Clues for the word "ABSENT"
We've had 93 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 243 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 20, 2026.
Definition of absent
- a. - Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
- a. - Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
- a. - Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.
- v. t. - To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
- v. t. - To withhold from being present.
Referring Clues
- Heading on a roll book
- Out
- Not in class
- Cutting out
- Missing
- Away
- Without
- Not in the picture
- Playing hooky
- Part of AWOL
- Not here
- Not at school
- Not present
- Whimsical roll-call response
- Like someone who has no class?
- AWOL part
- Classless?
- Not attending
- Not around
- Not in attendance
- Roll book heading, perhaps
- Not in the same class?
- Marked as a no-show
- Out of one's class, say
- Truant, perhaps
- Out of the picture
- Gone
- Out sick
- Home sick, maybe
- Somewhere else
- Not all there?
- Missing, in a way
- Missing from class
- Cutting, maybe
- Not there
- Like a no-show
- Like a sick student, probably
- Lacking
- Not answering roll call
- Out of one's class
- Attendance book notation
- Ditching class, say
- Attendance sheet notation
- Roll call notation
- Not in school
- Missing seaman dispatched
- Missing suspect's first to stop a criminal
- Snot song they missed roll call for?
- Snot song they didn't show up for?
- Not where one should be
- Missing sailors - ten adrift
- Missing suspect's first to stop a grass
- Member of colony keeping brutish disease away
- Missing from school
- Not there to see sailors with net out
- Sailor told to go away
- Being away
- Missing books on poet
- Worker catches disease on leave
- The A of AWOL
- Sailor posted as missing
- Don't commit suicide just yet, not there - with me officially there changing direction, said Hamlet(6,4,4,8,6)
- Worker infected by animal disease while away
- Missing sailors: 10 adrift
- Animal caught mad cow disease somewhere else
- Seaman posted as missing
- A bishop posted elsewhere
- Jack told to go away
- Soldier having contracted 17 affecting calves? Not here
- 13's simian pri or leading princi?
- Neither here nor there?
- Not in the team photo
- Sailor given errand is away
- Missing notes dispatched
- Like the letter R in this puzzle's entire solution
- Truant
- Seaman posted missing
- Playing hooky, say
- Elsewhere
- Out of class
- Missing school
- Missing class
- Away, say
- Not answering at roll call
- Not in school today
- Sailor made to go, possibly without leave
- Jokey response during a roll call
- One way to be marked
- Neither here nor there
- Playing hooky, perhaps
- Not in English, say
- ___-minded
- Skipping music, say
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 29, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 13, 2025
- New York Times - July 12, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 10, 2025
- LA Times - July 08, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 12, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 10, 2025
- LA Times - January 24, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 16, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 30, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 25, 2024
- USA Today - July 15, 2024
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