Clues for the word "PROVERB"
We've had 51 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 104 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on January 28, 2026.
Definition of proverb
- n. - An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
- n. - A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
- n. - A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
- n. - A drama exemplifying a proverb.
- v. t. - To name in, or as, a proverb.
- v. t. - To provide with a proverb.
- v. i. - To write or utter proverbs.
Referring Clues
- Benjamin Franklin handiwork
- Nugget for Franklin
- Poor Richard's Almanack item
- Saw
- Certain Bartlett's listing
- Words from the wise
- See 16-Across
- See 27-Across
- Saying
- "Ignorance is bliss," e.g.
- Pithy saying
- Wise words
- Maxim
- Traditional saying
- Old saw
- Adage
- Wise saying
- Words of wisdom
- Demonstrate brother coming back for saw
- "Once bitten, twice shy," e.g.
- "Waste not, want not" is one
- Saw pair getting six balls bowled
- Unsettled person needing heavy metal, it goes without saying
- Short saying
- Saw spin deliveries bowled
- Saw dog in pub, gutless
- Saw dog wearing lead
- Saw British car in the lead
- Saw dog's name inside lead
- Saw dog in empty pub
- Saying 'pub gutted' when traveller comes in
- Saw lead cut by Blackburn player
- Adage, pithy saying
- Saw rail company once on the way up after test
- Let sleeping dogs lie, say, when one's restrained by lead
- Saw expert cleric coming up second
- Saw lead strangling dog
- Saw something of Solomon
- Saw Venture Scout in lead
- Saying name of dog held by lead
- Saw lead choking dog?
- Saw traveller in lead
- Saw unwanted book on Lib-Dem policy
- Saw nomad entering empty hostelry
- Saw dog severing lead
- Short pithy saying
- Saw wanderer in lead
- Saying in favour of part of speech
- "The wisdom of many and the wit of one": Russell
- Condensed but memorable saying
- Biblical saying
Last Seen In
- Daily American - January 28, 2026
- Daily American - January 20, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 29, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 12, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 20, 2025
- Daily American - January 16, 2025
- Daily American - January 08, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 18, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 27, 2024
- Daily American - January 28, 2024
- Daily American - January 20, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 16, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 05, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 29, 2023
- Daily Quick - September 05, 2023
- LA Times - August 24, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 02, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 12, 2023
- Daily Quick - April 20, 2023
- LA Times - March 29, 2023
- Daily American - January 16, 2023
- Daily American - January 08, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 02, 2022
- And in 74 more crossword puzzles...