Clues for the word "DARK"
We've had 118 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 221 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on July 22, 2026.
Definition of dark
- a. - Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
- a. - Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
- a. - Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
- a. - Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
- a. - Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
- a. - Deprived of sight; blind.
- n. - Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
- n. - The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
- n. - A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
- v. t. - To darken to obscure.
Referring Clues
- Swarthy
- Thanksgiving meat request
- Unlit
- Not white, as meat
- After dusk
- Like some turkey meat
- Not currently in use, as a theater
- Foreboding
- With 54-Across, black magic
- With 4-Down, black magic
- Leap in the ___ (chancy act)
- Chocolate choice
- What nyctophobes fear
- Obscure
- Poorly lit
- Chocolate variety
- Nyctophobia fear
- Unlit, perhaps
- Partner of tall and handsome
- Like the night
- Noirish
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Murky
- Brooding
- Chocolate type
- What a nyctophobe fears
- Like a closed theater
- Nightfall
- Sunset
- Not illuminated
- Kid's curfew, maybe
- Turkey meat choice
- What some are afraid of
- The "good" chocolate
- Well-done, as toast
- Not open, like a Broadway theater
- Nyctophobe's fear
- "Not too much milk"
- Turkey option
- *Like some secrets and chocolates (1)
- Alternative to white, as turkey meat
- ______ Horse; or a kind of rum
- Partner of "tall" and "handsome"
- With 28-Across, a Hogwarts class
- Lacking light
- Like the dead of night
- Giving no performances
- Nighttime
- ______ Intruder, 1965 Nielsen movie
- With 24-Across, witchcraft, e.g.
- Like a moonless night
- Having no light
- Word with horse or meat
- Forbidding
- Pitch-black
- ___ horse: long shot
- Closed, as a racetrack
- ___ horse (surprise candidate)
- Pessimistic
- Macabre
- Almost black
- Turkey meat option
- Chicken or chocolate choice
- Chocolate option
- Not light
- Like some chocolate
- Shadowy
- Opposite of light
- Without light
- Start docking vessel after nightfall?
- Admiral's second vessel is obscure
- "The ___ Side of the Moon"
- "Don't Be Afraid of the ___" Robert Cray
- Sinister - evening
- Sinister affair that's hypothetical
- Dimly lit
- Nearer black than white
- Gloomy coastguard's last on rescue vessel
- Obscure - sinister
- Deprived of light
- State of ignorance rare in Dakota
- Black, perhaps - night
- Misnamed historical period? "Unfair!" (Times)
- Top deck on old ship lacking lights
- See 1-Across
- Black day for Noah's boat
- Daughter approaching ship in little or no light
- It's not fair - Richard Arkwright took this to heart
- Turkey meat preference
- Like the night, usually
- Unlighted
- Like some ales and chocolates
- Having little or no light
- Not in operation, in theater lingo
- Sinister
- Start docking vessel after nightfall?
- Word before web or chocolate
- Gloomy or dismal
- Disquietingly bleak
- Gloomy, dismal
- ___ web
- Not bright
- Not in operation, as a Broadway theater
- "Coming Out of the ___" (Gloria Estefan hit)
- Like grim humor
- Like yin but not yang
- What nyctophobia is the fear of
- Evil
- Like some humor or meat
- ___ chocolate
- Like some humor and chocolate
- Dim
- Like morbid humor
- Word before "chocolate" or "Ages"
- Like midnight in most places
- Like some humor
- With 68-Across, long-shot candidates ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - July 22, 2026
- Mirror Mini - May 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 09, 2026
- New York Times - March 05, 2026
- Mirror Mini - December 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 14, 2025
- Daily American - October 08, 2025
- LA Times - August 11, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 31, 2025
- Mirror Mini - May 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 09, 2025
- Daily American - March 25, 2025
- LA Times - July 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 16, 2024
- Family Time - January 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 10, 2023
- Family Time - November 27, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 02, 2023
- Daily American - October 08, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - August 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 30, 2023
- New York Times - July 04, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - May 31, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - May 16, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 28, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - April 14, 2023
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