Clues for the word "BOY"
We've had 147 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 293 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on November 19, 2025.
Definition of boy
- n. - A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.
- v. t. - To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.
Referring Clues
- Man-to-be
- "Whew!"
- Lad
- See 50-Across
- Part of EGBDF
- See 38-Across
- Blue blanket baby
- Baby in blue
- Kipling's Kim or Mowgli
- "Wow!" relative
- "Far out!" relative
- Baby in blue bootees
- Tarzan's jungle companion
- Culture Club's ___ George
- Tarzan's kid
- Man of the future
- Girl's counterpart
- Good 'ol guy?
- Tarzan's tot
- One who might get the blues?
- "About a ___": Nick Hornby novel
- "Gee whiz!"
- Exclamation of excitement
- Peter Pan, eternally
- "Wow!"
- Peter Pan, permanently
- Tarzan's swinging kid
- Tarzan-film character
- Exclamation of wonder
- Tarzan film character
- He lived with Tarzan
- Young fellow
- Tarzan's son
- "Gee!"
- "About a ___": Nick Hornby novel
- "Gosh!"
- "Gee whiz!"
- "Wow!"
- Blue-blanket baby
- Young chap
- When repeated with "oh" in between, "Wow!"
- Early man?
- Cub Scout, for example
- 'Gee!'
- Cub Scout, e.g.
- Tarzan's offspring
- 'Gee whiz!'
- See 5-Down
- Laddie
- "Holy cow!"
- Little guy
- Scout leader?
- Excited exclamation
- Approximately one out of every two deliveries
- The "B" of B.S.A.
- Word that can follow both parts of the answers to starred clues
- Tarzan's movie son
- Man, once
- Baby in blue, often
- Youngster
- Youth
- Future man
- Gee whiz
- Tarzan and Jane's son
- Young fella
- U2's first album
- Word with band or toy
- Young male
- 'Whew!'
- Male kid
- Word that can precede the last parts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58
- Any Little Leaguer, once
- Son
- Young guy
- Any Cub Scout
- Male child
- "Golly!"
- Tiny Tim, for one
- Mama's ___
- Girl's opposite
- ___ Scouts of America
- Opposite of girl
- Male who is not yet a man
- Young man
- Not a girl
- What blue sometimes denotes
- "___, I tell ya what..."
- Male child or youth
- Foreigner "Dirty White ___"
- ZZ Top "Rough ___"
- CCR "Just got home from Illinois, locked the front door oh ___!"
- Oh, him!
- Just the sort of hood for a youth?
- Juvenile Charles Boyer part
- Oh, him with the joyous expression!
- Poster ___
- "Tommy ___" (Chris Farley film)
- Robin the ___ Wonder of comics
- Early man?
- Eton student, e.g.
- ___ George (lead singer of Culture Club)
- "If I Were a ___" (Beyoncé song)
- Johnny Cash's Sue is one
- Tyke
- Delivery room possibility
- Apt relative of the interjection "Man!"
- Man of tomorrow?
- Word before and after "oh"
- *Woman's young lover, in slang
- The Casabianca kid?
- Johnny Cash's Sue, e.g.
- ___ Wonder: Robin
- Youthful body lacking a definite leader
- In his youth he has a hood
- Word after pretty or poster
- Blue peg in Life, perhaps
- George, for instance?
- Young man, really
- "Let me tell ya ...!"
- '40 10 Down title character, ultimately
- This hood doesn't last for ever
- "I tell ya!"
- End of some birth announcements
- Huck Finn, for one
- "The ___ Who Cried Wolf"
- "If I Were a ___" (Beyonce hit)
- Altar ___
- Way-young man
- Oliver Twist or Tiny Tim
- 2010 New Zealand film with an 11-year-old protagonist
- "Little ___ Blue"
- Male delivery
- He's young to go around being bossy!
- Child
- "The ___ in the Striped Pajamas"
- "A ___ Named Isamu"
- Little one with a Y chromosome
- "___ with Thorn" (Rickey Laurentiis collection)
- It's a ___!
- "If I Were a ___": Beyoncé ballad
- Just the sort of hood for a youth?
- "If I Were a ___" (Beyonce song)
- ___ wonder
- "A ___ Called Christmas" (Netflix animated movie)
- "Oh ___!" ("Wow!")
- Seven-year-old dude
- "Man, I tell ya!"
Last Seen In
- New York Times - November 19, 2025
- LA Times - November 13, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 09, 2025
- LA Times - October 16, 2025
- LA Times - October 11, 2025
- New York Times - July 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 31, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 31, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 17, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2024
- New York Times - October 24, 2024
- Family Time - October 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 02, 2024
- Family Time - July 29, 2024
- Mirror Mini - July 10, 2024
- Daily American - June 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 03, 2024
- USA Today - March 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 19, 2024
- Family Time - February 12, 2024
- New York Times - January 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 17, 2024
- Family Time - December 18, 2023
- New York Times - December 06, 2023
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