Clues for the word "OLD"
We've had 583 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1867 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 16, 2026.
Definition of old
- n. - Open country.
- superl. - Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
- superl. - Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
- superl. - Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
- superl. - Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.
- superl. - Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
- superl. - Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
- superl. - Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
- superl. - More than enough; abundant.
- superl. - Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.
- superl. - Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
- superl. - Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
Referring Clues
- Superannuated
- Aged
- Like a centenarian
- Dated
- Part of O.T.
- Like the gray mare
- Elderly
- Hackneyed
- Much-used
- Getting on in years
- Vintage
- Worn
- Long in the tooth
- Ancient
- Gone gray, say
- Experienced, as a pro
- Archaic
- Word with hand or hat
- From an earlier time
- With 34-Down, bygone Baltic language
- Up there in years
- Passe
- Getting on
- With 44-Across, a veteran
- Previously heard
- Unmodernized
- Out of production
- Medieval
- Worn out
- "There is no fool like an ___ fool"
- Gray, say
- Like octogenarians
- With 42-Down, out-of-date
- Word before school or master
- Fossillike
- ___ Navy
- Follower or preceder of age
- Timeworn
- Antique
- With 58-Down, Civil War battle eagle named after the president
- Prehistoric
- 80 or over, say
- "___ Devil Moon" (song from "Finian's Rainbow")
- OPPOSITE OF 11-DOWN
- Something ___ (bride's need)
- "When I Grow Too ___ to Dream"
- Bygone
- Not funny anymore
- Not cutting-edge
- Like the farmer MacDonald
- Erstwhile
- On in years
- Moth-eaten
- Hoary
- Out of date
- Used
- 80-Across, in English
- Outdated
- Time-worn
- Stale
- Discontinued
- Fossilized
- Like the hills
- See 51-Down
- Past
- Familiar
- Not fresh
- Outmoded
- The "O" in G.O.P.
- Outworn
- Antediluvian
- Getting tiresome
- Antiquated
- No longer funny
- Going way back, as friends
- Former
- Like Methuselah
- With 19-Across, language from which "steak" and "eggs" come
- Out of vogue
- With 41-Across, one you go way back with
- Primeval
- Part of G.O.P.
- With 11-Down, U.S.S. Constitution nickname
- Unlike a spring chicken
- Done to death
- Of long standing
- Like the hills?
- Having had many birthdays
- Over 100
- Word before hat or hand
- Word before hat or bat
- Venerable
- Word before Faithful or Yeller
- "The ___ Man and the Sea"
- Familiar, as friends
- "___ Yeller"
- Up there
- Trite
- Long-lived
- From the past
- Of long standing, as a friend
- Like a fogy
- Like the gray mare of song
- Past one's prime
- Creaky
- Overused
- Over the hill
- Word before country or school
- Like Mother Hubbard
- Glory or guard preceder
- Like centenarians
- Not original
- GOP section
- Jolly ___ Saint Nick
- With 27-Down, veterans
- Word with maid or master
- ___ Milwaukee beer
- Tiresome
- ___-school (traditional)
- Part of VSOP
- Word with hat or hand
- Like an antique
- With 15-Across, dated
- Like a geriatrician's patient
- O.T. part
- Unoriginal
- Word with school or guard
- Worn-out
- Hardly cutting-edge
- Like many 11-Down
- "Something ___, something ..."
- Told too many times
- Hardly fresh
- Like overused jokes
- Like the Curiosity Shop
- Moth-eaten, maybe
- Overfamiliar
- Like MacDonald
- From ancient times
- From the year one
- Noachian
- "Something ___, something ..."
- Hardly born yesterday
- Word with "chap" or "fellow"
- In the low 90s?
- No spring chicken
- Form of English
- ___ Hickory
- The kind of friends that go way back
- Hardly original
- Word with maid or hand
- Not very original
- Word with "Spice" in a brand name
- Long familiar
- Unmodern
- Outmoded, e.g.
- 11-Down to the max
- Like something from the Jurassic period
- Word with hat or school
- Word with guard or goat
- What few want to grow
- Resembling King Cole
- Faithful or reliable word
- Word with "school" or "guard"
- ___ Faithful
- Well-worn
- Told too often
- Word with "Faithful" or "Glory"
- Medieval, e.g.
- "It's still the same ___ story"
- GOP segment?
- Tried-and-true
- 19th-century, say
- Far from fresh
- Familiar, as a joke
- Like most carbon dating specimens
- From way back
- So last year
- As ___ as Methuselah
- No longer used
- Word with "chap" or "fellow"
- GOP center
- Like Glory
- Long-time
- Like stale jokes
- As ___ as Methuselah
- Like dirt?
