Clues for the word "CAPER"
We've had 124 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 287 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 15, 2026.
Definition of caper
- v. i. - To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
- n. - A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
- n. - A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
- n. - The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
- n. - A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
Referring Clues
- Prank
- Food decoration
- Playful prank
- Illegal act, in slang
- Escapade
- Bank job, e.g.
- Certain fraternity activity
- Antic
- Harebrained escapade
- Adventure
- Silly prank
- Bank heist, e.g.
- Heist
- Hood's scheme
- Rémoulade bit
- "The Italian Job," e.g.
- Pickled flower bud
- Bank job, say
- Flavorful bud
- Bit of frivolity
- Cavort
- Crime-novel plot
- Private-eye film plot
- Gambol
- Tartar-sauce morsel
- Stunt
- Gumshoe's case
- Harebrained prank
- Shenanigan
- Pungent relish
- "The Great Muppet ___"
- Play the jester
- Heist, say
- Tartar sauce morsel
- Gumshoes case
- Frivolous trick
- Garnishing bud
- Garnishing bud
- Frolicsome leap
- Bank job
- Crime outing
- Frolic
- Frolicsome escapade
- Dido
- Wild escapade
- Heist, e.g.
- Zany escapade
- Frat house prank
- Bit of monkey business
- Bit of high jinks
- Zany adventure
- Pickled garnish
- Lark
- Criminal outing
- Playful leap
- Elaborate prank
- Bit in tartar sauce
- Garnish for a deviled egg
- Crime novel plot
- Dance playfully with something for Batman and Robin initially
- High-spirited escapade
- Anchovy go-with
- Playful skip or leap
- Hootie's was "Sad"
- Jump about playfully
- Flower bud used in cooking
- Hootie and the Blowfish "Sad ___"
- Frisk
- Skip training held by coach
- Drugs dropped at start of getaway car's last lark
- Frolic - plant with edible buds
- It may be cut and pickled
- Pickled bud - escapade
- Prance
- Playful skip
- Crown worn by Queen Dido
- Frolic - bud used in cooking
- Dishonest scheme to copy, cutting credit
- Frolic - edible flower bud
- Skip the flavouring in the steak tartare
- It adds flavour to antic
- "Ocean's Eleven" plot device
- Capability, say, without lands to frolic
- Holidaymaker wanting male bud
- Hop bud used in cooking
- Head, first to rumble practical joke
- Cloak right for illicit activity
- Deviled eggs morsel
- Skip about
- Dance playfully, putting garment on right
- Elaborate theft, in movies
- See a silly imitator prance about
- Frolic or gambol
- Silly antic
- Dance about
- Morsel in a deviled egg
- Escapade of some people in a car
- "Point Break" plot, e.g.
- Deviled egg garnish
- Deviled egg morsel
- Piccata morsel
- Crime story plot
- Morsel in a lox and bagel sandwich
- Focus of any "Ocean's" film
- Elaborate heist
- Pickled piece on antipasto platters
- Robbery of some people in a car?
- Salty bud
- Practical joke
- Frivolous escapade
- Morsel in chicken piccata
- Tartar sauce ingredient
- Lox bagel garnish
- Culinary bud
- Pickled bud in puttanesca
- Ingredient in piccata dishes
- Salty item on a lox bagel
- Tapenade bud
- Salty morsel on a bagel with lox
- Piccata bud
- Leap about
- Piccata need
- Tangy bud in a piccata recipe
- April fool, e.g.
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 15, 2026
- New York Times - December 20, 2025
- New York Times - November 19, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 11, 2025
- LA Times - September 29, 2025
- LA Times - September 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 27, 2025
- New York Times - May 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 12, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 08, 2025
- LA Times - March 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 19, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 03, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 29, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2024
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