Clues for the word "AMBIENT"
We've had 42 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 68 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on November 20, 2025.
Definition of ambient
- a. - Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.
- n. - Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
Referring Clues
- Encompassing
- Completely surrounding
- Of one's surroundings
- See 25-Across
- From the surrounding environment
- All around
- Surrounding
- Of the surrounding environment
- Environmental
- Like some noise
- Completely enveloping
- Like Eno's music
- Like Brian Eno's music
- Atmospheric music genre
- Surrounding, as sound
- On all sides
- Natural, as lighting
- Brian Eno's genre
- Like atmospheric music
- Related to the immediate surroundings
- Relating to the immediate environs
- Going round is good in Paris, in small amount
- Surrounding - mean bit (anag)
- Relating to the immediate environment
- Going round with a doctor: that is, by the book
- Confession of dishonesty keeps one in circulation
- Nasty men get a bit on all sides
- Time to ban recycled music in shops, say
- Like Aphex Twin's music
- Shaking tambourine? Not our sort of music
- A doctor that is not contracted in the area
- Surrounding, enveloping
- Going round in the morning determined to catch one
- Wrongly ban item of electronic music
- In the locality about 2.10 am (imprecisely)
- Shake tambourine, not the Guardian's, but closely related
- One genre of The Orb
- Music genre that "must be as ignorable as it is interesting," per Brian Eno
- Atmospheric kind of music
- Surrounding makes men a bit confused
- Like relaxing background music
- Make, as money
Last Seen In
- New York Times - November 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 15, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 13, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 30, 2024
- Family Time - June 26, 2023
- Family Time - September 05, 2022
- Rock n Roll Crossword - February 04, 2018
- Daily Cryptic - January 30, 2018
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 19, 2017
- LA Times - September 24, 2017
- New York Times - July 13, 2017
- USA Today - July 04, 2017
- Washington Post Sunday - June 25, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - May 27, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 30, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 09, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 04, 2016
- USA Today - June 06, 2016
- Netword - January 31, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - December 27, 2015
- Guardian Quick - June 17, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - June 04, 2015
- USA Today - May 13, 2015
- USA Today - April 07, 2015
- Guardian Speedy - December 14, 2014
- New York Times - June 30, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 17, 2014
- Rock n Roll Crossword - July 07, 2013
- Universal - September 09, 2012
- Universal - February 08, 2012
- And in 38 more crossword puzzles...