Clues for the word "CAT"
We've had 638 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1239 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 25, 2025.
Definition of cat
- n. - An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
- n. - A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
- n. - A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
- n. - A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
- n. - An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
- n. - A cat o' nine tails. See below.
- v. t. - To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Referring Clues
- Socks, e.g.
- Black Halloween animal
- Manx or Persian
- "The ___ in the Hat" (rhyming Seuss book)
- Hipster
- Be-bopper
- Poe's "The Black ___," which first appeared on August 19, 1843
- Jazzman
- Mouse catcher
- Eliot's Grizabella, e.g.
- Clawer
- Jazz man
- Russian blue, e.g.
- One who litters
- One kept in the bag?
- One that litters
- Big name in the ad biz
- Pride : lion :: clowder : ___
- Spiteful gossip
- Puma or lion
- Dude
- Meower
- Garfield, e.g.
- Curiosity victim
- Leopard, e.g.
- Siamese ___
- Dr. Seuss character
- One o' ___ (old ball game)
- 38-Across catcher
- Cool ___
- Tabby
- Subject of a B. Kliban drawing
- One eyeing a canary, maybe
- Friskies eater
- Jazz player
- Bebopper
- Cool dude, in jazz
- Mouse manipulator?
- Persian, e.g.
- Bird watcher, maybe
- Habitual scratcher
- A fireman might rescue one from a tree
- Calico, e.g.
- ___ Island, Bahamas, boyhood home of 47A
- Object of ailurophobia
- String player?
- See 66-Down
- Purrer
- Bopper
- Rum Tum Tugger, for one
- Excavation machine, for short
- Mouse chaser
- Mungojerrie or Skimbleshanks, in a musical
- Maine coon, e.g.
- Jaguar, e.g.
- Cool sort
- Kind of burglar
- Sacred animal of the ancient Egyptians
- Tabby or tiger
- Garfield or Heathcliff
- Garfield, for one
- Alley lurker
- Abyssinian or Siamese
- Puma or panther
- Victim of curiosity
- Member of the family Felidae
- Meow Mix muncher
- The Simpsons' Snowball II, for one
- Nip or nap preceder
- Siamese or Persian
- Jazz aficionado
- Household pet
- Dr. Seuss title character
- Meow Mix consumer
- Tiger or tabby
- Fritz or Felix
- Felix or Fritz, e.g.
- Hep one
- Curiosity victim, in an old saying
- Whiskered pet
- Better mousetrap?
- Cool dude
- Furry purrer
- Bird watcher
- Big name in the women's suffrage movement
- Nap or nip preceder
- Cool one
- Manx, for one
- Litter box visitor
- One often planted on a window ledge?
- Tractor make, briefly
- See 38-Down
- One ___ (stickball kin)
- Grizabella, e.g.
- Persian, for example
- Manx, e.g.
- Fancy Feast feaster
- Hairball sufferer
- See 8-Down
- Stimpy, e.g.
- Litter box user
- Cool fella
- Big tractor, informally
- Tabby or Manx
- Jazz fan
- Stray, maybe
- Bucky of "Get Fuzzy," for one
- Maine coon, for one
- Ailurophobe's dread
- Stray, often
- Persian, for one
- Hip dude
- Seuss hat wearer
- Tom, for one
- Persian, say
- Jazz figure
- Whiskered one
- Fiddler in the nursery
- One who digs gigs
- Fiddler of rhyme
- 33 Down pursuer
- Purring pet
- Himalayan, for one
- Leopard or lion
- Popular pet
- "Persian" pet
- Lion or leopard
- Medical acronym
- Old Deuteronomy, e.g.
- Lion or tiger
- Four-legged leaper
- Ocelot, for one
- Tabby or calico
- Tree rescuee
- Puma, for one
- Meowing mammal
- Lynx or leopard
- Purring 40 Down
- With 6 Down, X-ray successor
- Household leaper
- Natural bird-watcher
- Hat-wearer of children's literature
- Frequent litterer
- Garfield or Morris
- Purrfect pet?
- Animal known for its righting reflex
- Jazz club habitue
- Turkish Angora, for one
- Persian or Siamese
- Grimalkin
- Rum Tum Tugger or Sylvester
- Animal that can right itself
- Stevens who is now Yusuf Islam
- Sylvester of cartoons, e.g.
- Notorious bird-watcher
- Tongue depressor?
- He digs gigs
- Eliot's Jennyanydots, e.g.
- Feline pet
- Dick Whittington's companion
- Night stalker
- Kilkenny fighter of rhyme
- One familiar with litter
- Home companion, for some
- Burmese or Persian, e.g.
- "Cool" dude
- Manx or Siamese
- T.S. Eliot's favorite animal?
