Clues for the word "CASE"
We've had 341 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 741 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on March 09, 2026.
Definition of case
- n. - A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
- n. - A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
- n. - A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
- n. - An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
- n. - A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
- v. t. - To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
- v. t. - To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
- n. - Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
- n. - That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
- n. - A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
- n. - The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
- n. - One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
- v. i. - To propose hypothetical cases.
Referring Clues
- Word in many Gardner titles
- Beer buy
- Job for Holmes
- Matter of grammar
- Part of a judge's docket
- Lawyers make it
- Big beer buy
- Detective's assignment
- Mason's assignment
- Beer order
- 24 cans
- Possessive, e.g.
- Job for Perry Mason
- Steve ___, founder of 6-Down
- Four six-packs
- Wine unit
- Carryall
- Size up
- Eye before a heist
- Lawyer's undertaking
- Costco quantity
- Matter for a judge
- Lawyer's assignment
- Whodunit title word
- Instance
- 24 cans of beer
- Part of a judge's workload
- Purchase for a beer blast
- It's built for a trial
- Docket item
- Word with legal or lower
- Grammar concern
- Legal assignment
- ___ study (social worker's writeup)
- Word in many Perry Mason titles
- Scope out, pre-heist
- Law assignment
- Look over before holding up
- Medical patient
- Item on a docket
- Check out before a heist
- "Get off my ___!"
- Matter for Judge Judy
- Matter for Mason
- Part of a lawyer's load
- Beer purchase
- Mason's job
- "The People's Court" matter
- Check out before a robbery
- Tale of Perry Mason
- Docket entry
- Story of Perry Mason
- Investigator's assignment
- Mason's work
- Mason work?
- Soda buy
- Detective's concern
- Job for a lawyer
- Social worker's assignment
- Beer bash buy
- Matter before a court
- Bulk beer buy
- Bulk buy
- Mason's job?
- Check out
- Private eye's project
- Instance of disease
- Job for Nero Wolfe
- #18
- "Deal or No Deal" selection
- ___ Western Reserve University
- Genitive, for one
- Word with head or cold
- Word that can follow the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers
- Matter of law
- Glasses holder
- 12 bottles of wine, e.g.
- Piccolo protector
- Check out, pre-job
- Check out for a caper
- Legal matter
- Look over with ill intent
- Something to solve
- Costco purchase
- 24 bottles of beer
- Detective's job
- Laptop holder
- Wholesale quantity
- Job for a detective
- Check out, as a joint
- Courtroom activity
- Violin holder
- Legal work
- Job for Carmen Sandiego
- Gumshoe's gig
- Job for a DA
- Project for Poirot
- "Deal or No Deal" pick
- Brewery unit
- "Deal or No Deal" selection
- "Deal or No Deal" pick
- Word with "basket" or "federal"
- Grammatical category
- Word with goods, history or study
- Check out beforehand
- What one may do to a joint?
- It may be upper or lower
- Grammar matter
- Example
- Gumshoe's assignment
- Court proceeding
- Gumshoe's job
- Legal job
- Twelve bottles of wine, e.g.
- Check out surreptitiously
- Inspect
- Jewelry store feature
- 24 cans of beer, e.g.
- Job for an attorney
- What a sleuth tries to close
- Detective work
- Open-and-shut ___
- Task for Perry Mason
- Patient
- Winery buy, perhaps
- Packing Crate
- Word with "basket" or "federal"
- Open-and-shut ___
- Scope out
- 24-pack, perhaps
- "I rest my ---"
- Winery buy
- Holmes work assignment
- Job for a barrister
- Etui
- Lawyer's concern
- Attorney's matter
- Poirot's concern
- Crime investigation
- Detective job
- Survey the joint
- Lawyer's job
- Wine buy
- Job for Poirot
- 'Deal or No Deal' choice
- 'Deal or No Deal' prop
- Job for a gumshoe
- Job for a gumshoe
- Job for Mason
- Job for Sherlock
- 24-can unit
- Lawsuit, e.g.
- 24 bottles
- Violin container
- Thing on a docket
- Ablative, e.g.
- Brief ending?
- "___ closed!"
- Feature of a "Columbo" episode
- Carton
- Situation
- Job for the Hardy Boys
- Check out with nefarious intent
- Portmanteau, e.g.
- Legal undertaking
- Litigator's job
- Sherlock's undertaking
- Duet tool
- Lawsuit
- Word with "closed" or "study"
- A dozen bottles of wine
- 24-pack of beer, e.g.
