Clues for the word "KITE"
We've had 229 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 451 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on January 19, 2026.
Definition of kite
- n. - Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
- n. - Fig. : One who is rapacious.
- n. - A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
- n. - A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
- n. - A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
- n. - Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
- n. - The brill.
- v. i. - To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
- n. - The belly.
Referring Clues
- Ben Franklin's flier
- Franklin's flier
- Relative of a falcon
- Toy with a tail
- Wind instrument?
- Toy on a string
- Swallow-tailed bird
- Paper-and-string flier
- Item designed to be blown up?
- Airborne unit?
- Fly (around)
- Box ___
- Decorative toy
- Cousin of a hawk
- Wind-up toy?
- Flying toy
- Sky box?
- End of many a string
- Benjamin Franklin's flier
- Frequent flier?
- Toy with a cross frame
- Toy sometimes seen on a beach
- Toy at the beach
- March plaything
- Toy you might enjoy while running
- Relative of a hawk
- 1992 U.S. Open champ
- Charlie Brown had trouble flying one
- Soarer on a string
- Toy for windy days
- High diamond?
- High-flying toy
- Toy attached to a string
- You don't need a license to fly it
- Flypaper?
- Sky diamond
- Toy that rides on the wind
- Box in the sky, perhaps
- Windy day toy
- Toy that soars
- Outdoor toy
- Beach toy
- Hawk family bird
- Bird of prey
- High flier
- Tethered flier
- It was used by 89-Across to equate 73-Across with its clue
- Small, graceful hawk
- Airborne toy with a tail
- Tailed toy
- High flyer
- Box ___
- Wind-powered toy
- Airborne toy
- Its tail flaps in the wind
- It comes with strings attached
- It operates on wind power
- Charlie Brown's got eaten
- Toy made to be blown up?
- Diamond in the sky
- Kid's flier
- Benjamin Franklin experiment prop
- Thing on a string
- Tailed flier
- Cousin of an eagle
- The wind unwinds it
- One of many lost by Charlie Brown
- Flying toy with a tail
- Item used in Wright Brothers experiments
- Eagle relative
- Tethered toy
- It's made to be blown up
- Flier with a line
- Toy with a string
- Flier with a tail
- Misuse a cheque
- Vulture
- Certain surfer's power source
- Breeze-catching toy
- Heavenly figure?
- Toy that goes to great heights
- Franklin experimented with one
- *Forged check
- Flier with a ground connection?
- Windy-day toy
- Charlie Brown toy that's often "eaten" by a tree
- Prop for Ben Franklin
- Charlie Brown's nemesis, often
- Charlie Brown's nemesis?
- Charlie Brown's nemesis, at times
- Diamond in the sky?
- Prop for Ben Franklin or Charlie Brown
- Charlie Brown's bane
- Charlie Brown's nemesis
- Flier on the beach, often
- Box in flight
- High flier at the beach
- Wind catcher
- Oft-tangled toy
- Tethered aircraft
- Flier on a string
- Toy for Charlie Brown
- "Go fly a ___!"
- Windy weather toy
- Diamond-shaped toy
- It's like a diamond in the sky
- It doesn't get high on calm days
- Eagle cousin
- Ben Franklin flew one
- Toy for a breezy day
- Popular beach toy
- Hawk's cousin
- String toy
- It has a tail and flies
- Flier on the beach
- Park flyer
- Frustrating toy for Charlie Brown
- Windblown box
- Flier usually shorter than its tail
- Write a bad cheque
- Item often "eaten" by a tree in "Peanuts"
- Member of the hawk family
- Surfer's option
- Diamond-shaped flyer
- Good toy for March
- Toy whose components are the last parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 24-Down
- Tool in a legendary electricity experiment
- Toy stuck in a tree, in "Peanuts"
- Graceful bird
- Soaring toy
- Fun on a windy day
- Beach flier
- Aerial toy
- Small hawk
- Wind toy
- Benjamin Franklin's flyer
- Item flown by Ben Franklin
- Charlie Brown's got eaten often
- "Being for the Benefit of Mr. ___!" ("Sgt. Pepper's" song)
- Windy day flyer
- "The ___ Runner"
- Thing to fly on a windy day
- Item to fly on windy days
- Windy day high-flyer
- Swedish synthpop group
- Flying toy - bird
- Toy flown at the end of a string
- Tackle English bird
- Raptor - toy
- Light frame toy held on a string - bird of prey
- Raptor - flying toy
- High-flyer in gear change, finally
- Aircraft's 5th gear?
- Bird of prey - light, wind-borne structure
- Flown fun
- The answer is blowing in the wind
- Bird (that can be flown!)
- Christopher Marlowe's last predator
- Flier in park I tested
- The bird is flown
- Bird - flying toy
- Flyer on a string
- Tailed flyer
- Overhead toy
- Golfer Tom
- Toy in Charlie Brown's nightmares, perhaps
- Toy intended to get blown up
- Large hawk
- Wind-borne toy
- Christopher Lee finally developing into a high-flier
- Reintroduced bird and fox cub close to home
- It's a thousand to one that Ted loses 500 on "Bird of Prey"
- Flier needs mark for standard
- Wind-borne frame
- Clothing bearing a quality mark?
- 15 strung up?
- "The ___ Runner" (Khaled Hosseini book)
- Toy
- Bird
- Paper + string toy
- High as a ___
- Toy that may be shaped like a dragon
- March toy
- Paper glider
- Flyer at Australia's Festival of the Winds
- Toy for spring
- What Franklin may not have flown
- Ben Franklin's flyer
- Light toy
- Bird with a forked tail
- Windborne toy
- Sky box?
- Useless toy on calm days
- Toy for windy weather
- Breeze-borne toy
- Toy in windy weather
- Toy for a windy day
- Shore toy
- Fork-tailed hawk
- Charlie Brown's toy
- *Accessory for a Ben Franklin costume
- Beach toy for a windy day
- Toy with a box variety
- Flier strung up?
- Diamond in the sky, perhaps
- Certain bird or toy
- Aerodynamic toy
- Flier in the wind
- Beach flier, often
- Symbol of highness
- ___-Eating Tree: "Peanuts" phenomenon
- Festival of the Winds flyer
- Bird with a long fluttery tail?
- Wind-blown toy
- Something flown on Basant Panchami
- Toy named after a kind of bird
- It might be blowing in the wind
- Toy used in windy weather
- Something flown in the Festival of the Winds
- Toy that flies
- Toy with a string and a tail
- Toy that may get stuck in a tree
- Sight at Sydney's yearly Festival of the Winds
- Toy flown on a windy day
- Flying toy on a string
- Toy that's often quadrilateral with symmetry across its diagonal
- Chinese symbol of hope and prosperity
- Lightweight toy flyer
- Wind-up toy?
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - January 19, 2026
- LA Times - January 01, 2026
- New York Times - December 27, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 24, 2025
- LA Times - November 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 05, 2025
- LA Times - October 27, 2025
- Daily American - October 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 07, 2025
- Daily American - July 26, 2025
- New York Times - July 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 03, 2025
- New York Times - June 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 03, 2025
- Daily American - March 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2025
- USA Today - January 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 18, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 27, 2024
- LA Times - October 30, 2024
- USA Today - October 30, 2024
- USA Today - October 28, 2024
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