Clues for the word "DARKEN"
We've had 35 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 51 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 25, 2026.
Definition of darken
- a. - To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
- a. - To render dim; to deprive of vision.
- a. - To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
- a. - To cast a gloom upon.
- a. - To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
- v. i. - To grow or darker.
Referring Clues
- Shade
- Obscure
- Add more shading to
- ___ one's door (come to visit)
- Dim
- Fill in
- Becloud
- Become overcast
- Not lighten
- Dim the lights
- Lower the lights
- Turn down the lights
- Go from dusk to night
- Shade in
- Grow dim
- Cloud over
- ___ one's door (stop by)
- Turn to twilight
- Douse the lights
- Become very overcast
- Study drinking vessel in shade
- Blacken
- Put in the shade, perhaps
- Make dimmer
- Do some shading
- “Never ___ my door again!”
- Get dimmer
- Get cloudier, perhaps
- Put in the shade?
- What skies do before a storm
- Remove light from
- Cast a shadow on the doorstep?
- Dye hair from brown to black, perhaps
- Make dim
- Grow dimmer
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 21, 2026
- LA Times - April 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 10, 2025
- USA Today - November 08, 2024
- Mirror Mini - August 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 27, 2024
- Mirror Mini - August 05, 2023
- Mirror Mini - August 05, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 21, 2017
- LA Times - July 30, 2017
- USA Today - June 14, 2017
- New York Times - August 14, 2016
- Universal - September 09, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 09, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 28, 2015
- Washington Post - February 14, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 02, 2014
- Washington Post - March 21, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 13, 2013
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - August 11, 2013
- New York Times - November 05, 2012
- Washington Post - May 01, 2012
- Family Time - September 04, 2011
- Netword - April 11, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 20, 2009
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 23, 2009
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 13, 2009
- And in 21 more crossword puzzles...