Clues for the word "BONE"
We've had 255 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 492 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on April 01, 2026.
Definition of bone
- n. - The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.
- n. - One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.
- n. - Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
- n. - Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.
- n. - Dice.
- n. - Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.
- n. - Fig.: The framework of anything.
- v. t. - To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.
- v. t. - To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.
- v. t. - To fertilize with bone.
- v. t. - To steal; to take possession of.
- v. t. - To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.
Referring Clues
- Archeological find
- Snack for a dog
- Rib, for one
- Jolly Roger feature
- Skeleton part
- Something to pick
- Cut to the ___
- Matter of contention
- Exemplar of dryness
- Radius or rib
- One may be fractured
- ___ china
- Off-white shade
- Brush (up)
- Dog's favorite part of a steak
- Treat for Rover
- Rib or ulna
- Stockpot item
- Something to pick?
- Shade of white
- Fish throwaway
- See 49-Down
- Paleontologist's discovery
- Study (up on)
- Word with china or dry
- Soup base, perhaps
- Hair accessory for Pebbles Flintstone
- Word with crushing or china
- Tibia, for one
- Skeleton segment
- Archaeologist's find
- Item in Pebbles Flintstone's hair
- 17-Across casualty
- Rover's reward
- Doggy bag treasure
- Off-white
- Dog's treat
- Fibula, for one
- Maxilla or clavicle
- Fish or tail tack-on
- Contention unit?
- Fibula or femur
- Doggy treat
- Fillet's lack
- London broil's lack
- Snack for Fido
- Nourishment for a boxer
- It's set when broken
- Kind of china
- Tibia or fibula
- Light beige
- Cram, with "up"
- Token concession
- Radius, e.g.
- Femur, e.g.
- Boxer's reward
- Conciliatory bribe
- Hammer or anvil
- Consolation prize
- Reward for Rover
- Treat for a terrier
- Hosiery shade
- Off-white color
- Femur, for one
- White shade
- Dog treat
- Sternum or clavicle
- Femur or fibula
- Treat for Marmaduke
- Sacrum or radius
- Mother Hubbard's quest
- It often gets picked
- Oft-buried item
- Funny or hip
- Something to pick or throw
- Pooch's present
- Beige shade
- Meat holder
- Sacrum or parietal, e.g.
- Chicken part
- Word with head or meal
- Symbol of dryness
- Word with china or spur
- Fido's reward
- Word with fish or wish
- Mandible, e.g.
- Dog biscuit shape
- Part of a skeleton
- A boxer may work on it
- Common shape for a dog biscuit
- Dog-biscuit shape
- Archaeological find
- Skeletal part
- Femur or tibia
- Like some china
- Wish or fish ender
- It may be picked
- Skeletal component
- It may be picked
- Fillet a fish
- Treat for Fido
- T-___ steak
- Sleep with, less politely
- Rover's treat
- Skeleton component
- Radius, for one
- Radius or tibia
- Ulna, e.g.
- Skeletal piece
- Hammer, anvil or stirrup
- Clavicle or femur
- Treat for the dog
- Fossil fragment
- Femur or rib
- Scapula, for one
- Paleontological find
- Small concession
- ___ of contention
- Word with "china" or "spur"
- Skeleton piece
- Get it on, as it were
- Fillet
- Marrow source
- Rottweiler's reward
- Pebbles Flintstone wore one
- Doggie bag item
- Fibula, e.g.
- Doggy bag item
- Rib, e.g.
- Hair accessory for Pebbles
- "Whale" or "herring" attachment
- Reward for a dog
- Fido's dessert
- Anvil, e.g.
- Stapes, for one
- No-show in Hubbard's cupboard
- Trapezium, e.g.
- Up (review)
- Ulna or clavical
- Fido's treat
- When following the last words of 20-, 39- and 56-Across, Reba McEntire's list of what's needed to succeed in life
- Ivory shade
- Corset stiffener
- Judge on "Picket Fences"
- Skeletal material
- Pebbles Flintstone hair adornment
- Dog-tag shape
- Paleontologist's find
- Designer hue
- Fossil component, perhaps
- Radius, but not diameter
- Treat for a dog
- Talus or radius
- Chew toy alternative
- Small concession to "throw"
- Shade akin to ecru
- Leftover for Fido
- Maxilla, e.g.
- Dog biscuit shape, often
- Canine treat
- Tibia, e.g.
- What a skull is made of
- Piece of a steak you cannot eat
- What a dog may bury
- Femur or humerus
- Red-sweatered Ken from a 2016 presidential debate
- Treat for dogs
- Puppy's prize
- ___ Thugs-N-Harmony
- Scapula, radius or tibia?
- Hard thing to get live screening working
- Carpal or tarsal, for example
- Be about to get ahead with something in person
- As a stiffener, you need more than one!
- Part of skeleton
- A stiffener for the big-headed individual
- You'll need a bottle opener for one (it's the hard stuff)
- Bad thing to break
- Joint component
- See 4
- See 6
- Skeleton substance
- Sacrum, e.g.
- Sacrum or parietal
- Humerus, e.g.
- See 12
- Ossified material
- Head of Bury United sought by 22 across's 25?
- What's to contend with the 1 down 3?
- Doggy bag treat
- Off-white hue
- A ___ of contention
- Common dog biscuit shape
- Paleontologist's study
- Bishop with a single part of skeleton
- Word gone from the theme answers
- Stockpot addition
- Treat for Rex
- Fossilized find
- Metaphorical concession
- Cram for exams, with "up"
- Study, with "up"
- See 45-Down
- Beige alternative
- Grave matter
- Bald headed individual a dog might go for
- Dry as a ___
- Is a bigheaded one so idle?
- Fossil
- What a chow chow chews
- A boxer may chew on it
- Humerus, for one
- ___-tired
- See 90-Across
- Fish eater's annoyance
- A stiffener? You can get one at the Boar's Head
- Uneaten part of an entree, maybe
- Elongated dog-biscuit shape
- A boxer may chew it
- Chilled to the ___
- Tibia or humerus
- A dog might bury one
- "I have a ___ to pick with you!"
- You might have one to pick
- Shape of some dog toys
- Thing to pick, or pick clean
- Part of a pork chop
- Part of a chicken wing
- Something to chew on
- Patella, e.g.
- Shape of some dogs' ID tags
- Bad to the ___
- ___ up (cram)
- Fibula or scaphoid
- Body part seen in an X-ray
- Shape of some chew toys
- ___ broth
- Femur or ulna
- Tibia or ulna
- Hip hop's ___ Thugs-n-Harmony
- Humerus or scapula
- Dog's treasure
- One of 206 in the adult human body
- It's often in stock
- Chicken leftover
- Radius or ulna
- Trait of a courageous person
- Shape of a dog's tag, perhaps
- Treat for a good dog
- Common dog treat shape
- Clavicle, e.g.
- Skeleton bit
- Is a bigheaded person so idle?
- Barbecue discard
- Fossil, perhaps
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - April 01, 2026
- LA Times - February 05, 2026
- Mirror Mini - February 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 23, 2026
- Daily American - December 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 23, 2025
- Daily American - December 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 15, 2025
- New York Times - December 05, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 01, 2025
- LA Times - August 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 14, 2025
- New York Times - July 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 14, 2025
- New York Times - March 26, 2025
- Family Time - March 16, 2025
- USA Today - March 13, 2025
- USA Today - March 09, 2025
- USA Today - February 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 06, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 05, 2025
- USA Today - January 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 14, 2025
- USA Today - December 30, 2024
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