Clues for the word "ALLAY"
We've had 58 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 185 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 21, 2026.
Definition of allay
- v. t. - To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
- v. t. - To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
- v. t. - To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
- n. - Alleviation; abatement; check.
- n. - Alloy.
- v. t. - To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Referring Clues
- Put to rest
- Calm
- Ease, as one's fears
- Set to rest
- Dispel
- Put to rest, as fears
- Ease, as fears
- Quiet
- Soothe
- Soften
- Mollify
- Make quiet
- Ease
- Quell, as concerns
- Set to rest, as fears
- Quell
- Lessen
- Calm, as fears
- Ease, as anxieties
- Quench
- Relieve
- Appease
- Lessen, as fears
- Soothe, as fears
- Mitigate
- Temper
- Pacify
- Soothe, as worries
- Lessen or relieve
- Assuage
- Take the edge off
- Dispel, as fears
- Put an apprehension to bed
- Relieve, as anxiety
- Quell, as fears
- Reduce, as fears
- Partner stealing a cushion
- A friend out to lighten your troubles
- Alleviate
- Alleviate everything for some days
- A friend possessing a brave heart will relieve things
- 100 per cent for moderate
- Put at rest
- Slake
- Combine to restrain a temper
- Relieve, soothe
- Calm arrangement before 9
- Quiet table switching political allegiance twice?
- Help to soothe
- Moderate
- Make things easier for everybody on reduced pay
- Lighten with a song, we hear
- Name the song to make things easier
- Quiet, as worries
- Relieve everybody on some days
- Ease, like fears
- Temper, as fears
- Ease, as worries
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 06, 2026
- Daily American - November 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 16, 2025
- Daily American - April 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 05, 2025
- Daily American - December 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 04, 2024
- USA Today - April 16, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2024
- New York Times - January 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 20, 2023
- Daily American - November 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 28, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - July 25, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - June 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 15, 2023
- Daily American - April 25, 2023
- New York Times - April 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 03, 2023
- Daily American - December 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - December 19, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 19, 2022
- New York Times - October 06, 2022
- And in 155 more crossword puzzles...