Clues for the word "DUTY"
We've had 94 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 232 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on January 31, 2026.
Definition of duty
- n. - That which is due; payment.
- n. - That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.
- n. - Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
- n. - Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.
- n. - Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- n. - The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
- n. - Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.
Referring Clues
- Tax
- Scout's pledge word
- Assigned task
- Carrying out the trash, maybe
- Shirkers shirk it
- On ___ (working)
- Word before free or bound
- Import tax
- Moral obligation
- "When ___ whispers low 'Thou must'..." (Emerson)
- Obligation
- Port revenue
- Customs charge
- Military obligation
- Part of a job description
- Binding obligation
- ___-free shop
- "___, Honor, Country" (West Point's motto)
- Assignment
- Customs payment
- Act of respect
- Required task
- Military obligation, e.g.
- ___-free: travelers' delight
- Certain tax
- Airport patrons often avoid it
- Job description detail
- What shirkers shirk
- Responsibility
- ___-free (travelers' delight)
- Certain assessment
- Certain assessment
- Word with free or bound
- Returning globetrotter's payment
- Export expense
- KP, for one
- Soldier's assignment
- Tax on imports
- First word in West Point's motto
- Assigned responsibility
- Civic ___
- Jury ___
- "It's your ___!"
- "Call of ___" (video game)
- Tariff
- Chore
- Government tax
- Tax - burden
- Manager job
- Bessie Smith "Do Your ___"
- Tax - obligation
- See 22 across
- Money to be paid after 19s
- Payment for service?
- Tax on goods and service
- Once paid, it should be done
- Task
- An obligation some people avoid by running!
- What one should do for payment?
- One is thus bound to pay it
- Financial or work obligation
- Responsibility has eluded you just lately, by all conclusions
- One may be bound to do it
- Tax office
- Obligatory task(s) - tax
- Not subject to customs tax
- Jury service, e.g.
- "___ is ours; results are God's": John Quincy Adams
- Allocated task
- Responsibility for tax
- Customs fee
- Excise
- Tax on goods
- Call of ___ (computer game franchise)
- ___-free shop (store at an airport)
- Importer's expense
- It's said to be due to the tea service
- Civic obligation
- A job to do when it's dusty out?
- The job
- Word after jury or civic
- Word after civic or jury
- Job description part
- Obligation, responsibility
- Paid work?
- Obligatory assignment
- Mission
- Call of ___ (video game series)
- Do double ___
- Job description item
- Voting is a civic one
- ___-free
- Payment for service?
- What one should do for payment?
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - January 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 16, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 25, 2025
- New York Times - February 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 09, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 27, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 21, 2024
- LA Times - April 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 14, 2024
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