Clues for the word "APOSTROPHE"
We've had 43 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 42 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 24, 2024.
Definition of apostrophe
- n. - A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."
- n. - The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.
- n. - The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.
Referring Clues
- Entr'acte part
- Cat-o'-nine-tails feature
- Contraction punctuation
- Sign of possession
- Higher pair of black squares in this grid, typographically
- Contraction mark
- Contraction mark (10)
- Qur'an part
- Jack-o'-lantern feature
- Eugene O'Neill character?
- Sign of omission
- Will-o'-the-wisp feature
- Contraction marker
- Punctuation mark
- Maker's mark?
- Single quote mark
- Pope rash to change punctuation
- Sign of letter dropped in the post, or a dodgy "p" for "t"
- Guardian's printers use this, perhaps too loosely
- To a shopper, oddly enough, it may indicate possession
- Sign for the letter that's gone missing
- Frequently unwarranted intruder presenting a job for the right workman?
- One's got this, being perhaps too shaky
- The poor sap's work abused by tradespeople
- Often misplaced punctuation mark
- Sign for a missing letter
- A sure sign that some letters are missing
- Sign made by pastor with hope
- It's mark of ownership
- It indicates I will be missing from "Who's Who"
- When it's lost, it's indicating possession
- Punctuation mark perhaps too freely used
- Mark raised concerns finally in biblical text, a preacher almost bottling it?
- Put it in writing, if there's something missing
- What's always displayed in Tiffany's?
- What's always held by Sotheby's?
- What Bloomingdale's always has in?
- Punctuation mark being amended too, perhaps
- A flower's to give man an edge - it's after flower
- It shows a lack of character, in a word
- Character in "All's Well That Ends Well" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Sign that reveals a lack of character
- Character raised in "Rosemary's Baby"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 27, 2023
- New York Times - January 17, 2018
- Evening Standard Easy - January 05, 2018
- Mirror Quick - June 18, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - June 07, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - June 03, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 03, 2016
- Guardian Quick - February 23, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - October 02, 2015
- Guardian Quick - September 05, 2015
- Guardian Everyman - August 23, 2015
- LA Times - January 25, 2014
- New York Times - July 07, 2013
- LA Times - April 11, 2013
- Guardian Quick - September 16, 2012
- LA Times - September 01, 2012
- Washington Post - June 24, 2012
- Guardian Everyman - October 23, 2011
- New York Times - July 09, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - April 19, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - January 14, 2011
- New York Times - September 09, 2010
- Guardian Quick - August 03, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - June 17, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - June 07, 2010
- LA Times - July 11, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - May 21, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - January 16, 2009
- Guardian Everyman - April 20, 2008
- And in 12 more crossword puzzles...