Clues for the word "CRANK"
We've had 69 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 81 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Sunday crossword on July 19, 2026.
Definition of crank
- n. - A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.
- n. - Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
- n. - A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- n. - A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
- n. - A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
- n. - A sick person; an invalid.
- n. - Sick; infirm.
- n. - Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
- n. - Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- n. - To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Referring Clues
- Monomaniac, informally
- Model T starter
- Phony phone caller
- Gatling gun feature
- Increase, with "up"
- Nut-case
- How to start up a Model T
- Kind of call
- Model T feature
- Sourpuss
- Old car engine starter
- Bad-tempered person
- Grouch
- Car starter of yore
- Gadget for an old car
- Gadget for a very old car
- Phony, as a phone call
- Antique starter
- Turn over, as an engine
- Antique-car starter
- Grouchy one
- Curmudgeon
- Curmudgeon
- Curmudgeon
- Curmudgeon
- Curmudgeon
- Flivver starter
- Flivver starter
- Starter on a really old car
- Old car part
- Old car starter
- Old grouch
- Ill-tempered one
- Part of many a generator
- Part of a really old telephone
- Crotchety type
- Sorehead
- Wind up
- Gouchy person
- Ill-tempered type
- Type of call
- Original Model T need
- Jack-in-the-box feature
- Antique car starter
- Phony phone call
- Eccentric person
- Billy Idol's "Call" on "Rebel Yell"
- Person of eccentric habits
- Eccentric cheerleader at head of column
- Eccentric - starting handle
- Turn a handle - weirdo
- Starting handle - eccentric
- Eccentric
- Jack-in-the-box part
- Wind (up) - oddball
- Caught offensive character
- Eccentric about social position
- Eccentric caught with line
- Eccentric fellow
- Oddball taking Charlie to the station
- Jack-in-the-box handle
- Street organ feature
- He's crotchety and has a bad cold in the head
- Use for a bent axle
- Annoying, as a call
- Charlie, downright eccentric!
- Turn (up), as volume
- Jack-in-the-box appendage
- Vintage auto starter
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 19, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - July 04, 2026
- Daily Quick - August 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 06, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 29, 2023
- LA Times - January 24, 2023
- LA Times - August 11, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - July 03, 2022
- Guardian Quick - February 05, 2018
- Netword - November 12, 2017
- Daily Quick - August 29, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - October 21, 2016
- Netword - September 02, 2016
- Universal - August 16, 2016
- LA Times - June 10, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 03, 2015
- Netword - September 30, 2015
- Netword - August 14, 2015
- New York Times - July 05, 2015
- Guardian Quick - September 01, 2014
- LA Times - August 31, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - July 03, 2014
- USA Today - April 04, 2014
- Washington Post - February 16, 2014
- Netword - December 01, 2013
- And in 51 more crossword puzzles...