Clues for the word "DRY"
We've had 343 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 905 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on March 31, 2026.
Definition of dry
- superl. - Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
- superl. - Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
- superl. - Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
- superl. - Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
- superl. - Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
- superl. - Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
- superl. - Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
- superl. - Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
- superl. - Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
- a. - To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
- v. i. - To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
- v. i. - To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.
- v. i. - To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
Referring Clues
- Dehydrated
- Not sweet
- Unbuttered
- Saharalike
- Plain
- Not like April weather
- Arid
- Unsweetened
- Unlike 63-Across
- Hang out, perhaps
- Like some humor
- Like some wines
- Like some martinis
- Prohibition promoter
- Prohibitionist
- No longer producing
- Moistureless
- Lacking moisture
- Ready to go off-line?
- Like some wells and lectures
- Champagne classification
- With not much vermouth
- Like few counties nowadays
- Teetotaling
- With 3-Down, battery type
- Like some wine
- Tapped out
- Thirsty
- Rehabilitated, in a way
- Uninteresting
- Sec
- Kind of ice
- Empty, as a well
- Like some wit
- Towel off
- Like zinfandel
- Not sweet, to a wine drinker
- Finish the dishes
- State of the country when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force
- Like some wine or wit
- Drought-stricken
- Unproductive
- Lacking liquid
- State of the country during Prohibition
- In need of a drink
- Martini order
- Hang out on the line
- Out of the rain
- Drink request
- Prohibiting the sale of alcohol
- With 44-Down, trichloroethylene user
- Eighteenth Amendment supporter
- Not sweet, as wine
- Towel down
- With 59-Across, like a whiteboard
- Having little rainfall
- Like Syrah wine
- Cocktail order
- Hang on the line
- Like Chianti
- Wine adjective
- Towel (off)
- Kind of cleaning
- Kind of wit
- In need of rain
- Boring
- Help with the dishes
- Cocktail specification
- Wall or well preceder
- Wine preference
- Put in a kiln
- Wine word
- Alcohol-free
- With much vermouth
- Dull and lifeless
- On the wagon
- Free from dampness
- Unbuttered, as toast
- Without butter, e.g.
- Wine descriptor
- No longer on the line?
- Like some counties and humor
- Without butter
- Kind of humor
- On the wagon, perhaps
- Liquor-free
- Tedious
- Kind of cell or well
- Do a carwash job
- Word before cell or spell
- High partner
- ___ season
- Describing some wines
- Like zinfandel wines
- Wipe dishes
- ___ spell
- Out of the rain, often
- Humorless
- In need of irrigation
- Not sweet, as a wine
- Like Steven Wright's humor
- Use a towel
- Rainless
- Dull
- Parched
- High arid ___
- Sere
- Moistureless
- Prosaic
- Word on deodorants
- Ironic
- Wine choice
- Desertlike
- Desiccate
- Parch
- Opposite of 28-Down
- Use a paper towel
- Not very interesting
- See 4-Down
- Like a desert
- Like deserts
- Juiceless
- With 109-Across, timber decay
- Unwatered
- Not wet
- Unlubricated
- Out of ink
- Saharan
- Desiccated
- Opposite of wet
- Martini request
- Toast specification
- Like some wit or wine
- Like some 60-Down
- Allowing no alcohol
- Funny in a subtle way
- Like toast without butter
- Martini preference
- Prohibition backer
- Not moist
- Tumble-___
- Help in the kitchen
- See 9-Down
- Like claret
- Oenophile's "sec"
- Sardonic
- Assist in the kitchen
- Shriveled up
- Opposite of sweet
- Unspirited?
- In need of spicing up, say
- Uninspiring
- Leave on a clothesline
- Word on a deodorant bottle
- Dishwasher cycle
- Like pinot grigio
- Like deadpan humor
- Not at all moist
- Like the Gobi
- ___ cleaners
- Teetotaling reformer
- Waterless
- Without any toppings, in restaurant-speak
- Needing water
- Canada ___
- Free from liquid
- Like some humor or martinis
- Free from moisture
- Hang out on a line
- Dehumidify
- Like the Sahara
- Kind of humour
- Expressed matter-of-factly
- Not wet at all
- Martini designation
- Washday word
- Matter-of-fact
- Like about half the counties in Arkansas
- Tropical season
- ___ goods
- A ___ summer
- Like the desert
- Like an unused sponge
- Lacking rain
- Barren
- Lacking rainfall
- Completely toweled off
- Monotonous
- Without water
- Serving no alcohol
- Like some humor or spells
- Assist with the dishes
- Desperately needing rainfall
- Dull as dishwater
- Like much wine
- Not allowing sales of alcohol
- Hang on a line
- Ready to come off the line?
