Clues for the word "ANAL"
We've had 83 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 88 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 28, 2026.
Definition of anal
- a. - Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.
Referring Clues
- Psychological work: Abbr.
- ___-retentive
- Fussy, in slang
- Uptight
- Sex column topic
- Tightly wound
- Concerned about every last detail
- Apt to sweat the small stuff
- Excessively orderly, informally
- Stuffy, as it were
- In the rear
- Obsessive-compulsive
- Really OCD, as it were
- Freudian stage
- Chem. assay
- Uptight, informally
- Type of beads found in a dungeon, say
- Section in some porn shops
- Retentive, in a way
- A Freudian stage
- Up tight
- Butt-related
- Like a control freak
- Like some condoms
- Fastidious to a fault
- ___ -retentive
- Obsessive, say
- Overly attentive to details
- Extremely fussy
- Like neatniks and clean freaks
- Excessively focused on something
- Rigidly uptight
- Like a neat freak
- Meticulous to a fault
- Frustratingly fastidious
- 39-Across, informally
- Way too uptight
- Overly fussy
- Annoyingly focused
- Hypermeticulous
- Way uptight
- Fixated on neatness, say
- Far from easygoing
- Overly fussy pedestrian losing head
- Excessively orderly and fussy
- Far too fastidious
- Particularly persnickety
- Overly fastidious
- Obsessive removes head from duct
- Alan could be excessively fussy
- Beyond stuffy
- Seriously uptight
- Compulsively neat, say
- Like neat freaks
- Overly meticulous
- Excessively scrupulous
- Obsessive to a fault
- Super-uptight
- Obsessive about details
- Highly persnickety
- Really uptight
- Nitpicky
- Overly neat, say
- Fussy to excess
- Like Felix Unger, e.g.
- Compulsively particular, say
- Overly fussy, say
- Punctilious to the extreme
- Overly fussy, informally
- Like neatniks
- Detail-oriented and then some
- Obsessive about little details
- Fussy in the extreme
- Particularly particular
- ___ stage (concept in psychosexual development)
- Painfully particular
- Like many a fussbudget
- Persnickity
- Ultrafastidious
- Beyond uptight
- Tending to get fixated, say
- Very, very particular
- Fussbudgety, say
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 28, 2026
- New York Times - December 14, 2025
- New York Times - November 20, 2025
- New York Times - October 20, 2025
- New York Times - September 15, 2025
- New York Times - May 03, 2025
- New York Times - December 06, 2024
- New York Times - September 30, 2024
- New York Times - September 16, 2024
- New York Times - June 19, 2024
- New York Times - June 03, 2024
- USA Today - January 30, 2024
- USA Today - January 13, 2024
- New York Times - October 31, 2023
- New York Times - July 13, 2023
- New York Times - June 27, 2023
- New York Times - February 11, 2023
- New York Times - February 02, 2023
- New York Times - October 25, 2022
- New York Times - October 19, 2022
- New York Times - May 04, 2022
- New York Times - April 11, 2022
- New York Times - December 20, 2021
- New York Times - November 24, 2021
- New York Times - September 28, 2021
- Washington Post Sunday - September 24, 2017
- New York Times - September 21, 2017
- New York Times - June 30, 2017
- New York Times - June 27, 2017
- Washington Post Sunday - June 25, 2017
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