Clues for the word "CRITIC"
We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 90 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on December 31, 2025.
Definition of critic
- n. - One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer.
- n. - One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.
- n. - The art of criticism.
- n. - An act of criticism; a critique.
- a. - Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical.
- v. i. - To criticise; to play the critic.
Referring Clues
- Rex Reed, e.g.
- Siskel or Ebert
- One making picks and pans
- Judge
- Backseat driver, e.g.
- Role played by everyone, it's said
- Knocker
- Reviewer
- Gene Shalit, for one
- One who uses pans and not pots?
- Opening night invitee
- Gael Greene or Rex Reed
- Star giver
- "Everyone's a ___"
- Movie reviewer
- Restaurant rater
- Opening night attendee
- Certain opening night attendee
- Book or movie reviewer
- Opening-night regular
- Pan producer
- Arts writer
- Roger Ebert, e.g.
- Film reviewer
- Rotten Tomatoes contributor
- Detractor
- Jon Lovitz animated series, with "The"
- Slanted scribe
- Faultfinder
- "Everyone's a ___!"
- Pan producer, perhaps
- One making pans
- Newspaper reviewer
- Iconoclast
- Siskel, e.g.
- Reviewer of movies
- Judge of artistic works
- The reviewer gives it credit, I see
- Reviewer of others' work
- If his slating is awful, the house won't be so good!
- Professional judge
- Judge of performance, mostly a pain in the neck about it
- Penner of pans
- Reviewer whose leader takes two steps back in type of acid
- French appeal as from the heart for nervous affliction in play
- It's critical mostly for a judge
- One who appreciates the work of others
- Commentator, pundit
- Arts section regular
- Blogger, at times
- Naysayer
- Restaurant reviewer, for one
- One whose writing is aggregated on Rotten Tomatoes
- Rave party?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 25, 2025
- New York Times - November 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - July 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 29, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 01, 2023
- New York Times - March 13, 2023
- LA Times - March 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 20, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 10, 2023
- USA Today - January 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 22, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 15, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - August 16, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - January 11, 2018
- Evening Standard Quick - October 31, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - August 21, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - July 21, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 14, 2017
- Family Time - June 05, 2017
- Family Time - June 04, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2017
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