- Eliot's Old Deuteronomy, e.g.
- Burmese or Siamese
- Scratching post user
- Well-known hat wearer of kiddie-lit
- Tiger
- Scratching-post user
- Felix or Sylvester
- Jazz lover
- Tabby or tom
- House ___
- Sylvester, e.g.
- Siamese, e.g.
- Milk lover
- Purring animal
- Common house pet
- Felix or Fritz
- Ailurophobe's bane
- Birman or Burmese
- Cornish Rex or Ragdoll
- Friskies consumer
- Maine Coon or Manx
- "Persian" pet
- Felix, for one
- Seuss' hat-wearer
- Cool fellow
- Common viral video animal
- Lynx or panther, e.g.
- Siamese or tabby
- Ailurophobe's fear
- Mouse hunter
- Panther or puma
- Whiskas eater
- Puss
- One who "must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES": Eliot
- Friskies fan
- Critter to 8-Across, perhaps
- Title word in many Lilian Jackson Braun novels
- Jazz club type
- Jazz buff
- Double curve
- Fiddler in a kids' rhyme
- Lynx or puma
- Stimpy or Garfield
- Feline
- Purr producer
- Lynx or lion
- Alley prowler
- Siamese or Burmese
- Window-sill sitter
- Burmese, for one
- Tabby, e.g.
- Heathcliff, for one
- Witch's familiar, usually
- Heathcliff, e.g.
- Cheetah or puma
- Witch's familiar, often
- Clarinet in 'Peter and the Wolf'
- Jazz enthusiast
- Sylvester or Stimpy
- Purr producer
- Windowsill sitter
- "If it fits I sits" animal on icanhascheezburger.com
- Meowing pet
- See 85-Across
- Purring one
- 'Peace Train' singer Stevens
- Ocelot, e.g.
- String chaser
- Lion, e.g.
- Alley roamer
- Slippers in Theodore Roosevelt's White House
- Alley frequenter
- Lynx or panther
- It may be let out of the bag
- "___ on a Hot Tin Roof"
- Blofeld's constant companion, in Bond films
- Shelter purchase, sometimes
- Mr. Mistoffelees, for one
- Pet that purrs
- Furry mouse chaser
- "Alley" animal
- Family pet
- Calico pet
- See 30-Down
- Alley hisser
- Kind of scan
- Sofa scratcher
- Hip character
- Puma, say
- Whiskered 28-Across
- Cream lapper
- KoKo or Yum-Yum, in Lilian Jackson Braun mysteries
- House pet
- Curiosity victim, in a saying
- Well-known hat-wearer of kiddie-lit
- Possible predator of a 26-Down
- Felix or Morris, e.g.
- Monopoly token introduced in 2013
- Two-hulled vessel, for short
- Manx or lynx
- Little hisser
- Scratcher at a post
- Vet patient
- See 19-Across
- Hepster
- Witch's familiar
- Adult kitten
- Purr-fect pet
- Purr former
- Siamese or Abyssinian
- Hep dude
- Subject of many a viral video
- Dr. Seuss animal
- Curiosity killed it
- Ragamuffin or Maine Coon
- *See 29-Across
- Nursery rhyme fiddler
- Any of T. S. Eliot's "practical" creatures
- Certain house pet
- Himalayan, e.g.
- Tame carnivore
- Cheshire grinner
- F. domesticus
- With 51-Across, med. diagnostic
- "Cool" guy
- Sure-footed pet
- "'Meow' means 'woof' in ___": Carlin
- "that darn ___"
- Word with bird or call
- "The ___ in the Hat"
- Anne Hathaway's persona in 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises"
- "Peter and the Wolf" clarinet
- Bird watcher, perhaps
- Viral video critter, often
- Mouse's foe
- Enemy of the pictured animal
- Garfield, famously
- Monopoly token that replaced the iron
- Morris, e.g.
- Puma, e.g.
- Young speller's word
- Persian or Abyssinian
- Feline mammal
- Critter in a clowder
- Bill the ___
- Abyssinian, for one
- See 76-Across
- Sno-___
- Word before tail or nip
- Monopoly token that replaced the iron in 2013
- Pet that's often aloof
- Gaggle : goose :: clowder : ___
- Avid bird watcher?
- "Dog and ___"
- One notably entertained by a laser pointer
- Angora, e.g.
- Siamese, for one
- Crookshanks, in Harry Potter fiction
- Carroll grinner
- Animal that an ailurophobe fears
- Cause of an allergic response
- Iams eater
- Cougar, e.g.
- Subject of many an internet meme
- Stealthy sort
- Manx
- Angry hisser
- Stealthy animal
- Abyssinian, perhaps
- Witch's familiar, maybe
- Birman or Bombay
- "Loco" sort
- Manx or Abyssinian
- Tiger, e.g.
