Clues for the word "CLOWN"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 115 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on February 16, 2026.
Definition of clown
- n. - A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
- n. - One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
- n. - The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
- v. i. - To act as a clown; -- with it.
Referring Clues
- Make faces, say
- Kind of costume
- Goof (around)
- One with a smiley face?
- Class ___
- Fool
- Performer with a painted-on smile
- Rodeo sight
- See 79-Across
- Performer with a big mouth?
- Bozo, e.g.
- Children's party performer
- Clarabell on "Howdy Doody"
- Bumpkin
- Circus employee
- Pantomime performer at the circus
- One in a fright wig
- Circus performer
- Circus regular
- Fool (around)
- Comical circus performer
- Joke (around)
- Rodeo staple
- Animated Krusty
- Bozo, famously
- "It" in "It"
- Circus comedian
- Entertainer at a kid's birthday party
- Circus worker
- Circus favorite
- Circus sight
- Rodeo performer
- Rodeo performer
- Funny fellow
- Funny one
- Coulrophobe's bugaboo
- Jester
- Emmett Kelly, for one
- Cut-up
- Circus attraction
- Big top regular
- Ronald McDonald, for one
- Animated Krusty, for one
- Kids' party performer
- Emmett Kelly, e.g.
- Fright wig wearer
- ___ car (circus prop)
- Cutup
- Rodeo worker
- Krusty or Bozo
- One who's not serious
- Scary figure in Stephen King's "It"
- Bozo, for one
- Circus joker
- Buffoon
- Circus entertainer (5)
- Pennywise, for one
- Circus entertainer
- Everly Brothers "Cathy's ___"
- Downhearted jester!
- Red-nosed, long-shoed entertainer
- Long-booted, bow tie-twirling circus entertainer
- Joker
- Hundred pounds possibly won by an entertainer
- Comic entertainer
- Cold, depressed northern custard pie distributor?
- Caught out by coarse northern circus performer
- Birthday party entertainer
- What Pennywise is, in the movie "It"
- He's funny, as many will admit
- Class cutup
- Comic relief of a sort
- Colorful performer
- ___ car (circus vehicle)
- Rodeo ___
- A comic, but does he figure to be the proprietor?
- Krusty, on "The Simpsons"
- Class comedian
- Performer who might be found funny or scary
- Funny circus performer
- Comic, as many will admit
- Made-up horn honker
- Birthday party entertainer or frightener
- Costume with a big red nose
- Performer who might drive an implausibly small car
- Performer making balloon animals
- Bozo
Last Seen In
- LA Times - February 16, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - November 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 31, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 17, 2024
- USA Today - August 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 31, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 11, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2023
- USA Today - June 07, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - June 04, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - April 10, 2023
- Your Life Choices - March 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 25, 2023
- USA Today - January 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 26, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - July 06, 2022
- Canadiana - January 08, 2018
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 30, 2017
- New York Times - November 30, 2017
- Guardian Quick - October 14, 2017
- Daily Quick - October 11, 2017
- Jonesin - August 15, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - August 01, 2017
- Your Life Choices - July 11, 2017
- And in 85 more crossword puzzles...