Clues for the word "FLARE"
We've had 130 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 240 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 03, 2026.
Definition of flare
- v. i. - To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
- v. i. - To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
- v. i. - To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
- v. i. - To be exposed to too much light.
- v. i. - To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
- n. - An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
- n. - A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
- n. - Leaf of lard.
Referring Clues
- Distress signal
- Warning fire
- Alerting light
- Broken-down motorist's signal
- Car trunk item, maybe
- Boater's S O S
- Emergency light
- Emergency equipment
- "Breakdown ahead" warning
- Bell-bottom feature
- Stranded motorist's S O S
- Solar event
- Marooned person's signal
- Emergency signal
- Blaze
- "Accident ahead" indicator
- Distress signal shot into the air
- S O S signal
- Airborne signal
- Solar phenomenon
- Stranded motorist's signal
- Stranded motorist's warning
- Get wider
- Roadside distress signal
- Emergency kit item
- Highway warning
- Stranded motorist's light
- Danger signal
- Leg feature, perhaps
- Short pass to a running back near the sideline
- Breakdown alert
- Suddenly intensify, with "up"
- Bell-bottoms feature
- Signal light
- Accident indicator
- Become wider
- "Breakdown ahead" warning
- Disabled vehicle alert
- Spread outward
- Motorist's aid
- Sign of danger
- Roadside alert
- Sign of distress
- Roadside beacon
- Skirt feature, perhaps
- Common skirt feature
- Broken-down motorist's fiery signal
- Emergency light for a motorist
- Word following solar or lens
- Solar eruption
- Turnpike alert
- Road hazard warning
- Widen
- Burst of light
- Signal of a kind
- Erupt
- Attention-getting light
- Airborne distress signal
- Distress light
- Sun spot activity
- Sunspot activity
- Certain S O S
- Accident marker
- Roadside warning
- Vehicle's emergency light
- Motorist's gun
- Burst of flame
- "Help" signal fired from a gun
- Cautionary device
- Solar ___
- Plight light
- Bright danger signal
- Roadside light
- Roadside attention-getter
- Castaway's signal
- Flickering light
- Erupt, as tempers
- Emergency kit light
- Visible S O S
- Warning torch
- Highway alert
- Antonym of "taper"
- Gun for the road
- Widen, as jeans legs
- Broaden
- Disabled vehicle's signal
- Signal
- Roadside trouble signal
- Boater's emergency kit item
- Emergency warning signal
- Sudden blaze
- Widen out like a bell
- (Burn with) sudden blaze
- Accident site sight
- Accident site marker
- Disabled vehicle warning
- Bright SOS
- Highlight of 70s' fashion trousers?
- Road accident marker
- Aid for a search-and-rescue team
- Solar burst
- Uber charge
- Safety item in a trunk
- Stranded boater's signal
- Road emergency light
- Burn with a sudden intensity
- Signaling light
- Vehicle's emergency-kit light
- '70s jeans style
- Blaze up
- Lighted distress signal
- Bright road signal
- A gift to make light of?
- Signal for help
- Light meals for about a pound
- Car's emergency marker light
- Bell-bottom bottom
- Flash of light
- Bell-bottom jeans feature
- Roadside warning light
- SOS signal
- Emergency device
- Burst of bright light
- Light cost of a ticket out of Leatherhead
- Distress signal device
- Roadside emergency light
- Feature of some retro pant legs
- Fit-and-___ dresses
- Word after solar or lens
- Light that goes up when things are going down?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 03, 2026
- Daily American - January 25, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 27, 2025
- New York Times - October 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 25, 2025
- LA Times - August 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 21, 2025
- Daily American - January 07, 2025
- Daily American - December 22, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 17, 2024
- Daily American - December 14, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 01, 2024
- USA Today - September 23, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 23, 2024
- Daily American - June 15, 2024
- Daily American - May 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 15, 2024
- Daily American - January 25, 2024
- USA Today - December 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2023
- New York Times - November 29, 2023
- USA Today - November 08, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 05, 2023
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