Clues for the word "DIVE"
We've had 154 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 255 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 25, 2026.
Definition of dive
- v. i. - To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
- v. i. - Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
- v. t. - To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
- v. t. - To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- n. - A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
- n. - A place of low resort.
Referring Clues
- Command on a submarine
- Go by the board?
- Jackknife, e.g.
- Skin or nose follower
- Ring fix?
- Intentional loss, in boxing
- Get in over one's head?
- Jackknife, for one
- Emulate Greg Louganis
- Take the plunge
- Seedy joint
- Go off the deep end
- Spring from a board
- Deliberate loss
- Dumpy bar
- Submarine captain's command
- Bad place to eat
- Go off the deep end?
- Submarine order
- One may be given a 10
- Half gainer, e.g.
- Go off the board
- It might land you in deep water
- Honky-tonk
- Swan, for one
- Seedy establishment
- Joint in bad condition
- Sub maneuver
- Enter a pool, perhaps
- Jump into a pool
- Shabby joint
- Disreputable place
- Intentional loss
- Plunge into the water
- Ring pretense
- Plunge head first
- Jackknife, in the pool
- Intentional loss, in boxing
- Shabby bar
- Sub captain's command
- Sub skipper's command
- Plunge
- Seedy spot
- Plunge headfirst
- Dingy bar
- Exit the springboard
- Greasy spoon
- Sub commander's order
- Unsavory bar
- Disreputable joint
- Plummet
- Seedy bar
- Dishonest boxer's action
- Dishonest boxer's action
- Submerge
- Low-class joint
- Compete at a pool in the Olympics
- Belly flop
- Plunge into water
- Ersatz boxing move
- Squalid joint
- Cannonball, maybe
- Warplane maneuver
- Nose or swan follower
- Jump
- Submarine captain's order
- Cannonball, e.g.
- Action from a springboard
- Submarine skipper's command
- Deliberate loss, to a boxer
- Loon's forte
- Cheap night spot
- Third-rate hotel
- Market plunge
- Swan ___
- Staged knockout
- Deliberate loss, to a pug
- Aircraft maneuver
- Venue for many a start-up band
- Plunge into a pool
- Low-class watering hole
- Run-down tavern
- Cheap nightspot
- Act like a loon?
- Do a jackknife, say
- Low bar?
- Go off the high board
- Half gainer, for one
- Joint
- Enter the pool, in a way
- Use a springboard, perhaps
- Sleazy 35-Down
- Hardly an upscale bar
- Drop precipitously
- Bathyspheric mission
- Take the plunge in a disreputable place
- One way to enter a pool
- Place for a first gig
- Type of starter band gig
- Sister move of "mosh"
- Some rockers take a stage one
- Nirvana song for the pool?
- Might land on your head from a stage one
- Dave Matthews "___ In"
- Kind of cheap bar for bands to play
- It's a comedown, though some evidence points the other way
- Run-down joint
- Holy man dropping in to grotty nightspot
- Opposite of soar
- Fall quickly
- Bad thing to take in a ring
- Deliberate loss, in boxing
- Enter a pool
- Head for the seabed
- Business squeezed out by gentrification, perhaps
- Enter a pool headfirst
- Intentional loss, in boxing slang
- Deliberate ring loss
- ___ bar
- Steep nose-down descent
- Scuba descent
- Shabby club
- Cruddy joint
- Reverse somersault, e.g.
- Belly flop, e.g.
- Kind of bar
- Half twist, e.g.
- Something started from a springboard
- Seedy saloon
- Headlong leap
- Order from a submarine captain
- Fixed fight finish
- Go to a deeper level in water
- Seedy hangout
- Seedy place
- Jump from a board above a pool
- Go in headfirst
- Explore a reef, say
- One may be done from a cliff
- See 89-Across
- Headfirst plunge
- Jump in headfirst, say
- Use a board to get soaking wet
- Shabby establishment
- Low joint
- Shabby beer joint
- Use the springboard
- Low bar?
- Something a submarine can do
- Explore a sunken ship
- Seedy nightclub
- Deep ___
- Leap headfirst
- Go off the deep end?
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 25, 2026
- Daily American - May 23, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 17, 2026
- LA Times - January 13, 2026
- Daily American - December 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 24, 2025
- Daily American - November 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 18, 2025
- New York Times - October 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 21, 2025
- Daily American - April 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 04, 2025
- LA Times - January 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 29, 2024
- LA Times - December 18, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 02, 2024
- Daily American - May 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 18, 2024
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