Clues for the word "POLE"
We've had 261 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 536 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 22, 2026.
Definition of pole
- n. - A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
- n. - A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
- n. - A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.
- v. t. - To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.
- v. t. - To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
- v. t. - To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
- v. t. - To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
- n. - Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
- n. - A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.
- n. - One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.
- n. - The firmament; the sky.
- n. - See Polarity, and Polar, n.
Referring Clues
- Either end of a magnet
- Barbershop emblem
- True north spot
- Decathlete's need
- John Paul II, e.g.
- Tent support
- + or -
- Gondola propeller
- Fishing need
- Gondolier's need
- ___ vault
- Vault opener?
- Barbershop symbol
- Explorer's quest, with "the"
- End of the world?
- Cold place
- Spar, e.g.
- Striped barbershop fixture
- Vaulter's tool
- Kind of position
- Pool worker's aid
- Plum Nascar position
- It's the end of the world
- Make a gondola go
- Cold spot
- Extremity of the earth
- North ___, 1909 destination of naval officer Robert Peary
- Barber's emblem
- Vaulting need
- Warsaw native
- End of the earth
- Global extremity
- Top of the world
- Pope John Paul II, by birth
- North or South
- Gondolier gear
- Matt Kenseth's favorite position
- Desirable Indy 500 starting position
- Firehouse fixture
- Vaulter's prop
- Fish stick?
- Gondolier's implement
- Where Santa sits?
- Foul line marker, in some stadiums
- Flag holder
- One of the ends of the earth?
- Propel a gondola
- Curie or Copernicus
- Starting line advantage
- Subway car feature
- Strip club fixture
- End of a magnet
- Barbershop fixture
- Flag bearer
- See 39-Across
- Fishing hole need
- Tonsorial symbol
- Advantageous position
- Magnetic extreme
- One from Warsaw
- Amundsen's objective
- Skier's need
- Magnet end
- Gdansk guy
- Vaulter's need
- Warsaw resident
- Zloty spender
- + or -, e.g.
- Ukrainian's neighbor
- Guy from Gdansk
- Global extreme
- Skiing aid
- Cherished position in auto racing
- Top of the world?
- Great position to be in
- Fishing requisite
- Fishing rod
- It may be + or -
- Place for totems
- Racer's privilege
- Geographical extremity
- Tetherball fixture
- Axis terminal
- Telephone cable support
- ___ bean
- North ______
- Amundsen's quest
- Angler's need
- There's one way up north
- Decathlete's implement
- Barber's symbol
- Mast
- Staff
- Barber symbol
- Gondola need
- Rod
- Santa's home
- Walesa, e.g.
- Copernicus, e.g., by birth
- High or low point
- Skier's support
- Walesa, for one
- It may be struck on a runway
- It may hold the line
- Word before position or vault
- Krakow native
- Ladder, part 4
- Weather extreme
- Gadansk resident
- Telephone ___
- Word with North or South
- Barbershop feature
- Need for an Olympic vault
- Goal for Scott or Peary
- Firehouse feature
- Icy extreme
- Fixture in some fire stations
- Fishing gear
- Either of two extremes
- Amundsen's goal
- Copernicus, by birth
- Functional stick
- Battery part in physics
- After north or south
- Punt propeller's need
- Gdansk native
- North or South end
- Flag supporter
- Citation' s preferred position
- Barbershop signal
- Vaulting rod
- North ___
- Szczecin resident
- Either of two opposites
- Flag support
- Long and thin piece of wood
- Track and field item once made of bamboo
- Home to Santa's workshop
- Word after ski or South
- Either end of Earth's axis
- Barber's sign
- Post
- Long stick
- Skier's aid
- Battery terminal
- North ___ (where Santa lives)
- What the flag hangs on
- North or South part of Earth
- North or South, on a globe
- NASCAR position
- Vaulter's aid
- North thing at the top of the world
- Stripper's fixture
- North ___ (Santa's home)
- Word with "ski" or "North"
- 18 vote's announced
- Leader of visible magnitude, apostle converted unbeliever, finally
- Foreigner on top of the world?
- One nominally finished with a ski?
- See 12
- Post from Eastern Europe
- Long rod
- Heavenly body indicating north
- European writer drinks port
- European terminal
- You might see one in a vault
- Magnet part
- North or South thing in geography
- Gondolier's propeller
- 39 Down, e.g.
- Metro riders handhold
- Favored track position
- Piece of bamboo, say
- Foul-line marker
- Starting place on race track, racing circuit, etc, on the inside at the front
- European election broadcast
- Central European at the far north or south?
- Car operating perfectly starts to make a comeback, then place number one returned - here?
- Barbershop sign
- European staff
- Racer's "position"
- Battery part
- Gdansk resident
- The South ___ (location in Antarctica)
- See 61-Down
- Thing way up north
- Global top or bottom
- Bit of ski gear
- Spar
- Tree : Christmas :: ___ : Festivus
- German's neighbor
- Fishing tool
- It holds the stars and stripes
- Marie Curie, by birth
- Choice position at the Indy 500
- Many a central European
- One of two on a magnet
- Either tip of Earth's axis
- Tetherball holder
- One of a magnet's two
- Skier's accessory
- A firefighter may slide down one
- Fishing stick
- Trolley car feature
- Column
- Stick
- End of the world?
- Frigid extremity
- Support for campers
- Native of Poland
- Flag site
- An upright European
- Olympic vaulter's need
- He and "30 Down" are aptly said to be "apart"
- Foreigner held in a vault
- Word after "telephone" or "totem"
- Mountain climber's support
- Raft propeller
- ___ vaulting
- Rafter's propeller
- Feature of a fire station
- Connector between levels of a fire station
- Foreigner on top of the world?
- Word before "vault" or "dance"
- Tool for Dutch canal jumping
- Skier's stick
- Tool for vaulting
- Holder of 29-Down
- Thing in a firehouse
- Top of the world?
- ___ vault (track and field event)
- or - thing
- Neighbor of a Ukrainian
- Fixture for a flag or a dancer
- Tetherball centerpiece
- Kraków native
- Limbo prerequisite
- Fixture for dancing
- An upright citizen of Kraków, perhaps
- North -
- Extreme point in the Arctic or Antarctic
- One nominally finished with a ski?
- Advantageous kind of position
- Hiker's stabilizer
- Gondolier's stick
- Bit of equipment for a skier or trekker
- South -
- Fixture for some dancers
- Skier's handful
- Tool for fishing or trekking
- Vault opener?
- North ___ (place from which all directions are south)
- Propulsion aid
- Santa's North
- Fire station fixture
- He or she may be finished with a ski
- Bit of equipment for a vault
- Flagstaff
- European held in a vault
- Piece of equipment for some dancers
- Long piece of wood
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 20, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 08, 2026
- New York Times - February 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 08, 2025
- Daily American - December 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 24, 2025
- Daily American - November 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 08, 2025
- New York Times - September 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 04, 2025
- Daily American - July 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 18, 2025
- New York Times - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 03, 2025
- New York Times - April 15, 2025
- Daily American - April 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 08, 2025
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