Clues for the word "BAILS"
We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 59 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on November 19, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Jumps (out)
- Pre-trial securities
- Rescues, with "out"
- Removes water from, with "out"
- Starts to skydive, with "out"
- Helps (out)
- Tries to keep the boat afloat
- Kettle handles
- Leaves in a hurry
- Leaves the groom at the altar, e.g.
- Cowardly flees the scene
- Gets water out of
- Fights to save a sinking boat
- Splits, slangily
- Cricket stump pegs
- Mans the buckets
- Tries to save a sinking boat
- Bucket handles
- Empties the boat
- Tries to save the boat
- ___ out (rescues)
- Abruptly calls off plans, say
- Flees the scene
- Extricates from a sticky situation, with "out"
- Deals with a leak, maybe
- Wicket toppers
- Gives up, in slang
- Hits eject
- Quits
- Gets water out of a boat
- Tries to prevent a sinking
- Scoops water out of a boat
- Pieces of wood carving by Basil?
- Gets out while the getting is good
- Leaves the groom at the altar
- Leaves in a hurry, slangily
- ___ out (jumps from an airplane)
- May be sportingly whipped off
- Abandons a commitment, in slang
- Doesn't show up
- Flies the coop
- Exits quickly, in slang
- As whipped off by the keeper?
- Quits at the last minute
- Scrams
- Uses a bucket in a boat
- Backs out unexpectedly
- Bows out at the last minute
- Pieces of wood carving by Basil?
- Dips, so to speak
- Flakes on plans
- Cancels plans at the last minute
- Backs out at the last second
- Leaves partway through
Last Seen In
- LA Times - November 19, 2025
- New York Times - December 23, 2024
- New York Times - November 25, 2024
- LA Times - April 23, 2024
- New York Times - April 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 01, 2024
- USA Today - December 04, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 04, 2022
- New York Times - August 11, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 04, 2017
- Netword - October 09, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 25, 2017
- USA Today - June 19, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - October 27, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 03, 2016
- USA Today - January 11, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 23, 2015
- USA Today - November 04, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 23, 2014
- Chronicle of Higher Education - April 18, 2014
- New York Times - February 23, 2014
- Universal - October 30, 2013
- Wall Street Journal - October 04, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 28, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 13, 2013
- I Swear Crossword - February 01, 2013
- Universal - January 29, 2013
- New York Times - January 13, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 23, 2012
- Netword - February 20, 2011
- And in 29 more crossword puzzles...