- Felix of cartoons
- "What greater gift than the love of a ___?": Dickens
- Birman or bengal
- Feline friend
- See 53-Across
- Cartoondom's Tom or Sylvester
- Jaguar, for example
- Common commensal
- Clowder creature
- Possibly pedigreed pet
- Laser pointer chaser
- "Cool" hipster
- Hopeful birdwatcher
- Hat-wearing Seuss character
- Type of household pet
- Monopoly token since 2013
- Player in an indoor tree
- Batter of balls?
- American Shorthair, for one
- Ailurophile's fancy
- Indoor ___
- Persian you pet
- ___ scan
- "Cool" sort
- Half of a "game" pair
- Milk lapper
- Word with kin or nip
- Burmese or Persian
- Habitual birdwatcher
- Word with big or house
- Singer Stevens
- Cougar or leopard
- Felix, e.g.
- Puma or jaguar
- Feline animal
- Kitten's mama
- Family pet, for many
- A pet, for some people
- Pet for some families
- Garfield is one
- Type of 26 Across
- A feline pet
- Common pet
- Type of pet
- Mouser
- High-tech scanner
- Litterbox user
- Mr. Jinks, for one
- Kitty
- Pet for many families
- Koko's pet All Ball, e.g.
- "The ___ in the Hat" (Seuss book)
- Feline that's a pet
- Certain household pet
- House feline
- It may cough up a furball
- Big kitty
- Nyan ___ (internet meme)
- Purring Persian
- Domestic animal
- Nyan ___
- Animal that can follow the first word in each of this puzzle's four theme entries
- Frequent chaser of its own tail
- Animated Sylvester, for one
- Al Stewart "Year of the ___"
- ___ Power
- Al Stewart's favorite pet?
- Spin Doctors "Cleopatra's ___"
- Animal - one with nine tails!
- Kind of "Scratch Fever," to Ted Nugent
- "___ Scratch Fever"
- Al Stewart's favorite animal?
- Mouse catcher "In the Well," to Dylan
- Animal resembling the shrew?
- Cool guy on the short list?
- Spiteful woman's wrongful act
- No dog act, possibly
- Short listed Siamese, say
- Tom's little boat
- You need room to swing one
- Tom, short-listed?
- A pet for whom a Roman statesman had love
- Pettish type of woman?
- Tom, with whiskers
- See 21
- See 3
- Laser chaser
- Fancy Feast fan
- Abyssinian or Persian
- Animal (domesticated or wild)
- Pussy
- Windowsill sunner
- Balinese or Burmese
- Animal act, maybe
- Garfield or Felix
- A-mewsing animal?
- Word with tom or top
- Bob or Tom?
- Rapt bird watcher, perhaps
- Ginger ___
- Lounging pet
- "The Black ___" (Poe story)
- See 44 Across
- Fancy Feast consumer
- Lion or tiger, big ___
- Tabby pet
- See 16
- Jazz fan chants unevenly
- Pet that might eat Fancy Feast or Friskies
- Leopard or lynx, for example
- Calico or Sphynx
- Animal that might be Persian or Abyssinian
- Spiteful woman perhaps said to be after Bob
- Sylvester, for one
- Ocelot, for instance
- See 33-Across
- Pet that might enjoy a rubber mouse
- Chan Marshall, aka ___ Power
- Pet that might use a litter box
- Purr-fect pet?
- Pharaoh's pet
- Stevens who sang "Peace Train"
- Sylvester or Felix, for example
- Hogwarts' Mrs. Norris is one
- Grown-up kitten
- Sacred creature in ancient Egypt
- Scratchy of cartoons, e.g.
- Dr. Seuss's "The ___ in the Hat"
- Puma or ocelot, for example
- British shorthair, for one
- Big-time litterer
- Independent creature
- Tabby or Siamese
- Four-legged housemate
- Surefooted creature
- Tom, in "Tom and Jerry" cartoons
- Ocelot or ounce
- Mercator's pet?
- Persian or tabby
- Fancy Feast eater
- Bill the ___ (comics character)
- Some secateurs can scratch!
- Laser beam-chasing pet
- Tom may take a walk
- With 6-Down, 1965 Jane Fonda movie
- Witch's black pet
- Leopard or lynx
- ___-o'-nine-tails
- Common household pet
- Litter member or user
- Self-grooming creature
- Himalayan, say
- *Monopoly token
- Small feline
- Meow Mix eater
- Dog's archenemy
- Pet with "nine lives"
- ___ toy
- Canary watcher
- Victim of curiosity, in a saying
- Eliot's Gus or Macavity
- Not exactly fat feline?
