Clues for the word "COOK"
We've had 118 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 151 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on August 29, 2026.
Definition of cook
- v. i. - To make the noise of the cuckoo.
- v. t. - To throw.
- n. - One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
- n. - A fish, the European striped wrasse.
- v. t. - To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
- v. t. - To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account.
- v. i. - To prepare food for the table.
Referring Clues
- Boil or broil
- Doctor, in a way
- Chuck wagon honcho
- One who's home on the range?
- Person in an apron
- Manipulate, as the books
- Pacific explorer
- Prepare
- Sandwich Islands discoverer
- Kitchen employee
- Antarctic explorer James
- Chuck wagon VIP
- Pan handler
- Pot holder?
- One who's at home on the range?
- Short-order pro
- Prepare, as paella
- Food preparer
- Apply heat to
- Omelet maker
- Make a mess?
- A soldier working in a mess?
- One who feels at home on the range?
- Cafeteria worker
- South Seas explorer
- Dutch metal
- Boil, broil or bake
- Rustle up
- Rustle up
- Broil or roast
- Kenai peninsula inlet
- Chef
- Make dinner
- Diner employee
- Prepare food
- Galley worker
- Kitchen worker
- Diner staffer
- Meal maker
- Falsify, as books
- Chef, or cape in British Columbia
- Chicago's county
- Pan handler?
- ___ Islands
- Emulate a chef
- Mess maker
- Boil, broil, or bake
- "Order up!" shouter
- 1778 visitor to Hawaii
- Compete on "Chopped"
- "Hotel" actor Nathan
- South Pacific explorer
- ___ the books (do "creative accounting")
- Prepare a hot meal
- Do Child labor?
- White-hat wearer
- Prepare dinner
- See 40-Across
- Concoct, with "up"
- Make a meal
- Explorer for George III
- Man the grill
- Compete on "Iron Chef America"
- Bake
- Prepare food on a stove
- Use an oven
- Make dinner, for example
- Make a hot meal
- David of American Idol
- Falsify - chef
- What catering will do for band
- Captain of HMS Endeavour
- Chef's firm "Yes"
- Did he sail in a galley?
- I'm astonished by Köchel's fiddle
- Commander has to approve captain
- Captain's favourable report on the colonel
- I'm surprised Kay's on fiddle
- Explorer as pioneer in tourist industry
- Make lasagne, for example
- 4 down to get firm endorsement for a foreign secretary
- Heat? It's freezing over - absolute zero!
- (Grid row 14) one who went over the edge in 16, a captain of discovery
- Short-order guy
- Company fine for chef
- Person in a white hat
- Apple head Tim
- First to circumnavigate New Zealand
- Diner worker
- Broil or bake
- 2 separating New Zealand's North and South Islands
- Cafeteria staffer
- Chuck wagon figure
- Short-order worker
- Pan handler?
- Make a mess?
- Captain who circumnavigated the globe
- Treat books badly
- Diner figure
- Work in a galley, perhaps
- Whip up some doro wat, say
- Make filet mignon, say
- Did he sail in a galley?
- Prepare some jajangmyeon, say
- Whip up some lo mein, say
- Roast or stir-fry
- Do some 6-Down-ing, e.g.
- Make some gimbap, for example
- Downton Abbey's Mrs. Patmore, for one
- Whip up a meal
- Prepare a meal
- Prepare some cazuela nogada, say
- Whip up some boliche, say
- Bake or grill
- Falsify, in a way
- Use an air fryer
- Make someone breakfast
- Person who has skill with a skillet
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - August 29, 2026
- LA Times - May 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 10, 2025
- New York Times - March 18, 2025
- USA Today - December 13, 2024
- New York Times - November 09, 2024
- USA Today - November 09, 2024
- LA Times - September 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 28, 2024
- LA Times - July 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2024
- USA Today - May 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 17, 2024
- LA Times - December 07, 2023
- USA Today - November 30, 2023
- USA Today - November 02, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 05, 2023
- USA Today - August 30, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 19, 2023
- USA Today - February 19, 2023
- LA Times - December 11, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - November 10, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 28, 2022
- LA Times - August 01, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - January 30, 2018
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