Clues for the word "CAPITAL"
We've had 89 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 125 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of capital
- n. - Of or pertaining to the head.
- n. - Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
- n. - First in importance; chief; principal.
- n. - Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
- n. - Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
- n. - The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
- n. - The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
- n. - Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
- a. - That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
- a. - Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
- a. - An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
- a. - A chapter, or section, of a book.
- a. - See Capital letter, under Capital, a.
Referring Clues
- London or Lisbon
- Financing
- Lincoln, Madison or Jackson
- Accumulated wealth
- Madison, for one
- Venture need
- Washington or Lincoln
- Investor's need
- Pierre or Helena
- Uppercase letter
- Excellent!
- Type of letter
- Bucks
- Paris or Rome
- With 37-Across, sentence openings, and what the ends of 16-, 23-, 47-, and 57-Across can be when rearranged
- Star on a map
- Any of the cities found in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 24-Down
- Excellent
- Boston or Austin
- Government seat
- Annapolis, Maryland, for one
- First-class sort of letter
- Rome, for example, is excellent
- Upper-case letter
- Chief city
- Main city
- Dandy, Stanley or Douglas, perhaps?
- Finance - excellent!
- Splendid
- Initial
- It's great - if you like big cities!
- Excellent finance
- Top finance centre
- Fine a lot of money
- Very good money
- One starts a sentence - sentence ended here
- There's big money in the city
- Metropolis
- Money - chief city
- Major city investment
- Important: make an unpleasant climax anticlimactic
- Serious money
- See 1
- Money saved or invested - seat of government
- I, for example, could be London landlord?
- Upper case - 9, say?
- Head
- Principal city
- Money from a mine in California
- Say 12's great!
- I and others going astray in a dozen other answers
- City finance
- For Maldivians, here male is initially writ large
- Marx's critique of political economy?
- Head of Finance
- Cardinal; splendid; assets
- Chartered accountant with mine gets state funding
- Sterling funds
- Splendid Havana, say
- Start-up need
- Austin or Boston
- Edinburgh, say
- Albany, e.g.
- London's finance?
- Source of interest in London, for example
- See 37-Across
- Means a fine
- Finance
- Large-sized letter
- Seat of government
- Top and tail for cooking - that's fine
- Jackson or Lincoln
- A letter of financial interest?
- See 38-Across
- Money enough to beat everything, given another pound
- Chief
- LIKE EVERY LETTER IN THIS CLUE
- What it is to have plenty of money
- Means, possibly, largesse?
- See 26 Down
- London, it seems, has a mining centre
- At Troon, of course, the tee is one (for starting)
- With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset ... or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle
- First-rate
- Dover, for Delaware
- London's initial finance?
- Boston or Phoenix
- Great if you have the wherewithal
- See 7-Down
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 13, 2026
- New York Times - December 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 09, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 23, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 29, 2024
- USA Today - July 08, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 30, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 05, 2024
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