Clues for the word "ACCIDENT"
We've had 43 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 58 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on September 18, 2025.
Definition of accident
- n. - Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
- n. - A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
- n. - A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
- n. - A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
- n. - A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
- n. - Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
- n. - Unusual appearance or effect.
Referring Clues
- Fluke
- Mishap
- Insured event
- Fender bender, e.g.
- Unintended occurrence
- Car crash
- Chance event
- The discovery of penicillin, e.g.
- Mistake
- I'd interrupted to stress something unexpected
- Unexpected event
- Prang
- A club I do damage with, though not by intent
- Dice can't change your bad luck
- Chance minimal change in New York, bringing in detectives
- Calamity - can't dice bananas
- Pile-up
- Calamity
- Bill takes detectives to hospital department after crash
- Stress keeping identification in disaster
- Mishap caused by stress - I'd go into it
- In short, I had to go into way of pronouncing "mishap"
- Misadventure I had, masked by stress
- A misfortune, identity in stress
- A mishap, so I'd better share the stress
- Stress over one dead in car crash, possibly
- Fate of detectives taken in by a bit of money
- Unconscious in possible grave situation? That's unfortunate
- Emergency partner for police coming into a little money
- 26's work by 2 21: who he is shows in how he talks
- Part of the mind hampered by stress - that's unfortunate
- I'd entered, in a manner of speaking - but this wasn't intentional
- Mishap I had, in a manner of speaking
- Due to bad luck, dice can't be played
- In a manner of speaking I'd see a mishap
- Cause of casualties in account given by police to hospital department?
- Discovery of penicillin, e.g.
- Dice can't get shaken by pure chance!
- If dice can't be shaken, it's just one of those things
- When I get beaten hollow with a club, it's not on purpose
- Cause of two drivers saying "Oh, no!"
- Fender bender
- Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking
Last Seen In
- New York Times - September 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 18, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 05, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 22, 2024
- LA Times - December 31, 2023
- USA Today - November 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - April 28, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 26, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 05, 2022
- Guardian Prize - December 30, 2017
- Mirror Quick - December 14, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - October 06, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 19, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - April 28, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 24, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - January 30, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 20, 2016
- New York Times - February 12, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 13, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - July 06, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 22, 2014
- Guardian Quiptic - April 14, 2014
- Guardian Quick - March 29, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - January 29, 2014
- Guardian Quick - January 28, 2014
- Guardian Quick - May 01, 2013
- And in 28 more crossword puzzles...