Clues for the word "BLIGHT"
We've had 28 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 32 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on November 28, 2025.
Definition of blight
- v. t. - To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
- v. t. - Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
- v. i. - To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
- n. - Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
- n. - The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
- n. - That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
- n. - A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects.
- n. - A rashlike eruption on the human skin.
Referring Clues
- Orchard problem
- Worry for a farmer
- Scourge
- Orchard disaster
- Captain treated initially for disease
- Affliction
- Plague
- Plant disease
- A particular Christian's superior, last to admit evil
- Withering disease (in plants)
- Problem of plants or urban development
- Disease - pest
- Disease of plants etc
- Curse - plague
- Disease of plants
- Spoil - plant disease
- Plant disease
- Destroy British land
- Curse second-class illumination!
- Setback could make naval captain tense
- Disease of bishop, easily borne
- Affliction seeming trivial to a blockhead
- Affliction may be bland
- Mould
- Ruin
- Farming scourge
- Mildew, e.g.
- Bad news for vegetation
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - November 28, 2025
- New York Times - August 12, 2025
- New York Times - August 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 10, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 28, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 14, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 14, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 26, 2016
- Guardian Quick - July 08, 2016
- Guardian Quick - December 08, 2015
- Guardian Quick - May 01, 2014
- Guardian Everyman - September 08, 2013
- Washington Post - June 20, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 17, 2013
- Guardian Quick - February 20, 2013
- Guardian Quick - April 04, 2011
- New York Times - October 10, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - August 26, 2010
- Guardian Quick - April 06, 2010
- Guardian Quick - June 24, 2009
- Guardian Quick - March 20, 2009
- Guardian Quick - January 30, 2009
- Guardian Quick - November 19, 2008
- Universal - October 17, 2008
- Guardian Quick - May 01, 2008
- Guardian Cryptic - December 28, 2006
- Guardian Quick - October 03, 2006
- Guardian Quick - August 10, 2006
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - June 11, 2006
- And in 2 more crossword puzzles...