Clues for the word "BELAY"
We've had 41 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 59 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 13, 2025.
Definition of belay
- v. t. - To lay on or cover; to adorn.
- v. t. - To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
- v. t. - To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
Referring Clues
- Fasten, as a ship's rope
- Cease, imperatively
- Fasten a rope to a cleat
- Secure, as a nautical rope
- Cease, asea
- Fasten, as a ship's line
- Secure a rope
- "Stop!" to Captain Bligh
- Secure, as a ship's line
- Secure, as a climbing rope
- Ignore, imperatively
- Ignore, as a nautical order
- Sailor's "stop"
- Stop, at sea
- Fasten, at sea
- Hold, at sea
- Secure (a rope)
- Secure, in a way
- Anchor, as a nautical rope
- Nautical term
- Make fast, at sea
- Secure at sea
- Fasten, as a rope
- Secure, as a sailor's rope
- Secure with a rope
- Hold fast at sea
- Secure asea
- Stop
- Seaman's "Stop!"
- Fasten
- An arresting thing for a sailor to say?
- What a sailor could do with a pin
- An arresting thing to say to a sailor?
- "Stop that!" at sea
- It's said to have an arresting effect on sailors
- Secure with rope
- Make fast
- "___ that order!" ("Star Trek" command)
- Stop being sailorly?
- An arresting thing for a sailor to say?
- An arresting thing to say to a sailor?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 25, 2024
- LA Times - December 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 17, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 18, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 14, 2022
- New York Times - January 11, 2018
- USA Today - December 29, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - November 26, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - October 23, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 22, 2017
- LA Times - August 11, 2017
- LA Times - May 19, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 30, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 26, 2016
- Universal - November 18, 2015
- New York Times - June 12, 2015
- Universal - April 28, 2015
- Washington Post - January 26, 2015
- New York Times - January 25, 2015
- New York Times - August 24, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 22, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 10, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 11, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 14, 2013
- Universal - November 05, 2013
- Universal - May 16, 2013
- And in 29 more crossword puzzles...