- Stale, perhaps
- Out-of-date
- Like most codgers
- See 27-Down
- Part of GOP
- Long-known
- Foster's "- Dog Tray"
- Time-honored
- Tried and true
- Like tall redwoods
- ___ Spice aftershave
- Like Father Christmas
- Word with man or maid
- In need of replacement
- Advanced in years
- Pass
- Up in years
- Opposite of 52-Down
- In need of repair
- See 7-Down
- See 44-Across
- With 54-Across, senescence
- With 57-Across, partner of 'Arsenic'
- Opposite of 26-Across
- See 1-Across
- In need of fixing
- In need of touching up
- Longstanding
- Needing repair
- In disrepair
- Like St. Nick
- Gray-headed
- With 84-Across kids' card game,
- Stale, say
- Master or guard start
- Obsolete
- Time-tested
- Like a joke told far too often
- ___ school
- Like yesterday's news
- Mossy
- Definitely not new
- Requiring many candles on a birthday cake
- Grate, with "get," or what this puzzle's theme answers get
- With 21-Across, senescence
- Like most carbon-dating specimens
- "No Country for ___ Men"
- Antiquity
- Yeller's adjective
- Like chestnuts
- Clichéd
- Senile
- "... at the ___ ball game!"
- Like the man in a Hemingway title
- Longtime
- See 115-Down
- ___ Glory (U.S. flag)
- Collectible, maybe
- Played out
- Previously superseded
- "___ lawyers never die, they just lose their appeal"
- Requiring many candles on one's cake
- Well-seasoned
- Not new
- No longer current
- Unlike spring chickens
- Seasoned
- GOP member?
- Getting up there
- Long in tooth
- Dilapidated
- Mature
- Like Glory?
- On its last legs
- Abe adjective
- From some time back
- No longer amusing
- Traditional
- Superseded
- With 14 Across, veterans
- Long-established
- ___ faithful leader
- Told far too often
- Tedious
- See 29-Across
- Like very familiar jokes
- With 126-Across, Disney title dog of 1957
- Doddery
- Hat or maid leader
- Word with guard or gate
- Gathering dust
- Gray's partner?
- Word with Glory or Testament
- Like many a joke
- Word with country or world
- ___ Testament
- Young's opposite
- Onetime
- Told too much
- Fifty years your senior, e.g.
- White-haired
- Like some timers?
- ___ glory
- Like too many jokes
- ___ guard
- Word with "Glory" or "Testament"
- Not a spring chicken
- Rusted, perhaps
- Like a chestnut
- ___ hat
- Out of use
- Yeller
- Like fossils
- Like Yeller
- ___ as the hills
- "... an ___ dog new tricks"
- "___ New Hampshire" (state song)
- Tom "___ 98" harmon
- "___ Black Magic"
- Long practiced
- Having lived many years
- There's no fool like this kind
- ___ school (like classic rap)
- Like an octogenarian
- Overdone
- With 4-Down, Fred Gipson book that won a 1957 Newbery Honor
- Faithful
- So last month
- Way past voting age
- With 6 Down, name for the third-oldest US college
- Like King Cole
- Previous
- Hat or hand preceder
- Like most knock-knock jokes
- Type of man, woman or maid
- Right jolly ___ elf (Santa)
- Hardly young
- Having been around longer than most
- 99
- Elderly and then some
- Far from new
- What it takes decades to grow
- What "paleo-" means
- With 18-Down, 1957 Disney tearjerker
- Not up-to-date
- Like the hills, in a simile
- Like a Hemingway title man
- Told too often, as a joke
- In one's golden years
- ___ Navy: discount retailer
- "... at the ___ ball game!": song lyric
- Word before Scratch or Nick
- Immemorial
- Word before Vic or Bailey
- Past one's "sell by" date
- ___ Father Christmas
- Secondhand
- Opposite of young
- "___ MacDonald"
- Over 100 years of age
- "___ MacDonald had a farm"
- Not young
- Opposite of new
- Word in a Hemingway title
- No longer young
- Word with hat or maid
- very elderly
- ___ King Cole
- Hardly new
- Definitely not young
- Like some news
- Not longer young
- Certainly not young
- Around forever
- Along in years
- DIRTY ___ MAN
- Geezerish
- Like stale bread
- Certainly not new
- Word before Spice or Navy
- Like a fossil
- Tiresome, like a joke
- Far from young
- ___ Glory (America's flag)
- Neil Young: "___ Man"
- "I hope I die before I get ___"
- "Broke into the ___ apartment"
- What The Who didn't want to get
- Elderly Machine Head hit off "Burn My Eyes"?
- Ancient Machine Head jam?
