Clues for the word "BANE"
We've had 78 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 323 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 22, 2025.
Definition of bane
- n. - That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
- n. - Destruction; death.
- n. - Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
- n. - A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
- v. t. - To be the bane of; to ruin.
Referring Clues
- Scourge
- Spoiler
- Curse
- Deadly poison
- Ruination
- Bête noire
- Cause of misery
- Ill bringer
- Witch's brew
- Undoing
- Ruin
- Cause of distress
- Cause of one's undoing
- Downfall
- Blight
- Affliction
- Poison
- Garlic, to a vampire
- Cause of harm
- Flea, to Fido
- Problem source
- Destruction
- Nemesis
- Cause of ruin
- Source of aggravation
- Proverbial thorn
- Plague
- Thorn in the side
- Source of harm
- Thorn in the flesh
- Source of misery
- Cause of destruction
- ___ of one's existence
- Source of ruin
- Thorn in one's side
- ". . . the ___ of my existence"
- Ruinous agent
- Anathema
- Unhappy influence
- Reason for ruin
- Bringer of ill
- "... the ___ of my existence"
- Burden
- Scourge of one's existence
- Cause of woe
- Cause of ruination
- "... the ___ of my existence!"
- The ___ of one's existence
- Constant nuisance
- Villain in the Batman series
- "The Dark Knight Rises" villain
- Nuisance
- Bugbear
- Downfall cause
- Pain in the neck
- Source of trouble
- Cause for distress
- Ruinous thing
- Destructive agent
- Bugaboo
- Constant annoyance
- Cause of destruction or ruin
- Batman foe
- Big Batman villain
- Plant-name ender
- Affliction, cause of distress
- Bringer of ruin
- Source of destruction
- Flea, to a dog
- Bete noire
- "It's the ___ of my existence"
- Water, for the Wicked Witch of the West
- Masked Batman nemesis
- "You are the ___ of my existence"
- Source of torment
- "They're the ___ of my existence"
- Source of 34-Across
- Misfortune
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 07, 2025
- LA Times - August 25, 2025
- Daily American - July 09, 2025
- Daily American - June 28, 2025
- Daily American - February 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 29, 2025
- LA Times - December 30, 2024
- USA Today - December 04, 2024
- LA Times - November 24, 2024
- Daily American - November 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 08, 2024
- Daily American - August 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 08, 2024
- LA Times - June 18, 2024
- Daily American - May 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 30, 2024
- Daily American - March 30, 2024
- Daily American - February 15, 2024
- New York Times - January 28, 2024
- USA Today - November 26, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 14, 2023
- USA Today - November 10, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 10, 2023
- USA Today - September 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2023
- USA Today - August 03, 2023
- Family Time - July 24, 2023
- And in 293 more crossword puzzles...