Clues for the word "DECAY"
We've had 63 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 182 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 15, 2026.
Definition of decay
- v. i. - To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
- v. t. - To cause to decay; to impair.
- v. t. - To destroy.
- n. - Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
- n. - Destruction; death.
- n. - Cause of decay.
Referring Clues
- Rot
- Tooth trouble
- Tooth problem
- What spots on 1-Down show
- Dental damage
- Go bad, as teeth
- Crumble away
- Waste away
- Cavity cause
- Go to pot
- See 18-Across
- Break down
- Dental concern
- Get on with one's half-life?
- Decompose
- Fall into ruins
- Deteriorate
- Wear down
- Dentist's concern, and a hint to what the longest answers have in common
- Canine's woe?
- Reason to drill
- Dentist's detection
- Dentist's discovery
- Emulate a compost pile
- Progressive decline
- Cause of radioactivity
- Go downhill
- Become rotten
- Putrefy
- Dental problem
- Go to pot ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues
- Erode
- Urban ___
- Dental woe
- Sevendust song that rots?
- Go bad
- Go off
- A month and a year without attention is a bad thing
- Bad time going round the East Central area
- Falling into it is bad
- Notes a day out to be a bad thing!
- Radioactive ___ (atomic process)
- Heard Donna Karan tops don't last
- Become compost
- Radium activity
- Exhibit radioactivity
- Bad day out!
- Canine's woe?
- Disintegrate
- Radioactive process
- Be a rotter?
- Turn to compost
- Radioactivity, essentially
- Radioactivity action
- Canine problem?
- Degenerate
- Deteriorate for some days at the end of the month
- Exponential ___ (function in physics)
- Turn into compost
- Radioisotope activity
- Bad time touring the East Central district
- Get on with one's half-life?
- Bad month to start a year!
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 27, 2026
- Daily Quick - June 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 28, 2026
- LA Times - April 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 18, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 25, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 11, 2024
- LA Times - September 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 16, 2024
- And in 152 more crossword puzzles...