Clues for the word "DIG"
We've had 182 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 530 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on June 13, 2026.
Definition of dig
- v. t. - To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade.
- v. t. - To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
- v. t. - To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
- v. t. - To thrust; to poke.
- v. i. - To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.
- v. i. - To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- v. i. - To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- n. - A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.
- v. t. - A plodding and laborious student.
Referring Clues
- "Comprende?"
- Archeological site
- Like
- With 59A, Go to work on
- Groove on
- Like a heap
- Delve (into)
- Criticism
- Get to the bottom of things?
- Impolite remark
- Like a bunch
- Understand, slangily
- With 52-Across, what treasure hunters do
- Unkind remark
- Be into
- Archaeological enterprise
- "Capeesh?"
- "Catch my drift?"
- Go after 13-Down
- Get into
- Archaeological operation
- Beatnik's "Get it?"
- Understand, to Kerouac
- Like, like a hippie
- Fathom, to a flower child
- Like, hippie-style
- Excavate
- Do some research
- Grok
- Cool cat's "Comprehend?"
- Cutting remark
- "Get the picture?"
- Relic site
- Like, like
- Like a bunch, to a flower child
- Excavation
- Archaeological excavation site
- Like, '60s-style
- Use a spade
- Investigate
- Like, slangily
- Use a shovel
- Archaeologist's project
- Relic source
- Get it
- Like, really like
- Work in the garden
- Be turned on to
- Go for
- Archaeological site
- Understand, to hipsters
- "Capice?"
- Archaeological excavation
- Where to find a relic
- Use a mattock
- Sarcastic comment
- Shard site
- Barb
- Really enjoy, man
- Find groovy
- Indiana Jones' workplace
- Work in a mine
- Go at it with spades
- Bit of sarcasm
- Understand, in hippie lingo
- Archaeology site
- Really like
- Really enjoy
- "Capice?"
- Go underground?
- "Get it?"
- Critical remark
- Like a lot
- Unkind comment
- Shovel
- Delve
- Wield a shovel
- Understand
- Make a burrow
- "Savvy?"
- Handle a spade
- Do some excavating
- Search for buried treasure
- Form a hole
- Act like an archaeologist
- Really be into
- Jar toppers
- Insult, or enjoy
- "Get the picture?" in the '60s
- Poke holes in a plot, say
- Do deep research
- "Get it, man?"
- Get it, in a way
- Use a trowel
- More than scratch the surface
- Flower child's "Follow me?"
- Like like crazy
- Mocking criticism
- Archaeologist's site
- Make a hole
- Burrow
- Appreciate, slangily
- Jab or jibe
- Unearth
- Archaeologist's outing
- Find, with "up"
- Excavation site
- Cutting barb
- Do groundbreaking work?
- "Got it, man?"
- Like, in slang
- Thrust
- Go beyond superficiality
- Become holey?
- Work the soil
- Search deeply
- Archaeologist's activity
- Like, man
- Snide remark
- Remove sand
- Ply a shovel
- Make a hole with a shovel
- Had hit "Believe" in '93
- Incubus song about shoveling?
- Lenny Kravitz "Once you ___ in"
- "I know your daddy, he don't ___ me, but he never did understand"
- Excavate - enjoy
- "Grub up", you understand
- Appreciate archaeology?
- Understand what to do on the allotment
- Investigate archaeologists' activities?
- Make a hole in your cardigan
- Enjoy a snide sort of joke?
- Sly remark concerning archaeological activity
- Like tremendously
- Enjoy
- Mine
- Get underground?
- Archaeologist's milieu
- Artifact hunt
- Insult
- Shards may be collected on one
- Think of as groovy
- Archaeological project
- Use spade
- Enjoy what Alan Titchmarsh does?
- ___ in your heels (be stubborn)
- Search for dinosaur bones
- ___ your own grave (do something that hurts you)
- Like archaeological work
- Little put-down
- Leakey campsite
- Jab
- Look for a hidden bone, perhaps
- Appreciate, informally
- Place to unearth relics
- Project for an archaeologist
- Make a hole with a spade
- Search for treasure, perhaps
- Mocking remark
- Play in a sandbox
- Enjoy archaeological work
- Cutting comment
- Be a fan of
- Excavate with a shovel
- Defensive bump in volleyball
- Archaeologist's assignment
- Like a lot, old-school
- Appreciate archaeology?
- Investigate archaeologists' activities?
- Get it, in slang
- Create a moat for a sandcastle
- Use your shovel
- Work on a trench
- Enjoy a snide sort of joke?
- Work at an archaeological site
- Get
- Look for information
- Fossil hunters' project
- What an archaeologist will do
- Like, informally
- Biting comment
Last Seen In
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- Mindfood Daily - February 16, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 25, 2025
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- Penny Dell Daily - November 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 07, 2025
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