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 30, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 02, 2024
- Daily American - May 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 18, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 15, 2024
- LA Times - February 29, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 25, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 19, 2023
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