Clues for the word "OBSCURE"
We've had 44 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 63 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on November 12, 2025.
Definition of obscure
- superl. - Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.
- superl. - Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.
- superl. - Not noticeable; humble; mean.
- superl. - Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
- superl. - Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.
- a. - To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
- v. i. - To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.
- n. - Obscurity.
Referring Clues
- Way out of the public eye
- Eclipse
- Recondite
- Not clear
- Hard to interpret
- Not well-known
- Make less visible
- Murky
- Little known
- Not apparent
- Ambiguous
- Hard to grasp
- Little-known
- "Jude the ___"
- Vague
- Indistinct
- Make unclear
- Unclear - recondite
- Cryptic
- Dim
- Blot out
- So be going walkies with a dog, in the dark
- Like Jude, not well known
- Dark - little known
- Not at all well known
- Dark - secret - inconspicuous
- Enigmatic (like Jude?)
- Little known - dark
- Unclear
- Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- Arcane
- Abstruse
- Complex remedy for former pupil?
- Recondite, abstruse
- Old boy's remedy, not easily understood
- Old boy's solution, not easily understood
- Unknown book penned by sailor? Correct
- Unknown book possessed by sailor? Correct
- Hardly well-known
- Meriting a (var.) tag, say
- Eclipse: abstruse
- Cloud
- Not widely known
- No-name
Last Seen In
- New York Times - November 12, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 31, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 14, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 28, 2023
- USA Today - November 10, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 31, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 07, 2023
- USA Today - May 03, 2023
- Daily Quick - April 14, 2023
- Family Time - April 09, 2023
- Daily Quick - February 05, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 11, 2022
- New York Times - October 09, 2022
- Daily Quick - January 02, 2018
- Evening Standard Quick - December 06, 2017
- Universal - December 02, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 16, 2017
- Daily Quick - July 31, 2017
- Daily Quick - June 07, 2017
- Daily Quick - April 14, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - March 19, 2017
- Guardian Quick - February 21, 2017
- Guardian Speedy - January 29, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 27, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 15, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - July 10, 2016
- And in 33 more crossword puzzles...