Clues for the word "CHEESE"
We've had 192 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 268 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on February 21, 2026.
Definition of cheese
- n. - The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.
- n. - A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.
- n. - The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
- n. - A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
Referring Clues
- Smile trigger?
- Word said to a photographer
- Canapé topping
- V.I.P.
- Boss, slangily
- Green ___ (moon's composition, facetiously)
- Oft-heard word in a portrait studio
- Word with big or blue
- Macaroni topping
- "Say ___!"
- Green ___ (moon's makeup, supposedly)
- Last word before someone is shot
- Big ___ (boss)
- Maze reward
- Poser's word
- Green ___
- Swiss ___
- Slice in a Big Mac
- Taco topping
- Emmenthaler or Gruyère
- Word to the photographer
- Fondue dip
- Cottage industry?
- Holey Swiss product
- You might say it with a smile
- Fastball, in slang
- Swiss, e.g.
- It may be sold in wheels
- Big shot
- Smiling word
- It's often aged
- Burger topping
- Burger extra
- Hamburger topper
- Gorgonzola, e.g.
- Melt ingredient
- Burger add-on
- American, for one
- Brie, for one
- Farmer, for one
- Word to make you smile
- Ricotta or Romano
- Dairy-case offering
- Cue to show your pearly whites
- Kind of cake
- Part of a Big Mac
- Last word before someone is shot?
- Word that brings a smile?
- Gouda or feta
- Swiss or American
- Snappy comment?
- French-onion soup need
- Word that always brings a smile?
- Maze runner's incentive
- It's said while smiling
- "Grilled" sandwich
- Word preceding a 22-Down
- Party snack
- Crackers go-with
- Pizza need
- Colby, e.g.
- Snap comment?
- Lasagna layer
- Stilton or gorgonzola
- Roquefort or Stilton
- See 36-Across
- Mouse trap temptation
- Quiche ingredient
- Quiche ingredient
- French onion soup topping
- Word spoken before a shot
- Pizzeria need
- Burger topper
- Smile when you say that
- It's said to make you smile
- Pizza topping
- Photog's request?
- Dairy product
- Brie or feta
- Mouse bait
- Some people prefer it to stink
- Word said while smiling
- What a photographer wants you to say
- Tilsit or feta
- Swiss or cheddar
- Edam or Brie
- What Packers fans wear on their heads
- Romano or Swiss
- Cheddar or parmesan
- "Say ___"
- Gouda or brie
- Omelete ingredient
- Omelet ingredient
- Partner of crackers
- Wheel
- Basic pizza option
- With 33-Across, fan of the N.F.L.'s Packers
- Pressed milk curd
- Mac and ___
- Cheddar, e.g.
- Burger topper, sometimes
- 18-Across topper
- Brie, e.g.
- Cheddar or Swiss
- Word from a photographer
- Word preceding a snap
- It's often said with a smile
- Feta, e.g.
- Word that brings a smile
- Parmesan or cheddar
- Word that makes people smile
- Cracker topper
- Camembert or Brie
- Fondue stuff
- Jack in a box lunch
- Big ___
- Photographer's word
- Mousetrap morsel
- Photographer's snack?
- It's said to cause a smile
- Mousetrap bait
- Fromage
- Dairy food
- Fondue need
- It goes with macaroni
- Edam, e.g.
- Macaroni go-with
- Stilton, for example
- Picture-taking word
- Cheddar, for example
- Stuff with macaroni
- Bottom of league in Cheshire and East Lancashire?
- See 22
- As a dairy product, you can pack it up
- 25, perhaps, may be said to make one smile
- Danish 8, for example, that's said to make one smile
- Gorgonzola
- Edam, say
- It's said to produce a smile
- See 13
- Wensleydale, Stilton etc
- Kitchen utensil
- VIP on board?
- Food said to make one smile
- Said to raise a smile when snapping
- Health not right? Point to dairy product
- VIP junket?
- Celebrity could be made up
- Big fellow, it sometimes has to be said
- What one may say when being shot?
- Dairy product that's said to raise a smile
- Word to photographer gets husband's picture put up in church
- Some lychee served as final course
- Something 11 for someone important
- Stuff for 5 part 2 may be big or hard
- VIP may be big and hard
- Understand revolutionary interrupting revolutionary
- Gouda, e.g.
- Parmesan, e.g.
- Food said to bring a smile to the face?
- Cream ___
- Word to help you get the picture
- Hefty dairy buy*
- Camembert, e.g.
- Havarti, e.g.
- With 45-Across, savory topping found in tubs ... and the circled squares?
- Brie, for example
- Word that always brings a smile?
- Word from a poser
- Pizzeria staple
- Big Mac ingredient
- Cracker go-with
- Mac partner
- See 47-Across
- Such cake can hardly have a high fat content
- Pretty feminine sort of cake
- Word with big or goat
- Pizza type
- Nachos need
- Photographer's fancied favourite food?
- Like luck, it can be hard
- Party pairing
- With 58-Across, savory base for a canapé ... and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows?
- Macaroni's partner
- Hors d'oeuvre food, often
- Posers are forever saying it
- Briefly, e.g.
- Paneer or brie, e.g.
- Robert Cormier's "I Am the ___"
- Halloumi, e.g.
- Brie or gouda, e.g.
- Swiss export
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - February 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 13, 2025
- Daily American - October 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 21, 2025
- Daily American - March 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 26, 2024
- Mirror Mini - November 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 04, 2024
- Daily American - May 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 08, 2024
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