Clues for the word "BASIL"
We've had 145 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 404 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on March 07, 2026.
Definition of basil
- n. - The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.
- v. t. - To grind or form the edge of to an angle.
- n. - The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum).
- n. - The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
Referring Clues
- Pesto ingredient
- Pesto flavoring
- Actor Rathbone
- "Sweet" herb
- Herb used in pesto
- Stew flavorer
- So-called "royal herb"
- Pesto base
- So-called "king of herbs"
- Pesto herb
- Spaghetti sauce herb
- Sherlock Holmes portrayer Rathbone
- Rathbone of Sherlock Holmes films
- Spaghetti sauce seasoning
- Spice rack item
- Spaghetti sauce flavoring
- Herb garden herb
- Pasta sauce herb
- Herb garden staple
- Green stuff
- Kitchen herb
- Herb in pesto sauce
- Cooking herb
- TV hotel owner Fawlty
- Mint family herb
- Aromatic herb
- Spaghetti sauce seasoning, sometimes
- Pesto seasoning
- Staple of Italian cuisine
- Name that means "king"
- "Fawlty Towers" character
- Aromatic mint herb
- Cook's herb
- Base for 25-Down
- Cleese's Mr. Fawlty
- Disney's great mouse detective
- Trattoria staple
- Common herb
- Pesto part
- Common herb in Italian cooking
- Leaves used in Mediterranean cuisine
- Pizza sauce herb
- Herb in pesto
- Pizza topping
- Pasta seasoner
- Pho soup garnish
- Plant used to make pesto
- Pasta-sauce seasoning
- Sherlock portrayer
- Sherlock's portrayer
- Mr. Rathbone
- Common bruschetta ingredient
- Mint family member
- John Cleese on "Fawlty Towers"
- Pasta sauce flavoring
- Ristorante herb
- Trendy gimlet garnish
- ___ Fawlty (John Cleese character)
- Soup seasoning
- Lime cooler garnish
- Herb pronounced differently in the U.S. and U.K.
- Herb in pasta sauce
- Herb the graduate is turned 50
- A herb for Mr Fawlty
- Dried leaves used in cooking
- Herb used in cooking
- Herb
- Herb type
- Culinary herb
- Herb (from Fawlty Towers?)
- Herb is a growing boy
- Fragrant herb
- Is in the lab, when he turns up
- Herb - Mr Fawlty
- Herb found in 1 25's kitchen?
- Cups carrying a fish, shade of green, one for old cricketer
- Boy - herb
- Don followed him to a new town
- Would he bail out a skinhead?
- Cook may get sweet on him!
- A growing boy
- The man at the herbalist's
- Boy's name - herb
- Sweet-smelling herb
- Herb - boy's name
- Herb, or another man?
- Herb - Fawlty of Fawlty Towers
- Aromatic plant used as a herb
- Holy ___ (herb of Thai cuisine)
- Herb of the mint family
- Pasta-sauce ingredient
- ___ St. John (eye-patch sporter in "Brenda Starr")
- Flavouring herb
- Man giving note to girl on rising
- Boy that comes second gets a half of his medal
- 3 almost filled with a second second plant
- Boy in bar drinking drop of Scotch
- Herb with some lamb as illustrated
- * The Italian graduates first
- 10 boy
- Mint alternative
- Kitchen garden herb
- He's a matter of taste
- Leaves a contribution for the salad
- Pizza margherita herb
- Fragrant kitchen herb
- A growing boy, possibly in the kitchen
- Herb for Mr Fawlty
- Pesto sauce seasoning
- He's apt to get into the salad, etc.
- Herb with "sweet" and "holy" varieties
- Caprese salad component
- Herb who is married to Sybil
- Errol's Captain Blood co-star
- A growing boy with taste
- Thai cuisine herb
- He and don are in place
- Pesto sauce herb
- Herb's name for another boy
- He's useful in the kitchen
- He seems a bit silly to a bachelor
- Herb common in Thai food
- Herb with a Thai variety
- Pho garnish
- Herb in caprese salad
- Don joins him somewhere in Essex
- Main ingredient in pesto
- Could you call him Herb?
- Herb in tomato soup, sometimes
- Herb with Genovese and Thai varieties
- Margherita pizza herb
- Green herb
- Leafy fresh herb in a caprese salad
- Herb on bruschetta
- Italian mojito garnish
- Would he bail out a skinhead?
- Leaves in the kitchen?
- Herb on a margherita pizza
- Herb on a caprese sandwich
- Purple or green herb
- Herb used in Italian cooking
- Lemon ___ (lalab herb)
- "Holy" herb in phat kaphrao
- Leaves on a pizza
- Caprese salad ingredient
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - March 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 21, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 12, 2026
- LA Times - February 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 20, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 26, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 15, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 16, 2025
- Mirror Mini - October 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 10, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 11, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 09, 2025
- LA Times - May 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 23, 2025
- LA Times - April 22, 2025
- And in 374 more crossword puzzles...