Clues for the word "DEEP"
We've had 231 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 775 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 20, 2026.
Definition of deep
- superl. - Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.
- superl. - Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.
- superl. - Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
- superl. - Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.
- superl. - Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
- superl. - Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror.
- superl. - Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
- superl. - Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
- superl. - Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.
- adv. - To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
- n. - That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
- n. - That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.
Referring Clues
- Like still waters, maybe
- Profound
- Yawning
- Esoteric
- Hard to comprehend
- Hard to fathom
- Like one end of many pools
- Ocean
- Kind of breath
- Like a billionaire's pockets
- Like the diver's end of the pool
- Difficult to fathom
- Not shallow
- Like Crater Lake
- Very distant, as space
- Like one side of a pool
- Full of meaning
- Like a bass voice
- Insightful
- Bottomless
- Bass
- Like some football passes
- Philosophical
- Requiring much thought
- Shallow's opposite
- Skin-___ (superficial)
- Seemingly bottomless
- Heavy
- Tough to fathom
- Word with freeze or fry
- Thought-provoking
- Hardly trivial
- Low-pitched
- Like a basso's voice
- Word before freeze or fry
- Abstruse
- Like the Mariana Trench
- Profoundly philosophical
- "___ Purple"
- Like one end of a pool
- Peter Benchley novel, with "The"
- Low in pitch
- Low-bottomed
- Intellectually penetrating
- Like the diving-board end
- Thoughtful
- Like a bomb
- Metaphysical, maybe
- Benchley novel "The ___"
- Far beneath the surface
- Hardly superficial
- Abysmal
- ___-sea
- Worth thinking about
- Like the 10-foot end of the pool
- Not at all superficial
- Fraught with meaning
- Rife with meaning
- Far-reaching
- Multilayered
- ___ blue sea
- "Star Trek: ___ Space Nine"
- Benchley best-seller (with "The")
- Intensely philosophical
- Like a basso profundo
- Far from shallow
- Filled with import
- Word with six or sea
- Like some thoughts
- Heartfelt
- Like some discounts
- Unfathomable
- Booming
- Tough to grasp
- Not superficial
- Furrow-producing
- Low-pitched, as a voice
- Sea, with "the"
- Benchley best-seller (with "The")
- ___-sea
- Benchley novel "The ___"
- Like some pockets
- ___ blue sea
- Difficult to understand
- ___ pockets (what plaintiffs' lawyers look for)
- Intense
- How a quarterback may throw a ball
- Extensive
- Type of freezer or fryer
- Recondite
- Opposite of shallow
- From far down
- Sincere
- Adele's "Rolling in the ___"
- Like an abyss
- Like the sea
- Like ocean trenches
- See 113-Down
- Great Harbour ______ (Newfoundland Ghost town)
- Profoundly
- Type of fly ball
- Hard to grasp
- Many-layered
- Profound 45. Run-down
- Like the ocean
- Like, super intense to think about
- Far down
- ___ Throat (informant of 1972)
- Extending way down
- Sea or seated preceder
- Meaningful
- Serious
- Way down
- Cavernous
- Mysterious
- Heart-felt
- Over one's head
- Word with "fry" or "freeze"
- Almost to the outfield wall
- ___ South
- How still waters run
- Like one end of the pool
- Way to go on the gridiron?
- Six preceder
- As ___ as a well
- Bottomless, seemingly
- Off the ___ end
- Worthy of pondering
- Low
- Like abysses
- Far from superficial
- ___-dish pizza
- How a daring quarterback may throw
- Very profound
- See 59-Across
- Low in tone
- Like the diving-board end of the pool
- Baritone
- Basslike
- Type of thinker or sleeper
- Like the ten-foot part of the swimming pool
- Very far down
- Like the far end of the pool
- Like a stoner's thoughts
- Profound philosopher's first seen by river
- Common adj. to describe the ocean
- Like a bass
- "Ten" song by Pearl Jam
- "Can't touch the bottom" Pearl Jam song
- "Ten" song by Pearl Jam for diving?
- Profound - engrossed
- Like the water at the pierhead?
- Low went up
- Like one end of a big bath
- Ocean's water departed on a rising tide?
- Hard to understand exercises a journalist rejected
- Like the Marianas Trench
- Sea bass
- ... low in pitch and away from wicket
- Pitched low
- Difficult to comprehend
- Word with "fat" or "fry"
- "Whoa, that's ___"
- See 117 Across
- Learned judge gave millions to gain power, ultimately
- Cunning, in the main
- Sunk low in river, first of piles
- See 3
- Bass in range
- ___-sea diver
- Produced a tinkle, inverted and low
- Chasmic
- Extending far down
- Opposite of "superficial"
- Like a well
- Penetrating
- Like bass sounds
- Germany's European record is extreme
- Strong desire, at first, to urinate facing the other way
- U-turn from shallow
- Like discussions of metaphysics
- Like a basso profundo voice
- Far downfield
- Strongly felt
- Word before fryer or freezer
- Not easily understood
- Like the part of a pool with a diving board
- Too low to be easily grasped?
- ___-dish pie
- Fathomless
- Oceanic
- Like a fat cat's pockets
- "Take a ___ breath!"
- Hard to understand
- Very thought-provoking
- Needing pondering
- Like a low voice
- Word with sleep or freeze
- Word before "space" or "sleep"
- Close to the boundary of one's comprehension?
- Skin- or knee- follower
- Word before "sea" or "secret"
- Like the part of a swimming pool with the diving board
- ___ Blue (chess-playing computer)
- Extremely insightful
- Lead-in for "sea" or "space"
- Profoundly insightful
- *With some of 54-Down and all of 66-Down, well-established
- Like the end of the pool with the diving board
- Like the water at the pierhead?
- Like the diving end of a pool
- Like one end of your neighbor's pool
- Word before "dive" or "dish"
- Like an investigative dive
- ___ dive
- Like a fly ball to the warning track
- Like mindfulness breathing
- Challenger ___ (lowest known point in the earth's oceans)
- Like one end of some pools
- "Whoa, trippy!"
- Word before "fry" or "dish"
- "How ___ Is Your Love"
- "It's not that ___"
- "Beauty is only skin-___"
- "Rolling in the ___" (Adele song)
- Like James Earl Jones' voice
- Shallow? Oh, no, not at all.
- Like the sound of a double bass
- "Whoa, that's so profound"
- Like certain thoughts and pockets
- "Whoa ... that's too much for my brain to handle!"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 20, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - July 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 15, 2026
- New York Times - July 12, 2026
- Your Life Choices - June 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 30, 2026
- Daily American - May 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 19, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 03, 2026
- Daily American - May 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 31, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 28, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 21, 2026
- Daily American - February 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 05, 2026
- New York Times - January 30, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2026
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