Clues for the word "CRANE"
We've had 185 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 458 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on August 24, 2026.
Definition of crane
- n. - A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.
- n. - A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
- n. - A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
- n. - An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.
- n. - A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- n. - A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.
- v. t. - To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.
- v. t. - To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
- v. i. - to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.
Referring Clues
- Stretch
- Construction site sight
- Weight lifter
- ___ fly (insect sometimes called "daddy longlegs")
- Davit
- Origami bird
- One doing heavy lifting
- Lifter-upper
- Whooping ___
- Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster Ichabod ___
- See 33-Down
- Twist in order to see better
- Staple figure in origami
- Word defined by 20-, 36- and 51-Across
- Origami figure
- Stretch one's neck
- Rubberneck
- Stretch, as one's neck
- Construction site hoist
- Heavy lifter
- Great blue heron, for one
- Construction site hoister
- Bird with long legs
- Stretch, in a way
- Grammer part
- Skinny-legged wader
- Construction apparatus
- Hoisting apparatus
- Boom holder
- Shatner, on "Boston Legal"
- Construction-site machine
- Construction machine
- Everglades bird
- Egret relative
- Cherry-picker relative
- Construction-site sight
- Construction-site hoist
- I-beam lifter
- Construction-site lifter
- Long-necked wading bird
- "Frasier" surname
- Bird found in marshes
- Cherry picker, e.g.
- It has a long neck
- Stretch, as the neck
- Construction site sight, perhaps
- Author of "The Red Badge of Courage"
- Wrecking-ball swinger
- Stick your neck out
- Large wading bird
- Lifting device
- Origami staple
- Long-necked bird
- Rail relative
- Long-legged wader
- Construction vehicle
- Whooping bird
- Popular origami sculpture
- Washington Irving character
- Loading device
- Leggy creature
- Shatner, on "Boston Legal"
- Whooper?
- "Whooping" marsh bird
- "Whooping" bird
- Derrick
- Derrick
- Film set contraption
- Frasier's surname
- Hoisting machine
- Stretch out one's neck
- Origami creation
- Wading bird
- Construction site machine
- 'The Red Badge of Courage' author
- Frasier's last name
- Lifter of heavy loads
- Part of a boomtown's skyline
- It may raise the roof
- Movie set vehicle
- Leggy wader
- It goes out with a boom
- It may take a wrecking ball
- It may give you a lift
- Hoisting device
- Construction machine, or a migratory bird
- Construction rig
- Machine at a construction site
- Long-legged flier
- Heron's cousin
- Stretch (one's neck)
- Long-legged bird
- Marsh denizen
- TV doc on the radio
- Bird with an elaborate courtship dance
- Heavy lifter at a construction site
- Big picker-upper?
- Stick out your neck
- Hoist
- Long-legged wading bird
- Swamp whooper
- One raising the bar?
- Derrick relative
- What a folder might end up with
- Construction-site lifting machine
- "The Seaview" captain
- Bow the neck for a better view
- Long-necked wader
- Twist, as one's neck
- Heron look-alike
- Stretch for a better look
- Construction weightlifter
- Heavy-duty lifter
- Skyline constructor
- Wrecking ball swinger
- Long-necked waterfowl
- Surname on "Frasier"
- Construction site lifter
- Endangered bird
- Grammer on "Frasier"
- Large bird
- Stretch the neck
- A bird that's used for lifting?
- Stick taken across river for bird
- Bird caught near nuts
- Stretch your neck to see a bird
- Machine for lifting
- Ratt bassist Robbie
- Stretch your neck for a better view
- Means to lift fallen arches, a bit revolutionary
- Bird - lifting device
- Lifting machine
- Raise a kind of fly
- Bird runs in long grass
- Wading bird - lifting apparatus
- Derrick ran into church
- "Stretch" or "bird"
- Beam lifter
- Wetlands bird
- Animal in the Japan Airlines logo
- Stretch (neck)
- Derrick hurried into church
- Managed to enter church with American writer
- One lifting something up
- Rod broken by river bird
- You may get a lift from this van in Rome - stick around!
- Adler's Appetite bassist Robbie
- Whooping creature
- Ichabod of Sleepy Hollow
- Provider of a big lift
- Hart or Stephen
- Mechanical bird?
- Joist hoist
- Bird that's right? Stick around!
- Frequenter of Cafe Nervosa, on TV
- Girder handler
- Marsh bird
- Tall construction machine
- Girder raiser
- Camera operator's device
- A bird that's used for lifting?
- Popular bird in origami
- Bird dashed into church
- Tall construction-site machine
- Girder lifter
- Construction site's lifting machine
- Tall wading bird
- Origami shape called "orizuru"
- Bird at a construction site?
- Water bird
- Provider of a lift
- Common origami bird
- Brom Bones' rival
- Machine for lifting heavy objects
- World's tallest flying bird
- Bird that flies with its neck outstretched
- Towering sight at a site for a tower
- Tall construction site sight
- Bird
- Building site sight
- Aid in skyscraper construction
- Machine named after a bird
- Basic bird made in origami
- Paper bird
- Classic origami design
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - August 24, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - August 14, 2026
- Daily American - July 19, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 22, 2026
- Mirror Mini - May 19, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 18, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 28, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 01, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 22, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 19, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 06, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 27, 2026
- New York Times - January 11, 2026
- LA Times - December 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 31, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 10, 2025
- LA Times - October 10, 2025
- Daily American - October 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 01, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 25, 2025
- LA Times - September 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 06, 2025
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