- Attorney's assignment
- Matter for a lawyer
- See 19-Across
- Set of circumstances
- Job for Charlie Chan
- Legal action
- Container
- Discounted buy
- See 7-Down
- Reconnoiter
- "Deal or No Deal" container
- Vintner's quantity
- Each episode of "Law & Order," say
- Trumpet protector
- Worst scenario link
- Investigate, as before a heist
- "Cold ___"
- Attorney's concern
- Court action
- Court event
- Wine lover's purchase
- More than a six-pack
- Grocer's measure
- Job for a Mason
- Attache ___
- Valise
- Soft-drink buy
- Guitar protector
- Sherlock's need
- One taken to court
- 12 bottles, often
- Job for a sleuth
- Twenty-four cans, at times
- Nominative, e.g.
- Study for a lawyer
- Box
- Nominative or accusative
- Twenty-four cans, often
- Job for F. Lee Bailey
- Sherlock's assignment
- Guitar container
- Bulk beer purchase
- Contingency
- Violin protector
- Pillow covering
- Narc's assignment
- Thing for a lawyer to study
- Word with "book" or "pillow"
- 24 cans or bottles, typically
- Portmanteau
- Something to try
- "Brief" carryall
- Bulk purchase
- Liquor shop order
- Instants
- Beverage store buy
- Detective's work
- Investigative object
- Display box
- Crate
- Four six-packs of soda
- Look a joint over
- "I rest my ___!"
- Basket or head follower
- Perry Mason assignment
- Social worker's concern
- Guitar holder
- Alt-country's Neko
- Brewski buy
- Green Day "Basket ___"
- Patient - luggage
- Instance - lawsuit
- Wine buyer's quantity - dative, for example
- Chest
- Clansmen being oddly selective, for instance
- Cigarette holder, perhaps
- Patient's chest
- Covering the patient
- Reconnoitre badly, for instance
- See 12
- See what's worth stealing in the bag
- A container to open and shut?
- See the stormy sea, for instance
- Objective for a grammarian?
- Detective's undertaking
- Instance - container
- Place for a street musician's tips
- Objective action?
- Suit and its holder
- Objective, e.g.
- Grammatical concern
- Large beer purchase
- Examine before burglarizing
- Cosmetics carrier, vanity ___
- Luggage item
- Bag
- Argument in cabinet
- Hunt ignoring hospital patient
- Cover action
- See 7
- Patient horse taken from course
- 24-can package of beer
- Woodwind holder
- Holder for eyeglasses
- Defender's preparation
- Budweiser buy
- Trophy holder
- Try this!
- DVD holder
- Job for Ellery Queen
- Ukulele accessory
- 24 soda cans, say
- "Law & Order" subject
- Beverage store unit
- Word with pillow or book
- Satchel
- Matter under investigation
- Accusative, e.g.
- Liquor store purchase
- Box of six-packs
- Federal ___
- You need a cool head on a rough sea, for instance
- Event
- 12 bottles of wine
- Something for a lawyer
- Job for Sam Spade
- 12 wine bottles, e.g.
- Gig for a sleuth
- Legal gig
- Job for a judge
- It might be closed or cold
- A cold one is tough to crack
- Piece of baggage
- A covering
- "Pillow" or "book" ending
- Phone protector
- It may be carrying
- Container for a violin
- Assignment for a lawyer
- Phone accessory
- Prosecutor's pursuit
- Trumpet holder
- Cover for a smartphone
- Something that can be tried or cracked
- Cello holder
- Saxophone protector
- Judge's concern
- Good argument
- "In that ___ ..."
- Glasses protector
- Argument
- Tried something?
- Word in many Encyclopedia Brown titles
- Plight
- Costco unit
- A container to open and shut?
- Suffix with suit or brief
- Word before "study" or "closed"
- "Break glass in ___ of emergency"
- Attaché, e.g.
- Job for Nancy Drew
- 24 cans of Pepsi
- Wine shop order
- Word before or after book
- Display container
- Shift key toggle
- Accusative, for one
- Particular instance
- Word in classic mystery novel titles
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - March 09, 2026
- New York Times - March 01, 2026
- Daily American - January 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2026
- LA Times - January 29, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 24, 2026
- New York Times - January 17, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 16, 2026
- Daily American - January 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2026
- LA Times - January 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - November 30, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 18, 2025
- New York Times - November 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 17, 2025
- LA Times - September 24, 2025
- Daily American - September 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 19, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 11, 2025
- LA Times - September 09, 2025
- New York Times - August 18, 2025
- New York Times - August 06, 2025
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