Clues for the word "BEAR"
We've had 313 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 593 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on August 23, 2026.
Definition of bear
- v. t. - To support or sustain; to hold up.
- v. t. - To support and remove or carry; to convey.
- v. t. - To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.
- v. t. - To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
- v. t. - To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
- v. t. - To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
- v. t. - To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
- v. t. - To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
- v. t. - To gain or win.
- v. t. - To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
- v. t. - To render or give; to bring forward.
- v. t. - To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- v. t. - To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- v. t. - To manage, wield, or direct.
- v. t. - To behave; to conduct.
- v. t. - To afford; to be to; to supply with.
- v. t. - To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
- v. i. - To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
- v. i. - To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- v. i. - To endure with patience; to be patient.
- v. i. - To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
- v. i. - To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
- v. i. - To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
- v. i. - To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- v. i. - To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
- n. - A bier.
- n. - Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.
- n. - An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
- n. - One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
- n. - Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
- n. - A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
- n. - A portable punching machine.
- n. - A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
- v. t. - To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.
- n. - Alt. of Bere
Referring Clues
- See 5-Across
- Largest land carnivore
- One of a storied threesome
- Symbol on California's flag
- Tolerate
- Den denizen
- Kodiak, e.g.
- Tough test, informally
- Woolly ___ (tiger moth caterpillar)
- Stand
- Grizzly
- "The Preacher and the ___" (Phil Harris hit tune)
- With 79-Across, babes in the woods?
- Pooh, for one
- Yogi or Smokey
- Tough test, slangily
- Animal on California's flag
- Pessimist
- Carry
- Canada's Great ___ Lake
- 1980 Olympics mascot
- Terribly tough task
- Campsite visitor
- Polar denizen
- Market pessimist
- Scavenger at Yellowstone
- Really tough task
- Yogi, for one
- Put up with
- With 27-Across, it collapsed in 2008
- Winnie-the-Pooh, for one
- Yellowstone denizen
- Boo-Boo or Pooh
- Yogi or Boo-Boo
- Pooh or Boo-Boo
- Wall Street pessimist
- Word in the 2nd Amendment
- Financial pessimist
- Honey or Teddy
- Hold up
- See 10-Across
- Rupert or Smokey
- Fuzzy Wuzzy was one
- Walter Payton, once
- Fuzzy Wuzzy, e.g.
- Omelet maker's gadget
- Nasty exam
- Soldier Field player
- Teddy, e.g.
- Pit pessimist
- Take
- Killer of an exam
- Certain pessimist
- Bull's counterpart, in the market
- Endure
- Teddy or grizzly
- Yellowstone beast
- Animal seen by Goldilocks
- Goldilocks story beast
- Beast seen by Goldilocks
- Grizzly, for one
- Winnie-the-Pooh, e.g.
- Pessimistic investor
- Paddington, for one
- Withstand
- Brown or black animal
- Shoulder, as a burden
- Stock market pessimist
- Boo Boo, for one
- California flag animal
- Stock dumper
- California flag beast
- Wall Street skeptic
- Bull's counterpart
- Part of the California flag
- Type of hug
- Classic TV monkey
- Bull opposite
- Winnie the Pooh, for one
- Chicago footballer
- Toughie
- Tough test
- Real toughie
- See 6-Across
- Certain Wall Street type
- Polar ______
- "Polar" beast
- Fozzie, for one
- Stock-market pessimist
- Arduous challenge
- Animal that can stand upright
- Den critter
- Bruin
- Gentle Ben was one
- Cave dweller
- Forest creature ...
- Yogi, e.g.
- Den sleeper
- What a koala really isn't
- Berenstain critter
- See 101-Across
- See 13-Down
- Large hairy gay man, as it were
- Hive smasher
- Paddington or Pooh
- With 24 Across, almond-flavored pastries
- Grizzly, for example
- With Great, Canada's largest wholly owned lake
- Bull's opposite, on Wall Street
- Support
- See 62-Across
- Yellowstone resident
- Northwest Territories White ____ Lake
- Forest growler
- Grizzly, for instance
- Suffer
- Support, as on one's shoulders
- Tough test, as it were
- Smokey, for one
- Pessimistic market analyst
- Hairy gay man, as it were
- "B.J. and the ___"
- Russian symbol
- Black ___
- *Tough test, slangily
- Koala
- Fozzie or Baloo, e.g.
- Animal on the California state flag
- Loaded for ___
- Brown or polar animal
- Grizzly animal
- Really hard test
- "Grizzly" beast
- Arduous assignment, so to speak
- Handle
- Paddington or Smokey
- Bryant of Crimson Tide fame
- Prince Edward Island's Cape ____
- Exemplar of toughness
- Mascot Misha of the 1980 Olympics, e.g.
- Camp invader
- Ursine (and a word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 25-Down)
- Yogi of cartoons
- Pooh, e.g.
