Clues for the word "CLAW"
We've had 193 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 516 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 16, 2026.
Definition of claw
- n. - A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
- n. - The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
- n. - Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
- n. - A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
- n. - To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
- n. - To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
- n. - To rail at; to scold.
- v. i. - To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
Referring Clues
- Talon
- Cat's scratcher
- Lobster pincer
- Bear's scratcher
- Scratch
- Falcon feature
- Hammer feature
- Dig sans tools
- Clutcher
- Manhandle
- Lobster portion
- Nail puller
- Hammer part
- Nail on a paw
- Hammer's end
- Itch reliever
- Cat's gripper
- Fight tooth and nail
- Hammer end
- Cat's weapon
- Crab morsel
- Nail remover
- Fowl feature
- Lobster's weapon
- Hammerhead nail remover
- Kind of hammer
- Forked hammer part
- This could really grab you
- Lobster's defense
- Paw part
- Crab delicacy
- Velociraptor's weapon
- Feline weapon
- One end of some hammers
- Maul, maybe
- Scrabble
- Cat weapon
- Corn or lemon follower
- Lobster part
- Animal's nail
- Curved hammer part
- Nail-removing hammer part
- Crab's grabber
- Lobster's grabber
- Attack, cat-style
- Nail remover on a hammer
- Leopard weapon
- Part of some hammers
- Tiger's toenail
- Eagle's weapon
- Lobster weapon
- Eagle's talon
- Toucan's toenail
- Lobster's pride
- Hammer part, perhaps
- Fiddler crab's fiddle?
- Hammer's grabber
- Scratch (at)
- One way to get to the top?
- Animal's weapon
- Sort of hammer
- Type of hammer
- Owl feature
- Pincer
- Lobster delicacy
- Bear's weapon
- Hammerhead part
- Weapon in the wild
- Curved nail, perhaps
- Serving of lobster
- Scrape, cat-style
- Grackle's grappler
- Evil doctor in "Inspector Gadget"
- Hawk's weapon
- Construction crane attachment
- Lobster feature
- Lobster's appendage
- Crowbar end
- Condor's clutcher
- Lobster meat source
- Hammerhead feature
- Crab serving
- Tiger's weapon
- Lobster's hand
- Lobster's pincer
- Fumble (for)
- Injure, in a way
- Nail that's often curved
- Tabby's defensive weapon
- Nail
- Part of a crab
- Defense for some animals
- Partner of scratch
- Weapon for Wolverine
- Crab feature
- Bear ___ (bakery buy)
- Lobster limb
- Maul, in a way
- Feature of some hammers
- Crab's weapon
- Tiger's gripper
- Recover (as cash), with "back"
- Gripper
- Eagle's nail
- Part of a wolf or a lobster
- Crayfish feature
- Owl's weapon
- Meaty part of a lobster
- Weapon used in the wild
- Curved nail
- Crab's pincer
- Eagle's toe
- Crab part
- Part of a lobster or crab
- Eagle's grabber
- Part of 56-Across
- Part of a lobster
- Grabber for 27-Across
- Scratch, cat-style
- Motorhead song that scratches?
- Scratch's partner, on way to the top
- Motorhead song about nail?
- Tina Turner "Steel ___"
- Lobster's grasping structure
- See 24
- See 3
- Persian's weapon
- Post scratcher
- Scratch - scrape
- Persian weapon
- Murder by Death "Red of Tooth and ___"
- Lobster serving
- Nail-pulling hammer part
- Arcade grabber
- Lobster's crusher
- Crab's appendage
- It might be retractable
- Retractable feature of Wolverine
- Retractable part of a jaguar
- Crab's means of defense
- Part of a crane
- ___ hammer
- Fight desperately
- Meaty part of a crab
- Grizzly paw feature
- Jaguar's weapon
- Cardinal point?
- Natural scratcher
- Lobster pick target
- Faulty fixture in many arcade machines
- Lion's weapon
- Lynx gripper
- Morsel on a shellfish platter
- Part of some hammerheads
- Sharp bear part
- Persian nail
- Raptor's weapon
- It can scratch many a woolly head
- Cat's toenail
- Scratcher
- Talon, e.g.
- Paw protrusion
- Fearsome part of a Jabberwock
- Scratch maker
- Shellfish serving
- Sharp nail
- Paw feature
- Hammer's nail remover
- Cat feature
- Arcade game grabber
- Pincer, e.g.
- Lobster's pincher
- End of many a hammer
- Raven's toenail
- Crab part to watch out for
- Arcade game feature
- Toy grabber in an arcade game
- Frustrating device in an arcade
- One of those possibly coming up to scratch?
- Part of a dragon's foot
- Prize grabber in an arcade game
- Retractable part of a cat
- Finger-point?
- ___-foot tub
- White ___: hard seltzer brand
- Scratching post scratcher
- Bear ___ (pastry)
- Part of a cat or crab
- Tiger's nail
- Grabber in an arcade game
- Eagle feature
- Part of a plushie-stocked arcade game
- Part of a hammer or a hawk
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 27, 2025
- Daily American - December 13, 2025
- Daily American - November 29, 2025
- New York Times - November 25, 2025
- LA Times - October 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 18, 2025
- Daily American - July 10, 2025
- Daily American - July 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 19, 2025
- Daily American - June 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 14, 2025
- Daily American - April 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 19, 2025
- Daily American - February 27, 2025
- LA Times - February 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 26, 2025
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