Clues for the word "CANDY"
We've had 69 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 83 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 02, 2026.
Definition of candy
- v. t. - To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
- v. t. - To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
- v. t. - To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
- v. i. - To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
- v. i. - To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
- v. t. - A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.
- n. - A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
Referring Clues
- Kind of bar
- Brittle, say
- Jawbreakers, e.g.
- ___ striper (hospital helper)
- Liquor alternative, in verse
- "Trick or treat" reward, often
- It comes from Mars
- Kisses, possibly
- Halloween haul
- *John of "Splash"
- Kisses, for instance
- Sweet treat
- Cinema sales
- Gum drop or lollipop
- Theater-counter purchase
- Trick-or-treater's haul
- Kind of corn?
- Eye or ear follower
- Cook carrots, perhaps
- Concession-stand buy
- Concession stand buy
- Trick-or-treaters' booty
- Sweet stuff
- Sweets
- Party munchies
- Halloween bagful
- Pinata payload
- John of 'SCTV'
- Sweet, or, read another way, a hint to five long puzzle answers
- St John ______
- Sweet snack
- Checkout counter staple ... or, when read as three words, what 20-, 31-, 47- and 55-Across have in common
- Star of "'Splash"
- Cook in sugar
- It might come from Mars
- Halloween treat
- Easter basket fill
- With 27-Down, striped holiday treat
- Cook in heavy syrup until transparent
- Cotton ___ (carnival snack)
- Checkout counter display
- Edible bar, say
- Likely contents of a 44-Down
- Jelly beans, e.g.
- Extremes of creamy New York confectionery
- Confectionery
- Girl's name (diminutive)
- See 25
- Note given to Warhol is sweet
- Some of it comes from Mars
- What's left, if I leave cold sweet?
- Sweets, confectionery with no filling?
- Sweet treats
- Comedian John, who 8-Down dedicated their fourth album to
- Movie snack
- Fudge or taffy
- Red Hots or Atomic Fireballs
- Sweetmeat
- Peppermint bark, for example
- American sweets
- Common treat
- Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers
- Reese's output
- Red Hots or Twix
- Word with rock or hard
- It may go on sale on November 1
- The treat in "trick or treat"
- Smarties and Nerds
- Word with cane or corn
Last Seen In
- New York Times - October 02, 2026
- LA Times - May 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 30, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 20, 2024
- USA Today - March 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 13, 2023
- LA Times - November 12, 2023
- New York Times - October 26, 2023
- New York Times - December 30, 2022
- USA Today - August 04, 2022
- New York Times - March 18, 2022
- LA Times - November 28, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - November 17, 2017
- Netword - October 09, 2017
- New York Times - September 28, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 18, 2017
- Netword - July 06, 2017
- Netword - June 25, 2017
- USA Today - June 06, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 27, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - May 10, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 30, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 03, 2016
- Netword - October 24, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - May 25, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - May 17, 2016
- LA Times - February 16, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 01, 2016
- USA Today - May 07, 2015
- And in 53 more crossword puzzles...