Clues for the word "CHESTNUT"
We've had 43 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 58 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 20, 2026.
Definition of chestnut
- n. - The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
- n. - The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
- n. - A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
- n. - The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
- n. - One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
- n. - An old joke or story.
- a. - Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Referring Clues
- Reddish-brown horse
- Roasted item
- Color akin to mahogany
- Old joke
- Brown hue
- Horse...,conker tree
- Reddish-brown hourse
- Joke you've heard many times before
- Reddish brown
- Stale joke or cliche
- Brown, an old joke
- Tree - reddish-brown
- Box fan is brown
- Old story
- Horse in shaggy dog story?
- Conker tree - 11 of 10
- Old king keeps ambassador stumped with old joke
- Horse box admirer
- Tree
- Wooden horse
- Much-told joke
- The cuts not initially working - we've heard it lots of times
- Old joke - edible kernel
- Danish king receives ancient request for wood
- Enthusiast is after trunk of tree
- Fastening holds up trunk of tree
- 8 heard a million times?
- Horse-box needs a fan
- Body parts - the old story
- Joke that everyone's heard
- This tree may still make you laugh
- Test Cockney's hunch about a horse
- Golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
- Old joke about chicken crossing street even aunt will follow
- Horse in wood
- Old joke about man, saint and fiend
- Tree, old one
- Wood bust, barrel tipped over
- Tree in familiar old story
- Cask rolled behind box tree
- Dark reddish-brown
- The tree in the paddock
- Brownish-red shade
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 11, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 07, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 20, 2024
- New York Times - May 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 01, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 22, 2022
- Guardian Prize - January 20, 2018
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - November 10, 2017
- Guardian Quick - October 26, 2017
- Guardian Quick - March 25, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - January 08, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - January 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - June 14, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 02, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - March 31, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - January 06, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - May 15, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 14, 2014
- Guardian Quick - March 19, 2014
- Guardian Quiptic - March 10, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - July 18, 2013
- New York Times - June 24, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - March 19, 2013
- And in 28 more crossword puzzles...