Clues for the word "CHEW"
We've had 115 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 317 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 31, 2026.
Definition of chew
- v. t. - To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
- v. t. - To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
- v. i. - To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.
- n. - That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.
Referring Clues
- Consider, with "over"
- Stick of gum, informally
- Prepare to swallow
- Not just swallow whole
- Grind with the teeth
- Enjoy some gum
- Masticate
- Cogitate, with "on"
- Bawl (out)
- Stick of gum, e.g.
- ___ toy (pet shop purchase)
- Enjoy, as gum
- Prepare to swallow, as food
- This leaves marks on a baseball field
- Enjoy bubble gum
- Work on jerky
- Meditate (on)
- Work on a wad of gum
- Consider, with "on"
- Enjoy gum
- Consider, with "on"
- Gnaw
- Munch on
- Start on a course
- Mull over, with "on"
- Munch
- Use the maxilla and mandible
- Consider (with "over")
- Process a bite
- Ruminate
- Order at the dinner table?
- Cogitate (with "on")
- Employ the maxilla and mandible
- "___ your food" (mother's admonition)
- Have some gum
- Copenhagen, e.g.
- Scold, with "out"
- Plug
- ___ the fat
- ___ toy (pet shop item)
- Work on a piece of gum
- Consider (with "over")
- ___ the fat
- Mull over, with "on"
- With 94- and 54-Down, gab
- Get one's teeth into
- Think (on)
- Work on a licorice stick
- Mull (over)
- Meditate on, with "over"
- Use your maxilla and mandible
- Enjoy some Trident
- Ponder, with "over"
- Work a caramel
- Ponder, with "on"
- Gnaw on
- Nibble
- Ruminate (on)
- Start breaking down, in a way
- Not just bite and swallow
- Work on a caramel
- Muse (on)
- Cogitate (on)
- What you do to food
- Work on bubble gum
- What you do to 41-Across
- Not just swallow
- Take some tabacky
- Use your jaw
- Thing to do before you swallow
- Bite
- RJ Mischo "Bit Off More Than I Can ___"
- Nirvana "Pen Cap ___"
- What Nirvana will do to a "Pen Cap"?
- Bicycle Thief "Just some teeth I can't ___ my favorite cereal with"
- Bite and grind food in the mouth
- Fanatic - he willingly boxes champ
- Munch on a cold chop
- What the Apache warrior had to do with his teeth
- What the Apache warrior has to do with tobacco
- Chap, shall we say?
- Something to do with the fat
- Hack wants initial hundred quid, maybe
- Man and wife carry 100 quid?
- Dog treat
- Bite into a sweet
- Masticate, or repeat audibly for training?
- Eat cold chop
- Grind nut as wanted
- Something to do with gum
- Start to cut, shape and grind
- Enjoy a caramel
- ___ the fat (gossip, e.g.)
- Revolutionary with bite
- Consider carefully, with "over"
- Finish a Tootsie Pop
- Enjoy Bazooka
- Bite and work food in the mouth
- Munch or crunch
- Kind of candy
- Use the molars
- What a puppy likes to do to toys and socks
- ___ toy
- Mull, with "on"
- What dogs do with rope toys
- Chap, shall we say?
- Work on some gum
- Toothache will involve grind
- Enjoy some bubblegum
- Enjoy some taffy
- Action for your teeth
- Work Extra?
- Make easier to swallow
- ___ the fat: gab
- Grind up, in a way
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 31, 2026
- New York Times - July 25, 2026
- LA Times - April 14, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 24, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2025
- Daily American - October 07, 2025
- Daily American - September 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 18, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 24, 2025
- New York Times - August 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 21, 2025
- Daily American - July 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 29, 2025
- Daily American - May 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 04, 2025
- LA Times - May 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 16, 2025
- New York Times - April 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 14, 2025
- Daily American - March 12, 2025
- LA Times - March 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 20, 2025
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