Clues for the word "DETAIL"
We've had 80 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 119 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on November 21, 2025.
Definition of detail
- n. - A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
- n. - A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- n. - The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
- n. - To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
- n. - To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Referring Clues
- Particular
- Fine point
- Micromanager's concern
- Bit of custom work
- Army chore
- Tick off
- Special military assignment
- Part of a larger picture
- Large-scale engineering drawing
- Paint pinstripes on, perhaps
- Closeup from a piece of art
- Bit of minutiae
- It may be minor
- Nicety
- Enumerate
- Expound upon
- Bullet-point item
- Close-ups show it
- Military assignment
- Element of a whole
- Recount
- Soldier's duty
- Itemize
- Item
- Specification
- Loose end
- Make a portrait of
- Minor aspect
- Minor item
- Bit of information
- Footnote material
- Enlargement advantage
- What a close-up may reveal
- Specific aspect
- ___-oriented
- Thing important to a micromanager
- Small fact
- Particular point in record contract
- Sondre Lerche "Minor ___"
- Relate minutely
- Robert Palmer "Life in ___"
- Small part of the whole
- List the best finally entering parliament
- Remove the end piece, in particular
- Group of soldiers worthy of attention?
- Remove the end bits when they select you for that job?
- Item: what to do about blind mice?
- Remove rump of Respect?
- See 14
- Group of soldiers in particular
- Item: "Three volunteers - you, you and you!"
- Small part of military detachment
- Lead it (anag)
- Item: the devil's in it
- Point duty
- Particular soldiers
- Particular stump
- Particular dock?
- Item found in dock?
- Set out to find wherein the devil may be hiding
- Told stories, on the way back, about volunteers, soldiers given a special task
- Particular arrest
- A small point that gives some detective 'trouble'
- Remove the end section in particular
- Police group with an assignment
- Clean a car thoroughly
- Thoroughly clean, as a car
- Something a broad outline lacks
- Plan's specification
- It's a mere triviality, but remove the shadow
- Feature
- Attention to ___
- Group of soldiers worthy of attention?
- Easter egg in a Taylor Swift video, e.g.
- Remove the end bits when they select you for that job?
- Security ___
- Minute point
- Finer point
- Something an overview lacks
- Deep-clean, like a car's interior
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 16, 2025
- Daily American - June 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 06, 2024
- USA Today - September 06, 2024
- Daily American - August 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 07, 2024
- USA Today - May 30, 2024
- USA Today - April 23, 2024
- Daily American - March 06, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 04, 2024
- Daily American - February 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 15, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 15, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 12, 2023
- Daily American - June 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - March 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 25, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 28, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - October 15, 2022
- Mirror Daily - September 08, 2022
- Daily American - August 21, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 28, 2022
- Mirror Daily - July 06, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2022
- And in 89 more crossword puzzles...