Clues for the word "CHEETAH"
We've had 71 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 94 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 20, 2026.
Definition of cheetah
- n. - A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.
Referring Clues
- Animal with an 86-Down
- Fastest land animal
- Spotted speedster
- An endangered species
- Swift cat
- The fastest feline
- World's fastest runner
- Swift black-spotted cat
- Fastest feline
- ONE CAN GO FROM 0 TO 60 MPH IN 3 TO 4 SECONDS
- Impala hunter
- Very fast runner
- Fastest of the felines
- Fleet feline
- Spotted cat
- African sprinter
- Non-roaring big cat
- Spotted feline
- Spotted feline
- Fastest mammal
- Fast feline
- Fast cat
- It can go 0-to-60 in three seconds
- Extremely fast runner
- Fastest four-legger
- African cat
- Speedy feline
- It's spotted in Namibia
- An animal that runs 75 mph
- Black-spotted, swift-running wild cat
- Fastest land mammal
- Land speed record holder
- Spotted feline (7)
- Fast cat - the ache (anag)
- Beast sounds like Madoff
- Cat - or shark, by the sound of it?
- Swift big cat
- Fast runner doesn't sound honest
- Large cat
- It moves very quickly if spotted
- Brilliant sprinter is a fraud, they say
- The cat's a mean fiddler, I declare!
- Cat heard to pull a fast one
- Big cat
- Animal's a fraud, they say
- Spooner's tutor spotted cat
- Teach wrongly about male cat
- Cat (he-cat) he shot
- Teach incorrectly about male cat
- Fast and dishonest-sounding creature
- Showing complete attention, but lacking a touch of expertise, at places for cats - one he twice disturbed for another (7; 7)
- 17 that's a 16 down artist, say
- Fastest 40-Down
- The ache that's upset a wild cat
- Super-fast cat
- Report of rogue animal
- He's taken in by a crafty cheat, the beast!
- Swift-running spotted cat
- Cat scrambled in 29-Across
- Fast feline of Africa
- Wild cat
- Smallest of the big cats
- It runs fast and sounds as though it does!
- Something spotted on a safari
- He prepared tea, the child went outside with the cat
- Large cat you shouldn't trust on a test?
- Feline
- World's fastest land animal (up to 70 m.p.h.)
- Speedy cat
- Big cat that can't roar
- Animal that can go 0-60 in three seconds
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 20, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 07, 2025
- New York Times - April 21, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 23, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 23, 2024
- Your Life Choices - May 24, 2024
- USA Today - April 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 04, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 10, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 07, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - September 05, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - January 20, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 05, 2022
- Mirror Daily - August 30, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 23, 2022
- Mirror Daily - August 09, 2022
- New York Times - November 15, 2021
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