- Eric Clapton "Hello ___ Friend"
- Machine Head hit off "Burn My Eyes"
- Freddie Jackson "Rock Me Tonight (For ___ Times Sake)"
- The Who "Hope I die before I get ___"
- Rod Stewart cover "This ___ Heart of Mine"
- Veteran from left in party getting backed
- At an early stage - at a late stage
- Here many condemned medieval sort of bridge
- Very experienced in wool dyeing
- Former ingredient of wool dye
- Former ingredient of cool drinks
- Former ingredient in wool dyeing
- Not new, but could make half a dollar
- In the tool drawer, very second-hand
- The ex is no longer in her prime
- Former occurrence during cool days
- There were days of it in historical times
- Formerly of the Wool Dyers' company
- Veteran, maybe, but still a bit soldierly
- Like those bygone days in Colditz
- Early typeface lacks breadth
- Glad to revel in the extremes of one's senility
- Wild clematis
- Original, or not original
- Merrie ___ England
- "A-Levels? I'd swot!" - possibly that's traditional "wisdom"(3,5,5)
- Primitive
- Like grandpa's stuff
- ___ age
- Over 30, to teens
- Yesterday's news
- Last word in the pease porridge rhyme
- Leaders of our Liberal Democrats, advanced in years
- See 14
- Like an oft-told joke
- This largely describes potatoes
- Not likely to breakdance
- U-turn from new
- No longer found in petrol dumps
- Like jokes you've heard
- Word before school or hat
- ___ Navy (clothing chain)
- Overused, as jokes
- "___ Folks at Home"
- Like vintage clothing
- Past its prime
- Overfamiliar, as a one-liner
- Many years of age
- Smelling of mothballs
- On the creaky side
- ___ Glory (flag nickname)
- Like pals who go way back
- Like many ruins
- Yellowstone's ___ Faithful
- Pushing 90
- Having a long history
- ___-fashioned (quaint)
- What King Cole is called
- GOP center?
- Done before
- From way, way back
- U-turn from young
- Not at all fresh
- Like stuff from the '30s
- Not young at all
- The ___ and the useless
- Like a kid in 80 years
- Like "Twilight" vampires, despite appearances
- New opposition
- Any ___ (whichever)
- Getting on Circle line with a large number
- Having driven a Model T
- Not yet updated
- GOP part
- Up there, so to speak
- Like antiques
- Advanced in age
- For ___ times' sake
- For whom was it no country in this 2007 Oscar winner?
- 15-Across, perhaps
- London roundabout and thoroughfare between Clerkenwell and Hoxton
- Gathering dust, say
- Tired, as a joke
- Overused, jokewise
- What one gets after many years of work
- Like museum relics
- Historic
- Not exactly new
- Having lived 92 years
- Like the hills, it's said
- Like MacDonald of song
- Like many garage sale items
- Like buffalo nickels
- Like 1960s-'70s music
- Shopworn
- In disuse
- With 53-Down, maxim
- Antiquarian
- "___ Town Road"
- Gray
- Like some far-off schooldays
- With 33-Down, the U.S. flag, affectionately
- In the doldrums, maybe less active
- No longer fresh
- ___ Faithful (Yellowstone geyser)
- What it takes years and years to grow
- Not recent
- Lacking originality
- Like some jokes
- Stale ingredient of school dinners
- Not new anymore
- What teens think their parents are
- Word before "times" or "news"
- Same ___ story
- The same ___ story
- Not current
- ___-fashioned
- Experienced
- Like a classic joke
- Like farmer MacDonald
- "___ Town Road" (Lil Nas X hit)
- Unfunny from overfamiliarity
- Being mature helps you to cool down!
- Like MacDonald with a farm
- Word before "school" or "soul"
- Having lived 103 years, say
- Like the year you ring out on December 31
- Chip off the ___ block
- How technology quickly starts to feel
- Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers
- Such boys still have some schooldays!
- Like Mother Hubbard and King Cole
- With 42-Down, unlikely racetrack pick
- Like yellow newspapers
- Like something that's existed 313 years
- On Earth for a very long time
- Geriatric
- Ancient or antiquated
- Like anyone born in 1901
- Not current anymore
- Like habits that die hard
- Way, way, way past mature
- ___ Bay Seasoning
- Like a 1901 penny
- Corny, maybe
- Like anyone born in 1931, today
- Opposite of 41-Across
- Like some schooldays of the past
- ___ Man Winter
- *___ Square (translation of "Vieux Carré")
- Grayed
- Quite elderly
- Word before or after age
- Hand-me-down
- Like a joke you've heard many times before
- Like a book with yellowing pages
- With 53-Down, Gap subsidiary
- Like a relic
- From long ago
- Having celebrated many birthdays
- Like the bristlecone pine tree nicknamed Methuselah
- "Out with the ___ ..."
- Like a great-great-great-grandma
- Elderly, to put it politely
- Dumbledore is this
- Very experienced in wool dyeing?
- Part of a bridal quartet?
- Former contributor to school discipline
- Like being the same age as Santa
- Not ideally young enough to be back in wedlock?
- - Faithful
- Like most reruns
- Young? No, no, no
- Passé
- Tired
- Shabby, maybe
- Like Dumbledore or Dracula
- Far from current
- What a good joke never gets
- Discontinued and out of use
- Lacking freshness
- Like Saint Nick
- ___-school hip-hop
- Worn, maybe
- "This ___ thing?"
- Like Father Time
- Like food you should probably smell before eating
- Like the Muppets Statler and Waldorf
- Stale, in a way
- A chip off the ___ block
- "This ___ House"
- Like antique jewelry
- Word with style or fashioned
- From a past era
- Like someone saying "How do you do, fellow kids?," maybe
- Tiresome, maybe
- Word with hand or saw
- Like well-known news
- "I was today years ___ when ... "
- Out of style
- Like a nonagenarian
- Senescent
- Like nonagenarians
- Historical
- Word before some language names
- It takes a long time to get this
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