Clues for the word "CROSS"
We've had 147 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 247 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on December 06, 2025.
Definition of cross
- n. - A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.
- n. - The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.
- n. - Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
- n. - A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
- n. - An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.
- n. - A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.
- n. - A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.
- n. - The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
- n. - Church lands.
- n. - A line drawn across or through another line.
- n. - A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.
- n. - An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- n. - A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
- a. - Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.
- a. - Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
- a. - Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
- a. - Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.
- prep. - Athwart; across.
- v. t. - To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.
- v. t. - To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.
- v. t. - To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.
- v. t. - To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- v. t. - To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
- v. t. - To interfere and cut off; to debar.
- v. t. - To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.
- v. t. - To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.
- v. t. - To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
- v. i. - To lie or be athwart.
- v. i. - To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.
- v. i. - To be inconsistent.
- v. i. - To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.
Referring Clues
- Pen name
- Hybrid
- Antivampire aid
- Betray
- Church figure
- Mass hanging
- Hot ___ buns
- Angry
- Peeved
- Saint Anthony's ___
- Religious symbol
- Liable to snap
- Swedish flag symbol
- Boxing punch
- Upset
- Get to the other curb
- Sign of The Times?
- Vampire repellent
- Christian symbol
- Symbol of Christianity
- Go to the opposite curb
- Go against or go over
- Protection from a vampire
- Annoyed
- Form an intersection
- Ticked off
- Interbreed
- Snappish
- Angry and annoyed
- End of a one-two
- Mass symbol
- Religious figure
- See 53-Across
- Respond to a green light
- Head for the other side
- Crabby
- Intersect
- In a snit
- Protection from Dracula
- Span
- Thwart
- In a bad mood
- "Sailing" artist Christopher
- Go to the other side of the street
- Crucifix
- Shape on an altar
- Get to the other side
- Word that can precede the first word of the twelve starred entries in this puzzle
- Plus sign, essentially
- Cranky
- MSC word
- Grumpy
- First century execution method
- Irate
- Intersection
- Irascible
- Traverse
- Vampire hunter's protection
- Out of sorts ... or what completes the answers to the nine starred clues
- Vampire repeller
- Testy
- Symbol for followers of Christ
- Word with red or blue
- In a peeved mood
- Many people see a big one on Sunday
- Victoria ___
- Ill-tempered
- X or +
- Mad
- Peevish
- Norwegian flag feature
- Anti-vampire device
- Bad tempered
- Bad-tempered
- Kind of examination
- In a foul mood
- Oppose or connect
- White symbol on Switzerland's flag
- Get to the other side of the street
- Sign - out of temper (5)
- "Ride Like the Wind" Christopher
- Hybrid vehicle not a huge success at first
- Book by 2 4 having bad-tempered sound
- Get over angry?
- Go over
- Sign - angry
- Get over being ratty
- Grouchy
- Get over feeling offended
- See 2
- Upset? You'll get over it
- Go to the other side
- Pass out after injection into sensitive area, as one moaning
- A representative sample of opinion about Boyzone
- Traverse - displeased
- Pass from the wing to the penalty area
- Annoyed - traverse
- ... sign of ill temper
- Get over feeling irritated
- Traverse - Christian symbol - furious
- Sign of 19's commitment
- Thwart, oppose
- Pass over the centre of this grid
- Get over being annoyed
- Sort of dressing makes one annoyed
- See 19
- See 7
- Bridge put out
- See 21
- See 12
- Dracula repellent
- Get over being bad-tempered
- Get over being angry
- With 57-Across, what you must do four times to solve this puzzle
- Intersect (Link, Part 2)
- Walk to the other side of the street
- Walk or wind preceder
- Displeased with one's mongrel
- Angry enough to change sides?
- Which gives travellers a choice of hybrid oxygen-filled X-ray units
- Meet and pass
- Mark is bad-tempered
- Do this to jaywalk
- Red symbol on the flag of England
- Protection from vampires
- See 23 Across
- See 31-Across
- See 65-Across
- Out of humor
- What Hollywood and Vine do
- Irritable
- With 16-Across, travel internationally
- Angry with something one may have to bear
- Steeple topper, often
- Intersect with
- Protection for vampire hunters
- Not pleased
- With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle?
- Get over angry?
- Get over being displeased?
- What five horizontal answers do with this one
- Symbol on the Swiss flag
- What this puzzle's across and down answers do
- Sects' symbol?
- Really irritated
- Hybridize
- Get over being peevish
Last Seen In
- LA Times - December 06, 2025
- New York Times - November 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 08, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 05, 2025
- New York Times - May 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 28, 2025
- LA Times - January 21, 2025
- LA Times - December 22, 2024
- USA Today - December 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 08, 2024
- Daily American - August 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 20, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 16, 2024
- Daily American - March 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 23, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 04, 2024
- New York Times - February 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2024
- USA Today - January 18, 2024
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