Clues for the word "CHAIN"
We've had 121 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 144 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on January 21, 2026.
Definition of chain
- n. - A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
- n. - That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
- n. - A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
- n. - An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
- n. - Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
- n. - The warp threads of a web.
- v. t. - To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
- v. t. - To keep in slavery; to enslave.
- v. t. - To unite closely and strongly.
- v. t. - To measure with the chain.
- v. t. - To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
Referring Clues
- Mountain range
- Item of neckwear
- Part of a power saw
- The Andes, e.g.
- Staples, say
- Burger King or The Gap
- "___ of Fools" (Aretha Franklin hit)
- Key holder
- Word with mail or letter
- Rover's restraint
- Kind of letter
- IHOP, for one
- Neckwear item
- Word before letter or reaction
- With 26-Down, going from one cigarette to another
- "___ of Fools" (Aretha Franklin hit)
- IHOP or Borders
- Tie securely
- Commercial network
- ___-link fence
- Bicycle part
- Type of reaction
- Type of store or letter
- Kind of mail or letter
- K-Mart, for one
- Links site
- ___-link fence
- Franchise group
- Staples, e.g.
- Pendant holder
- Shackle
- IHOP or Staples
- Sequence
- Series of links
- Shackle type
- Concatenation
- Centrally managed store group
- Word before letter or mail
- Word before letter or gang
- Type of letter
- Anchor attachment
- With 74-Across, what each of the answers to starred clues is
- Burden for Marley's ghost
- Major retail operation
- Bike part
- Macy's, e.g.
- Burger King or Costco
- Type of mail
- Word with link or letter
- Applebee's or Subway
- Island group
- Many-store retail operation
- Kind of store providing binder?
- Length of series
- String of islands off China?
- Franchise
- Pen-desk connector, at some banks
- Length of metal links (5)
- Length of metal links
- "That's the sound of the men working on the ___ gang"
- Series
- 22 yards
- Length of string
- It's linked with a certain reaction
- Measure binder
- It has links with the mail, maybe
- Restrain third man outside hospital
- A paper decoration from China
- Set of links
- Sequence of links
- Country relocates area to middle of mountain range
- How the convict broke free in emporium?
- Bike messenger's need
- Target, e.g.
- Feature containing a measure of pitch
- Kind of store you can have tea in
- Length of pitch for batting after tea
- Knock-on effect repaired in each Cortina
- Tea's fashionable in this group
- The length of four rods
- Winter tire attachment
- First-down yardage measurer
- ... this has links with 25, somehow
- Cold and hot alternatively in a neckwear item?
- It makes the bike move like lightning
- 22's length of pitch
- Handcuff one arrested by detective hero
- Child in a new series
- Measure mountain range
- Charlie has no place in M&S, say
- Bit of bling
- Metal rings connected together
- Feature about a group
- Measure a lot of mountains
- Measure binder?
- Such letters do not form such mail
- Ball dragger
- String of islands off China?
- Tea at home, or one of the many restaurants?
- A piece of jewellery 22 yards in length?
- Retail network
- Subway, e.g.
- Kind of store providing binder?
- Bolt cutter target
- One can link it with a bicycle
- Guard dog’s restraint
- Neckwear jewelry
- Gum wrapper creation
- Can describe mail or just one letter
- Group of islands
- Mountain ___
- Restaurant with many locations
- Word before link or reaction
- Fetter
- Succession
- Such letters are presumably in the mail
- Bike part connected to the sprockets
- Walmart or Wendy's
- Blingy piece of neckwear
- Word after "food" or "bicycle"
- ___ reaction
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - January 21, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - November 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 24, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 15, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 02, 2025
- USA Today - February 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 30, 2024
- New York Times - December 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 24, 2024
- USA Today - September 23, 2024
- Mirror Mini - September 21, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 04, 2024
- USA Today - June 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 28, 2024
- Daily American - May 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - April 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 08, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 02, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 04, 2023
- New York Times - October 30, 2023
- Mirror Mini - September 21, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - June 15, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - May 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 13, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 23, 2023
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