- Sphynx, e.g.
- Many a shelter adoptee
- Popular household pet
- Lion or lynx
- Mouse stalker
- Natural bird watcher?
- Pet asking for milk, purr-haps?
- Pet that's not fetching?
- Pet said to have nine lives
- "What greater gift than the love of a ___": Charles Dickens
- Animal with nine lives?
- Pet to pet
- 9Lives eater
- Alley howler
- Cool dude in jazzy slang
- One of six hidden in this puzzle, each sitting on an apt location
- Calico, for one
- Primitive punishment befitting a burgler?
- She's spiteful though less than scathing
- Tiger or lion
- "Breaking ___ News" (comic strip about furry reporters)
- Cougar or cheetah
- Object of veneration in ancient Egypt
- Fiddle player of rhyme
- Pet with nine lives, they say
- A feline
- Small feline mammal
- Old Deuteronomy or Bombalurina, for example
- Pet that meows
- You might name yours Tabby
- Attendee of the Jellicle Ball, on Broadway
- Four-legged bird watcher
- Lion, say
- Part of the Yucatan fauna
- Well, at least she isn't mousy!
- Ocelot, for example
- Animal feared by an ailurophobe
- Monopoly token elected by an internet vote
- One may hiss at a dog
- Type of common pet
- Pet such as a manx
- Pusheen, for example
- Roommate that may leave litter everywhere
- Animal said to have nine lives
- Lap-loving pet
- Animal that, despite popular belief, is usually lactose intolerant
- Garfield's species
- Pet that might "make biscuits"
- Pet that may hiss
- Tom or tabby
- ___ burglar
- Pet that might pounce on a yarn ball
- Colonel Meow, for one
- Animal resembling the shrew?
- Pet that might have a "tuxedo"
- Pet that might clean itself with its leg in the air
- Persian or Siamese creature
- Cool guy on the short list?
- Kitty's wrongful act
- Pet that can be polydactyl
- Pet that might be an avid birdwatcher
- Its smell scares a mouse
- Fiddler in the nursery tale
- Creature that's almost purr-fect
- Popular adoptee
- Animal sitting behind a plate of salad, in a meme
- Not a dog act, possibly
- Bewhiskered sort of burglar?
- Maru, for example
- Roommate who uses a litter box
- Animal inhabited by Joe Gardner in "Soul"
- Only domestic species in the family Felidae
- Subject of many a funny TikTok
- Kitten, someday
- Animal such as Jorts or Jean
- Furball, maybe
- Roomba rider, in some viral videos
- Pet hotel guest
- Litter maker
- Cheshire or Garfield
- Puss in Boots or Garfield
- Fiddler in a nursery rhyme
- Meowth of Pokémon, for one
- Garfield or Puss in Boots
- Lynx, e.g.
- Bodega mascot, often
- Dude in a jazz ensemble
- Pet that might be "knead"-y
- Pet that uses a litter box
- Animal in the game Calico
- Tom, short-listed?
- Gato, in English
- Calico or tuxedo
- Nyan ___ (2011 meme with a Pop-Tart-shaped animal)
- Calico or tortoiseshell pet
- Pet whose whiskers are about as wide as its body
- Lion or tiger (but not a bear)
- Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately
- Cindy Clawford of "Ted Lasso," for one
- Curiosity's victim?
- Cheetah, e.g.
- "Karma is a ___ / Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me": Taylor Swift lyric
- Chef Cora
- Jellicle Ball attendee
- See 24-Across
- Garfield or Hello Kitty
- =^.^= creature
- Ragdoll or tuxedo
- Pet that watches birds
- Whiskas-eating pet
- "___ Ballou"
- Lynx, for one
- Abraham Lincoln was the first to keep one at the White House
- "___ got your tongue?"
- Jaguar or lion
- Pet whose exposed tummy might be a trap
- Pet that might unroll your toilet paper
- "All you need is love and a ___" (old saying)
- With 31- and 34-Across, meme about the universe presenting people with kitties
- Pet that might chirp at squirrels
- Pet such as Lil Bub
- Common household per
- Pet that often confuses its status with that of its owner
- Curtain climber, maybe
- Garfield or Simba
- Friskies muncher
- Viral video star, often
- Is Pussy Galore a big one?
- One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps
- Short listed as a spiteful woman
- Hard animal to herd
- "You cannot look at a sleeping ___ and feel tense": Jane Pauley
- Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster
- Hairball hacker
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 08, 2025
- New York Times - December 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 07, 2025
- Mirror Mini - October 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 25, 2025
- Daily American - August 20, 2025
- LA Times - August 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 18, 2025
- New York Times - August 06, 2025
- New York Times - August 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 27, 2025
- New York Times - July 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 11, 2025
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