Clues for the word "CRESCENDO"
We've had 33 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 33 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on September 23, 2025.
Definition of crescendo
- a. & adv. - With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.
- n. - A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
- n. - A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
Referring Clues
- Musical passage that gets gradually louder
- Increase in loudness
- Music marking
- Soprano's increase
- Musical surge
- Sound surge
- From Italian for "growing"
- Musical buildup
- Gradually increasing in volume
- Climax from short clip describing key motive
- Gradual increase in loudness
- Endless urban street party growing in volume
- I believe about 80% of confrontation is getting louder
- Increase of volume in music
- Increase of volume
- Peak of intensity
- Row cut short in belief of increasing noise level
- Belief about view endlessly increasing
- (Of music) gradually increasing in loudness
- Staff request for increased output
- Cut short street party building to a climax
- End soccer (anag)
- Gradual increase in volume
- Building up of sound
- About last, in complex score, is the climax
- Soccer game about to finish as Italian added to score?
- Album includes screen shot - love the build-up!
- Climactic point
- End soccer career on a high
- "Louder, please"
- Orchestral climax
- It gets noisier all the time
- Gradually increase in volume
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 23, 2025
- New York Times - April 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 14, 2023
- LA Times - July 04, 2023
- Guardian Cryptic - November 30, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - June 09, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - May 30, 2017
- Universal - July 27, 2015
- Netword - July 05, 2015
- Guardian Prize - June 06, 2015
- Guardian Quick - May 19, 2015
- Guardian Quick - March 18, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 10, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - December 18, 2012
- Guardian Quick - September 28, 2012
- USA Today - June 28, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - October 25, 2011
- Guardian Speedy - December 05, 2010
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 20, 2010
- Guardian Speedy - September 19, 2010
- Guardian Quick - November 01, 2009
- Guardian Prize - August 15, 2009
- Guardian Speedy - July 05, 2009
- USA Today - April 01, 2008
- Netword - August 12, 2007
- Guardian Cryptic - April 10, 2007
- Guardian Quick - March 09, 2007
- Guardian Quick - November 29, 2006
- LA Times - May 07, 2006
- New York Sun - July 26, 2005
- And in 3 more crossword puzzles...