Clues for the word "CRACK"
We've had 48 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 67 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on February 12, 2026.
Definition of crack
- v. t. - To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
- v. t. - To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
- v. t. - To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
- v. t. - To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
- v. t. - To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.
- v. i. - To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
- v. i. - To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
- v. i. - To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
- v. i. - To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.
- n. - A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.
- n. - Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
- n. - A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.
- n. - The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- n. - Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
- n. - A crazy or crack-brained person.
- n. - A boast; boasting.
- n. - Breach of chastity.
- n. - A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
- n. - A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
- n. - Free conversation; friendly chat.
- a. - Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
Referring Clues
- Highly skilled
- "Step on a ___ ..."
- First-rate
- Figure out
- Reason to replace a windshield
- Smart remark
- Clever remark
- Succumb to torture
- Liberty Bell flaw
- Liberty Bell feature
- Succumb to stress
- Succumb to pressure
- Fissure
- Glassware flaw
- Expert
- Whip sound
- At the of dawn
- Solve, as a code
- Animal ___-Ups"
- Witticism
- Split
- Break in a concrete sidewalk
- Cocaine
- Excellent quip
- "___ Is Wack" (anti-drug slogan)
- Sidewalk issue
- Drug - solve
- Rock fissure
- Gag expert
- Split partially
- Opening joke
- Decipher joke
- Excellent joke
- First-class joke
- Work out with expert
- Try a joke
- Work out joke
- Joke about cocaine?
- Give in to pressure
- A bang – it's a shot
- Even an expert can go to pieces
- Open, as an egg
- Decipher
- Pavement problem
- Crevice
- Expert makes a witty remark
- Solve, as a problem
- Give in under pressure
Last Seen In
- Daily American - February 12, 2026
- Daily American - June 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 18, 2025
- New York Times - February 01, 2025
- LA Times - September 05, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 06, 2024
- Daily American - February 12, 2024
- Daily American - June 21, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - May 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 18, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 18, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - June 20, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - December 13, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - October 03, 2017
- Daily American - June 21, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - May 27, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - February 21, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - December 28, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - November 27, 2016
- Jonesin - July 19, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 14, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - October 16, 2015
- LA Times - April 16, 2015
- New York Times - April 04, 2015
- New York Times - February 16, 2015
- USA Today - June 16, 2014
- I Swear Crossword - December 27, 2013
- And in 37 more crossword puzzles...