Clues for the word "AIL"
We've had 292 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1625 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 12, 2025.
Definition of ail
- v. t. - To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.
- v. i. - To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.
- n. - Indisposition or morbid affection.
Referring Clues
- Be bedridden
- Be sick
- Need a doctor's care
- Trouble
- Afflict
- Suffer
- Have it bad?
- Plague
- Be in a bad way
- Be near bankruptcy
- Do poorly
- Have a bug
- Not do well
- Be in bed, maybe
- Be laid up
- Feel awful
- Hurt
- Be distressed
- Feel lousy
- Feel sick
- Have problems
- Lie in bed, say
- Feel queasy, e.g.
- Have something
- Distress
- Have headaches, say
- Be indisposed
- Bother
- Feel fluish
- Feel low
- Be under the weather
- Feel bad
- Have miseries
- Be in misery
- Have the flu, maybe
- Not feel oneself
- Not fare well
- Feel feverish
- Feel ill
- Run a temperature
- Feel poorly
- Have the blahs
- Feel out of sorts
- Feel badly
- Have a fever
- Have the sniffles
- Feel crummy
- Feel under the weather
- Be out of sorts
- Have something the matter
- Feel less than chipper
- Come down with a cold
- Require bed rest, perhaps
- Feel sickly
- Have a "bug"
- Feel peaked
- Feel rocky
- Have what's "going around"
- Have a disorder
- Feel unwell
- Are green around the gills
- Feel pain
- Need a doctor
- Need a tonic
- Be down with something
- Catch a bug, say
- Feel far from fine
- Have something to complain about
- Be hung over, e.g.
- Be in need of a sick day
- Have a malady
- Discomfort
- Be less than 100%
- Feel off
- Feel terrible
- Sneeze, cough, etc.
- Have a cold
- Be unwell
- Be out, perhaps
- Need bed rest
- Cause distress to
- Cause trouble to
- Be under par?
- Be valetudinarian
- Require curing
- Suffer, as from the flu
- Not be well
- Need medical attention
- 'ard rain?
- Be bedbound
- Need nursing
- Feel malaise
- Be down with the flu
- Have aches and pains
- Feel down
- Be miserable
- Be less than 100 percent
- Have what's going around
- Feel malaise, e.g.
- Take to one's bed
- Require nursing, e.g.
- Feel under par
- Take to the sickbed
- Feel rotten
- Catch that bug
- Suffer illness
- Affect adversely
- Need a sawbones
- Have an illness
- Be not up to par
- Need a nurse
- Be under par
- Feel indisposed
- Cause to suffer
- Be in poor health
- Run a fever, perhaps
- Feel yucky
- Have the flu
- Feel unsound
- Require nursing
- Be less than healthy
- Be unable to come in, say
- Suffer ill health
- Have the flu, say
- Sicken
- Have a cough
- Look peaked
- Have something wrong
- Require rest, perhaps
- Feel crappy
- Garlic, in Gananoque
- Garlic, to Gaston
- Not do well?
- Need nursing, say
- Suffer from sickness
- Be sickly
- Need Tums, maybe
- Have the sniffles, say
- Have a cold, say
- Be off
- Feel queasy
- Have 12-Across
- Be below par
- Have a 27-Across
- Have 35-Down
- Have 43-Across, maybe
- Need treatment
- Not feel well
- Catch a bug
- Not feel so good.
- Not feel so good
- Be green around the gills
- Be green around the gills
- Bring pain to
- Suffer from allergies, say
- Garlic
- Garlic, in Gentilly
- Suffer pain
- Have a health problem
- Be moribund, say
- Have a fever, e.g.
- Feeling poorly
- Be ill
- Have chills, perhaps
- Require doctoring, e.g.
- Feel like garbage
- Have a nasty bug, say
- Be 3-Down
- Require medication
- Cough and sneeze, say
- Run a fever, say
- Fight a cold, say
- Be under par, healthwise
- Have woes
- Fall ill
- Languish
- Be off one's feed
- Have a bug, maybe
- Feel below par
- Feel wretched
- Feel pain, perhaps
- Be in pain
- Confine to bed, maybe
- Come down with a bug
- Catch something
- Garlic, to Gagne
- Catch a bug?
- Be on the disabled list, say
- Have the flu, e.g.
- Be 28-Across
- Not feel one's best
- Garlic, to Genevieve
- -
- Require treatment, perhaps
- Require meds, maybe
- Not feel 100%
- Be laid up in bed
- Have the pip
- Feel poor
- Be troubled
- Feel distress
- Disturb
- Have the vapors
- Need aspirin
- Suffer from the flu
- Feel poorly, healthwise
- Feel unhealthy
- Have a cold, e.g.
- Run a temperature, e.g.
- Take a sick day
- Be not well
- Be 31-Down
- Be 32-Across
- Not feel 100 percent
- Not be in perfect health
- Get a grippe
- Alcohol-related trouble
- To be sickly
- Be bedridden, say
- Catch a virus, say
- Require rest, maybe
- Need meds, perhaps
- Require Tylenol, say
- Have a 4 Down
- Suffer symptoms
- Affect badly
- Trouble from 'orrible weather
- Fall ill, having bad weather in the East End
- Feel feverish, maybe
- Have a bug, say
- Have the flu, for example
- Not feel so well
- Get feverish
- Have caught something
- Feel punky
- To feel unwell upsets Ali
- Be in bad shape
- Suffer discomfort
- Even to a first-class student, it means 'trouble'
- Not do so well
- Garlic, to Gerard
- Be out of health
- Be home sick
- Have sickness
- Not feel too good
- Some sailors suffer
- Need curing
- Bother greatly
- Feel blah
- Not feel so hot
- Become sick
- Afflict; trouble
- Lack one's usual vitality, maybe
- Catch the flu
- Feel not-so-hot
- Have chills, say
- Not feel too hot
- Languish in bed
- Need a shot from a doctor
- Be down with something?
- Homophone of a pub drink
- Be down
- Run a temperature, say
- Feel less than 100%
- Have the sniffles and body aches
- Trouble, afflict
- Need a sick day
- Trouble in Ismailia
- Feel pain in the neck
- Homophone of 24-Across
- Need to be under a doctor's care
- Come down with something
- Be achy and weak
- Feel prolonged discomfort
- Be struggling, say
- Get a bit ill
- Feel icky
- Not feel great
- Have a runny nose or headache, maybe
- Have a crazy rash and fever
- Have a lingering sickness
- Gallic garlic
- Lie on the couch moaning and groaning
- Have a two-day sickness
- Be in need of a doctor
- Not thrive
- Be sick for three days straight
- Suffer from a cold
- Be in rough shape
- French for garlic
- Feel 41-Across
- Feel gross
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 12, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 29, 2025
- Daily American - November 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 14, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 14, 2025
- LA Times - October 12, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 07, 2025
- New York Times - October 02, 2025
- LA Times - September 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 19, 2025
- LA Times - August 18, 2025
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