Clues for the word "SIEGE"
We've had 161 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 302 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 14, 2026.
Definition of siege
- n. - A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
- n. - Hence, place or situation; seat.
- n. - Rank; grade; station; estimation.
- n. - Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
- n. - The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
- n. - Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
- n. - The floor of a glass-furnace.
- n. - A workman's bench.
- v. t. - To besiege; to beset.
Referring Clues
- Long bout
- The taking of Troy, e.g.
- Long campaign
- Kind of mentality
- Start of a long battle
- Attack on a fort, maybe
- Military operation
- Not just a raid
- Warfare tactic
- More than a 23-Across
- Operation at the Alamo
- Drawn-out fight
- Long series of troubles
- Preattack tactic
- Assault on Troy, e.g.
- Long, drawn-out attack
- War tactic
- Crusades tactic
- Prolonged attack
- ___ of Leningrad, 1941-44
- Campaign against Troy, e.g.
- ___ mentality
- Prolonged campaign
- Attack
- Military blockade
- Protracted attack
- Attack tactic
- Long period, as of illness
- Lay ___ to (pursue persistently)
- 1998 Denzel Washington movie, with "The"
- All-out attack
- Drawn-out battle
- "Under ___" (1992 Steven Seagal movie)
- More than a raid
- Ongoing trouble
- Prolonged assault
- Persistent attack
- Military assault
- Extensive attack
- Blockade
- Prolonged battle
- Military campaign
- Military strategy
- Prolonged military attack
- Resistance reducer
- WWII Leningrad event
- Steven Seagal film, "Under ___"
- Longtime bother
- Prolonged blockade
- Wartime tactic
- Battle strategy
- Extended attack
- Attack from all directions
- Military attack
- Attack upon a city
- Ordeal for Troy
- Tactic for Napoleon
- Steven Seagal film, "Under ___"
- The Trojan Horse ended one
- Under ___ (1992 Steven Seagal movie)
- Battle of attrition
- Extended battle
- City blockade
- Prolonged bout, as of illness
- Surrounding blockade
- Battle tactic
- Battle tactic
- Long attack
- You're being attacked while under it
- "Iliad" subject
- "Under ___" 1992 Steven Seagal film
- "Dog Day Afternoon" event
- Protracted battle
- Drawn-out assault
- Military tactic
- Persistant attack
- Beleaguering of a town
- Attack from all sides
- Persistence over resistance
- Act of war
- Battle of the Alamo, e.g.
- Tactic endured by Leningrad in WWII
- Alamo event
- Challenge for defenders
- Onslaught
- Lengthy bout
- Genghis Khan tactic
- Attack on a fort, e.g.
- Protracted assault
- Attack on a fort
- Wait-'em-out strategy
- Relentless attack
- Long-lasting fight
- Attack on a walled city, maybe
- Assault on the Alamo
- Extensive, drawn-out attack
- Drawn-out campaign
- Counterpart of a blitz
- Long-term assault
- W.W. II ordeal at Leningrad
- "Under ___"
- Persistent squeeze
- Fort fight
- It may force a city to surrender
- Act of surrounding a town or fortress
- Offensive operation, possibly perilous!
- Its happy ending comes as a relief
- Offensive encirclement
- Investment but not necessarily of capital
- More than a skirmish
- Operation to capture a fort, for example
- Offence in which fortified place is surrounded
- Tactic with catapults
- Alamo assault
- Attack on fort
- Investment in herons
- Victory in Berlin with English military operation
- Tactic in a war of attrition
- Long military engagement
- Attack on Troy, e.g.
- Attack on the Alamo, e.g.
- Retreating, for one European, is offensive in wartime
- Long, drawn-out fight
- Surrounded state
- Battle of Leningrad, e.g.
- Military action that includes a blockade
- Takeover of a city
- Encircling operation
- Lengthy attack
- 1941-44 attack on Leningrad, e.g.
- The Alamo had a famous one
- Encircling attack
- "Iliad" topic
- Military operation that might last for months
- Campaign circle
- Assault on the Alamo, e.g.
- "Wear them down" battle tactic
- Attack on a walled city
- Attack on Troy
- Castle-storming strategy
- War strategy requiring patience
- Persistent offensive
- Intense attack on a fort, say
- Attack that takes a long time
- Drawn-out attack
- Wartime maneuver
- Attack that requires patience
- Alternative to a blitz
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six ___
- Long battle
- Campaign that may involve catapults and trebuchets
- Lengthy assault
- "State of ___" (Mahmoud Darwish poetry collection)
- Lay ___ to
- Way more than merely a battle
- 10-year event in the "Iliad"
- Long-lasting battle
- Drawn-out military attack
- Invader's tactic
- Sustained attack
- Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g.
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 14, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 29, 2025
- LA Times - October 12, 2025
- New York Times - September 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 27, 2025
- USA Today - March 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2024
- USA Today - December 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 28, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - June 27, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 10, 2024
- Mirror Mini - May 26, 2024
- USA Today - April 18, 2024
- Mirror Mini - April 06, 2024
- USA Today - February 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 31, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 07, 2023
- Your Life Choices - December 01, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 31, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 21, 2023
- New York Times - October 17, 2023
- USA Today - October 07, 2023
- LA Times - September 17, 2023
- USA Today - September 05, 2023
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