Clues for the word "YARN"
We've had 187 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 447 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 20, 2026.
Definition of yarn
- n. - Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.
- n. - One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
- n. - A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
Referring Clues
- Sewing shop purchase
- Shaggy-dog story
- "The one that got away," say
- Fabrication
- "The one that got away"
- Kitten's plaything
- It's a long story
- Grandfather's relation?
- Tar's tale
- Looming choice
- Play material for a kitten
- Tale
- Fish story
- Tall tale
- It's spun
- Knitting ball
- Folksy tale
- Ball material
- Tall story
- Ball in a basket
- Afghan makeup
- Ball in a basket, maybe
- Ball in a sewing room
- It's sold in skeins
- It's hard to believe
- Paul Bunyan story
- Adventurers' tale
- A knitter might have a ball with it
- Incredible tale
- Sailor's tale
- Incredible story
- Fisherman's "the one that got away"
- What a storyteller spins
- It may be warped
- Spun story
- Knitting need
- Wry tale
- Entertaining tale
- Intricate story
- Knitter's need
- Needlework supply
- Embellished story
- Leg-puller's tale
- Story
- Sweater-to-be
- Lint source
- Knitter's material
- Drawn-out tale
- Sweater source
- Cat-occupier
- "The one that got away," e.g.
- Knitting shop purchase
- Afghan constitution?
- It comes in balls
- "The one that got away," e.g.
- Exaggerated tale
- Boucle or Shetland wool, e.g.
- Fantastic tale
- Craft store bundle
- A storyteller may spin one
- Exaggerated story
- Knitting material
- Sweater material
- Knitter's medium
- It may be spun at length
- Knitting notions buy
- Boucle or crewel
- Material with which kittens have a ball?
- It's twisted
- Ball material for a cat
- Crocheter's purchase
- Campfire whopper
- Fisherman's relation?
- "The one that got away" retelling
- Mitten material
- Knitting stuff
- Loom need
- Knitter's ball
- Knitters supply
- Incredulity trigger
- Cat-occupying ball
- Kitten's toy
- Knitter's purchase
- Spinning class material?
- Knitter's supply
- Outlandish tale
- It can be spun two ways
- 9-Down makeup
- Story that can't completely be believed
- Campfire tale
- Spun thread
- Fisherman's tale
- Old salt's story
- Crocheting need
- Wild story
- Unlikely story
- Thread
- Sweater-to-be, often
- Material inside a baseball
- What a knitter might have a ball with?
- Cat's ball, sometimes
- Raggedy Ann's hair
- It may be spun, in more ways than one
- Entertaining story
- Knitting necessity
- Hard-to-believe story
- Handmade scarf stuff
- Soft ball?
- Tall one
- Story you can hardly believe
- Wild tale
- Knitting string
- Filamented product
- It's often twisted
- Improbable tale
- Knitting supply
- Outlandish story
- Ball or skein material
- Narrative
- What a knitter uses
- Knitters need it
- Show boredom
- Something to knit with
- What knitting needles need
- Knitter's fiber
- Knit with it?
- Used by wardrobe, perhaps
- It comes in skeins
- Folk band that spins tall tales?
- Anecdote
- Lady Godiva under observation ends tale
- Story - thread
- Thread - story
- Not fully credible story
- Thread - tale
- The thread of the story
- The telling of the fish that got away, e.g.
- Sewing material
- Fanciful story
- Energy drained from long narration
- Story that's spun out?
- Long, involved story
- Journey's end leads to a rotten, extremely long story
- Tale has a twisted thread
- Story long devoid of energy
- Crocheting material
- Material for knitting
- Alpaca product
- Output of a spinning jenny
- Knitter's stash
- Needlework need
- Teller's output
- Sailor's story
- Elaborate tale
- Zany anecdote
- Material with which kittens have a ball?
- It may get crewel treatment
- Knitter's thread
- Ball that might attract a cat
- Source for kittens to have a ball?
- Craft store inventory
- Story of some Yank joining the navy
- Afghan constitution?
- Ball in a basket?
- Story to spin
- Beanie material
- Ball that gets smaller with every use
- Simple cat toy
- Overdrawn account?
- Crocheter's material
- Ball for a kitten or a knitter
- Ball for knitting
- Knitting thread
- Knitting fiber
- Ball in a craft store
- Crochet need
- Crocheter's supply
- Craft stand strand
- Story of some Yanks joining the navy
- Material for a loom
- Crocheting need, or a tall tale
- Crocheting supply
- Material (or tale) that's spun
- Muffler material, maybe
- Michaels purchase, perhaps
- Crocheter's stash
- Raw material for some bees
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 20, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 10, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - December 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 29, 2025
- LA Times - September 21, 2025
- LA Times - September 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 31, 2025
- LA Times - August 27, 2025
- Daily American - July 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 10, 2025
- New York Times - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 14, 2025
- Daily American - February 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 29, 2025
- USA Today - January 16, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 09, 2025
- Daily American - December 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 05, 2024
- USA Today - October 30, 2024
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