Clues for the word "DEFT"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 340 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on July 24, 2026.
Definition of deft
- a. - Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.
Referring Clues
- Nimble
- Clever
- Skillful
- Skilled
- Dexterous
- Magicianlike
- Adroit
- Adept
- Like a pickpocket's fingers
- Nimble-fingered
- Artful
- Quick
- Handy
- Skillful in movement
- Slick
- Like a handyman
- Highly skilled
- Nimble-fingered, e.g.
- Manually skilled
- Quick and skillful
- Like jugglers
- Like a jack-of-all-trades
- Agile
- Skillfully executed
- Far from clumsy
- Adroit
- Good at coin magic, say
- Good with one's hands
- Hardly all thumbs
- Like a magician's hands
- Quick and skillful in movement
- Light-fingered
- It's handy when your foot's half dead!
- Dextrous
- Expert providing successive notes on time
- Cleverly skillful
- Masterly
- Skilful and quick
- It's best to get rid of each expert
- Skilful
- Adroit, skilful
- Skilled/unskilled?
- Displaying dexterity
- Cleverly artful
- Skillfull
- Fed back to the beginning in dextrous style
- Handy having editor back on newspaper
- Sure-of-hand
- Expert
- Handled well
- Like a virtuoso
- Displaying remarkable skill
- Artfully nimble
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - July 24, 2026
- New York Times - July 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 04, 2026
- LA Times - May 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 24, 2026
- Daily American - April 21, 2026
- Your Life Choices - April 01, 2026
- New York Times - March 29, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 05, 2026
- LA Times - March 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 02, 2026
- LA Times - December 09, 2025
- Daily American - December 05, 2025
- New York Times - November 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 11, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 11, 2025
- New York Times - October 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 04, 2025
- And in 310 more crossword puzzles...