Clues for the word "DEFT"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 328 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on March 05, 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
- 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
- Daily American - July 28, 2025
- Daily American - July 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 18, 2025
- New York Times - February 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 17, 2025
- LA Times - December 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 25, 2024
- And in 298 more crossword puzzles...