Clues for the word "DELUGE"
We've had 28 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 70 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 26, 2025.
Definition of deluge
- n. - A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
- n. - Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
- v. t. - To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
- v. t. - To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.
Referring Clues
- Drought ender
- 40 days and 40 nights event
- Cataclysm
- Flood
- Downpour
- "Après moi, le ___" (Louis XV, anticipating the Revolution)
- Drenching rain
- Overwhelming amount
- Mighty storm
- Drenching downpour
- Torrential downpour
- Torrent
- Heavy downpour
- Torrential rain
- Inundation
- It was long ago, but not quite antediluvian
- Sail in river flood
- Flooding downpour
- Follower of Louis XV - or of French winter sport?
- Flood - downpour
- Tug used in river flood
- Avalanche day before Whistler's 7th Winter Olympics event
- Great flood
- Heavy rainfall plus
- Pull into the river, where there's a lot of water
- Drag into a river in flood
- Soak the leg due to be operated on
- Heavy rainfall
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 22, 2025
- New York Times - January 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 16, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 04, 2024
- Your Life Choices - April 04, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 10, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 19, 2024
- Daily American - December 31, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 07, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 08, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 11, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - October 02, 2022
- Your Life Choices - August 28, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - July 28, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - December 30, 2017
- Mirror Quick - November 24, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - November 10, 2017
- Daily Quick - October 07, 2017
- USA Today - September 22, 2017
- Guardian Quick - September 01, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 27, 2017
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