Clues for the word "BAILIFF"
We've had 15 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 17 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on October 04, 2024.
Definition of bailiff
- n. - Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.
- n. - A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
- n. - An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
Referring Clues
- "Here comes the judge!" utterer
- Court marshal
- Court officer
- Hearing aid?
- Court attendant
- Possibly menacing landlord's agent
- Officer in trouble caught by punch
- Sheriff's officer - landlord's agent
- Hearing aide?
- Official to feel unwell, having got hit about
- Court official concocting a fib about unending life
- Sheriff's officer
- Steward may be hit without trouble
- Court official
- Courtroom figure who says "All rise!"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - October 04, 2024
- LA Times - April 22, 2024
- Guardian Quick - January 17, 2018
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 12, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - August 14, 2015
- LA Times - March 22, 2015
- Guardian Speedy - December 09, 2012
- New York Sun - July 19, 2007
- New York Times - April 08, 2007
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 19, 2006
- Guardian Quiptic - October 23, 2006
- Guardian Quick - October 26, 2005
- Washington Post - July 17, 2005
- Guardian Speedy - November 16, 2003
- Guardian Quiptic - June 10, 2002
- Guardian Cryptic - January 10, 2001
- New York Times - October 22, 2000