Clues for the word "DAMPER"
We've had 29 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 25 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 23, 2026.
Definition of damper
- n. - That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
Referring Clues
- Butterfly valve, e.g.
- Certain piano pedal
- Plate in a furnace that regulates the draft
- Furnace control
- Furnace part
- Deadening device
- Less dry
- Deadening influence
- Put a ___ on (deaden)
- Piano string vibration control
- Flue plate
- Bushman's bread
- Chimney fixture
- Shock-absorber containing more moisture
- Depressive influence
- Control of stove - wet blanket
- Control for fire - party-pooper
- Pad inside a piano to silence a note after it has been played
- Read about Blair backing restraint
- Moister type of Australian bread
- Agent crazy about 15
- Piano's sustaining pedal
- Fireplace switch
- More moist
- Mum, the agent has turned up the draught regulator
- Wet blanket
- Piano's soft pedal, for one
- Draft regulator
- Is mother by way of being a wet blanket?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 23, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - April 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 03, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 07, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 19, 2017
- Guardian Quick - March 19, 2013
- LA Times - May 04, 2012
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 21, 2012
- Guardian Quick - September 07, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - September 06, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 12, 2011
- Guardian Quick - September 03, 2010
- Canadiana - July 13, 2009
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 20, 2008
- New York Sun - September 08, 2008
- LA Times - April 10, 2008
- Universal - April 09, 2008
- Guardian Cryptic - November 14, 2006
- Guardian Quick - June 15, 2005
- Guardian Cryptic - October 05, 2004
- Family Time - June 26, 2004
- New York Times - July 28, 2003
- New York Times - August 02, 1997