- Omnivorous mammal
- Animal symbolizing the 25-Down
- Downturn exploiter
- Chicago NFLer
- Honey eater
- Pooh or Paddington
- Hibernating beast
- Polar creature
- Yogi of Jellystone Park
- Beehive-raiding beast
- See 80-Down
- Difficult thing to do, informally
- Grizzly ___
- Grizzly or polar
- Yogi or Fozzie
- Animal visited by Goldilocks
- Polar or brown
- Cope with
- Ursine mammal
- Panda, mistakenly
- Wild My Morning Jacket song?
- Brooklyn indie band Grizzly ___
- "What a Drag" ___ Hands
- Elvis "Teddy ___"
- Carry - tolerate
- Situation where there are more sellers than willing buyers
- Endure - mammal
- Ursine - carry
- Yogi or Paddington?
- Carry, give birth to, and put up with Rupert?
- See 11
- See 8
- Give birth to - large mammal
- Put up with no bull!
- Sustainable kind of approach to farming?
- Ill-mannered type with short hair
- Give birth to one of 13 in Bradford? No, opposite in the marketplace
- Beware that we depart, thus making you suffer
- Stand to produce
- Press (on) - approach threateningly
- Large carnivore
- Be warm-hearted in support
- Harbour transport
- Carry a note into a bar
- Shoulder or stomach
- Old 7 runs 10
- A beast to tolerate
- Support - animal
- See 13 across
- Beast - tolerate
- Hairy beast's stomach
- Final artiste in strip show
- Support for speculator
- Put up with undisguised chatting
- Tolerate - carnivore
- Animal's whiskers cut short
- Hold up in Paddington, say
- Stand for no bull
- A 6 - no bull!
- Put up with beard being trimmed
- Shoulder and stomach
- Afford the time to sell short before 5
- Paddington's stomach
- Live with Rupert?
- Display stand
- One may be out of stock
- Put up with an animal
- Polar or brown creature
- Goldilocks' unwilling host
- Ursidae family beast
- Big honey consumer
- Campsite invader
- Be stoical, grin & ___ it
- Polar or grizzly
- Leading entertainer in strip show
- Beast of burden?
- See 6
- Have young animal
- Put up with Bruin
- Support the speculator
- Please wait for seller, do you understand?
- Carry last of wine into pub
- Carry large animal
- Stand in pub drinking last of wine
- Put up with beast
- Endure an ill-mannered fellow
- B - carry rain?
- See 19
- Have 8 to tolerate
- See 20
- See 7
- See 2
- Kodiak Island creature
- Yellowstone animal
- Winnie-the-Pooh or Paddington, for example
- Black or brown critter
- Honey-loving beast
- Tolerate, endure
- Beast on California's flag
- Bryant who coached 32-Down
- Carry an animal
- Put up with the beast!
- Stand for Paddington, say
- Type of mammal
- With 28-Down, persevere despite hardship
- One might be out of stock
- Fozzie is one
- See 1-Across
- Black or brown animal
- Powerful woods creature
- See 24-Down
- Take it it's an animal
- Take it – it's a soft toy
- Honey lover
- Powerful creature in the woods
- Be warm hearted and put up with things
- See 22-Down
- Take it he's a grouch
- Direction word
- Uninvited "guest" at a campsite
- Member of a fairy tale trio
- Grizzly, e.g.
- Difficult test
- Forest forager
- Chicago player
- Grizzly or polar creature
- Callisto's animal form, in Greek mythology
- One of a fairy tale threesome
- Word after "polar" or "teddy"
- Animal in "Goldilocks"
- Teddy ___
- Polar animal
- Brown or black creature
- Ursine
- Smokey, e.g.
- Mama in a fairy tale
- Boo Boo or Yogi
- Stock seller, often
- Shape of some honey containers
- Care follower
- Symbol of Russia
- Grizzly creature
- Panda or grizzly
- Camping danger
- Smokey or Pooh
- Honey-loving animal
- Animal called "mato" in Lakota
- Hibernating animal
- See 28-Down
- Image on a postcard from Yellowstone
- Brown University's mascot Bruno, for one
- Paddington, e.g.
- Stomach
- Papa, Mama or Baby, in a classic fairy tale
- Wild animal with dangerous 73-Across
- Put up with a big-headed listener
- Grizzly or Kodiak
- Word after "panda" or "teddy"
- Teddy Grahams shape
- Symbol of a downturn in the business world
- Animal such as Smokey
- Smokey - (U.S Forest Service symbol)
- Word after "polar" or "Care"
- Gnarly problem, so to speak
- Animal whose Greek name is the etymology of the word "arctic"
- Kodiak, for one
- Paddington, but not Waterloo
- Campsite crasher in the Rockies
- Winter hibernator
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - August 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - August 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 23, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 21, 2026
- LA Times - July 19, 2026
- New York Times - July 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 15, 2026
- LA Times - June 03, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 18, 2026
- Your Life Choices - April 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 30, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 06, 2026
- Daily American - December 31, 2025
- Daily American - December 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 03, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 21, 2025
- Daily American - November 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 16, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 20, 2025
- LA Times - August 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 22, 2025
- New York Times - July 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 13, 2025
- New York Times - May 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - April 27, 2025
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