- Help with the dishwashing, say
- Sahara-like
- Toweled
- Lacking in excitement
- Leave hanging, maybe
- Dehydrate
- Not wet but ___
- Butterless, as toast
- Wipe the dishes
- Hang in the breeze
- No longer wet
- Not damp
- Thirsty doctor coming to end of surgery
- ___ rub
- Unbuttered, like toast
- Winehouse "Tears ___ on Their Own"
- Cold War Kids "Hang Me Up to ___"
- Peter Tosh "You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs ___)"
- Arid PJ Harvey song?
- What you hope ground will be with lawn seats
- Teetotal
- Like sundry sunless days?
- Put on a clothesline
- Dull, but not raining
- Subtly humorous
- "How ___ I am ..."
- Andrew Volstead, for one
- Unspirited?
- Like the Atacama
- Anti-Saloon League adherent
- Martini specification
- Sit in the sun, perhaps
- "___ sorrow drinks our blood": Romeo
- Assist after dinner
- Fine (weather)
- Boring prohibitionist
- A farm is lost when farmyard lacks irrigation
- Like Nevada's climate
- Hang on a clothesline
- Like some beers
- Thirsty doctor has last of sherry
- Not sweet, on champagne bottles
- Less than scintillating
- "The well has run ___"
- Droll prohibitionist
- Moisture-free
- Like butterless toast
- Lacking zing
- Thirsty doctor at the eye centre
- Having less vermouth than the norm
- No longer damp
- Hardly scintillating
- Toweled off
- Like sauvignon blanc
- Withered
- Lose moisture
- Use a towel on
- Like some humor, or humorless
- Doctor a Yankee for being dehydrated
- Far from wet
- Not 18-Across
- Is such humour a bit tawdry?
- Like some humor and some wine
- Needing moisturizer
- Low in humidity
- No longer needing a towel
- Not sweet, as wines go
- Like brut wines
- Free of humidity
- Needing irrigation
- Like some wines or humor
- Evaporate
- Like sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio, typically
- Under Prohibition
- Like the Gobi's weather
- Like some table wines
- Like somebody under an umbrella, and what’s added to four starred answers
- Prohibiting booze
- Like the wit in need of a drink?
- Intro to cell or spell
- Used up, as a well
- Unexciting
- Too matter-of-fact
- What fresh pumpkin seeds need to do
- Getting little rain
- Definitely not needing a towel
- Deadpan
- High and ___
- 31-Down opposite
- Antonym of "exciting"
- Martini option
- Severely lacking moisture
- Totally lacking moisture
- Lacking water
- U-turn from wet
- Word that can precede or follow "run"
- Like deserts and some humor
- Not rainy
- Kind of cell or spell
- Like some wines and humor
- Like some hard cider
- ___ rub: BBQ spices
- Like some wine and humor
- Light on the vermouth
- Like a mouth full of cotton
- Put on the line, say
- Drip-___
- Like chapped lips
- Like a desert climate
- Like a towel waiting for you to leave the shower
- Like some shampoos
- ___ martini
- Like an unused towel
- "I'll wash, you ___"
- Like some humor and martinis
- Like wine labeled "sec"
- Like some humor and wine
- In need of 16-Down
- Like unbuttered toast
- Unmoisturized
- Chapped, maybe
- Like laundry that's ready to fold
- Like sundry sunless days?
- In need of moisturizer
- Like the county where Jack Daniel's is manufactured
- Hang on a clothesline, perhaps
- Not even close to wet
- Like a chapped lip
- Like a 49-Down
- Wet? Not at all
- Like a desert or deadpan humor
- ___ vermouth
- Like some humor or gin
- Booze-free
- Having toweled off
- Unlike a rainforest
- Needing a humidifier
- Like some wits and wines
- Like cabernet sauvignon wine, typically
- Not at all humid
- Like kindling, ideally
- Like some alcohol ... or places that prohibit alcohol
- Without moisture
- Remove moisture from
- Word with rub or run
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - March 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 26, 2026
- New York Times - March 22, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2026
- New York Times - March 08, 2026
- LA Times - February 14, 2026
- Mirror Mini - February 09, 2026
- Mirror Mini - January 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 16, 2025
- New York Times - December 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 17, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 11, 2025
- Daily American - October 09, 2025
- New York Times - September 28, 2025
- LA Times - September 19, 2025
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