Clues for the word "BUFF"
We've had 69 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 101 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 21, 2025.
Definition of buff
- n. - A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
- n. - The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
- n. - A military coat, made of buff leather.
- n. - The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
- a. - A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
- a. - The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
- a. - Made of buff leather.
- a. - Of the color of buff.
- v. t. - To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
- v. t. - To strike.
- n. - A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
- a. - Firm; sturdy.
Referring Clues
- Quite the expert
- Like a bodybuilder
- Like a hunk
- Enthusiast
- Put a shine on
- Muscular
- Devotee
- Hobbyist
- Polish, as shoes
- Ripped, in gym lingo
- Ripped in gym
- Fit and muscular
- Fan
- Like a body builder
- In fine muscular form
- In fine muscular form
- Ripped
- Avid fan
- Polish
- Aficionado
- Toned
- Make shine
- Physically fit
- Shine
- In the ___ (nude)
- Looking fit
- Devoted spectator
- Shade of yellow
- Take a shine to?
- Yellow-brown color
- Polish (shoes)
- Brownish yellow
- Shine up
- Like Mr. Olympia
- Like bodybuilders
- Maven
- Make smooth
- Polish expert
- Yellowish brown
- Fan is foolish old person, no doubt
- Bare skin - enthusiast
- Sandy colour - bare skin
- Muscular admirer
- Devotee - polish
- Colour - polish
- Expert in Polish
- Expert - polish
- Yellowish colour - polish - expert
- Colour of old Third Foot?
- Dull brownish-yellow - expert
- Brownish-yellow shine
- Altogether an expert
- Expert - there's the rub!
- Polish comic opera singer having love spurned
- Polish fan
- Polish enthusiast
- Fan without a stitch in this
- Yellowish nut
- Beige colour
- Dull brownish yellow
- Attractive Polish lover
- Polish expert?
- Polish, shine
- Connoisseur of colour?
- Shine to a high gloss
- Well-toned
- Muscly
- Polish or muscled up
- Rhyme of 49-Across, but not a homophone of 19-Across
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 12, 2024
- New York Times - August 07, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 30, 2023
- Family Time - October 03, 2022
- LA Times - September 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 19, 2022
- Daily Quick - August 12, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 06, 2018
- LA Times - December 24, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - December 15, 2017
- New York Times - August 29, 2017
- Netword - August 16, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - June 30, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 29, 2017
- Universal - June 28, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - May 21, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 06, 2017
- Family Time - April 02, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 07, 2017
- Netword - October 30, 2016
- LA Times - October 14, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2016
- Netword - June 28, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - June 21, 2016
- Netword - June 19, 2016
- And in 71 more crossword puzzles...