Clues for the word "EARTH"
We've had 308 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 686 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 31, 2025.
Definition of earth
- n. - The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.
- n. - The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.
- n. - The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.
- n. - A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
- n. - Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.
- n. - The people on the globe.
- n. - Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
- n. - A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.
- n. - A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox.
- v. t. - To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
- v. t. - To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.
- v. i. - To burrow.
- n. - A plowing.
Referring Clues
- Home base, in sci-fi
- Terra firma
- "Planet of the Apes" planet
- Third rock from the sun
- Home planet
- Our planet
- Ground
- Astronauts' returning point
- Superman's adopted home
- Home base for humans
- Your place or mine
- You are here
- Solid ground
- Brownish pigment
- Our "mother"
- Home to six billion
- Third of nine
- Our home
- Start of a journey ending at 13-Across (changing one letter at a time)
- You're on it
- Space flight's starting point
- Mother ___
- What Shakespeare called "the little O"
- "Third Rock from the Sun"
- Pearl Buck's "The Good ___"
- You are there
- Third planet from the Sun
- Gore's "___ in the Balance"
- Soil
- Venus neighbor
- Gettysburg Address ender
- "The Day the ___ Stood Still"
- "What on ___ ...?"
- The meek's inheritance, proverbially
- Our place in space
- Space station sight
- Planet of the apes
- Image on eco-friendly products
- Habitat for humanity
- "Planet of the Apes" setting
- Ground ball?
- Third of eight
- Third of eight, now
- Venus follower, in a way
- Third planet
- Topsoil
- First planet, alphabetically
- Astronaut's final destination
- The third planet
- Space-station view
- Alchemist's element
- Her day is April 22
- ". . . the last, best hope of ___" (Lincoln)
- BBC documentary "Planet ___"
- Buck's "The Good ___"
- Fifth-largest planet
- It was good for Buck
- Gore's "___ in the Balance"
- Discovery's view
- Inheritance of the meek
- View from Discovery
- Home base for everyone
- One of the planets
- Extraterrestrials' target, perhaps
- Alien target, in the movies
- Witty response to "Where are we?"
- ___ Day, April 22
- Sci-fi setting, often
- Where to find everyone
- Planet with one moon
- Terrestrial sphere
- April 22 honoree
- Buck's "The Good ___"
- Down-to-___ (unpretentious)
- View for an astronaut
- Planet about 61 million miles from Mars in 2010
- Soil and dirt
- "The Good ___" (Buck book)
- Planet past Venus
- Dry land
- The so-called "blue marble"
- Part of Universal's logo
- Farm soil
- Sagan's pale blue dot
- Rare ___ (element of the lanthanide series)
- Planet nearest Mars, usually
- Mars' neighbor
- One of eight, now
- "... the last, best hope of ___" (Lincoln)
- Mars neighbor
- It means the world to us
- ___ Day (April 22)
- See 40-Down
- Milky Way planet
- We're on it
- Worm's milieu
- What rototillers till
- Home to nearly seven billion
- Dirt
- Our home planet
- Neighbor of Mars
- Kittenish Kitt
- Only planet with exactly one moon
- "War of the Worlds" planet
- Third rock from the sun?
- ___ tone
- Planet invaded in "The War of the Worlds"
- "Battlestar Galactica" destination
- Busy planet
- Farm land
- Where everyone is
- 3rd rock from the sun
- "___ Angel": doo-wop classic
- Where 7.1 billion live
- Planting soil
- Only planet not named for a god
- Humus
- Foxes or badgers lair
- Everyone lives on it
- Target in alien-attack films
- "Planet of the Apes" planet [spoiler alert!]
- Planet nearest to you
- Potting need
- Word after Mother or Google
- Planet photographed by Apollo 8
- "War of the Worlds" world
- Google ___ (map tool)
- "___ Angel" (classic oldies tune)
- This planet
- Fox hole
- Where we are
- Potting soil
- Home to billions
- Its day is April 22
- Neighbor of 36-Down
- Kind of tone
- Planet attacked in some sci-fi films
- Where astronauts return
- One of four classical elements
- You live there
- Astronauts' starting point
- Creative works utilizing the landscape
- Last word in the Gettysburg Address
- Google ___
- See 45-Across
- Sun orbiter
- Down to ___ (unpretentious)
- ___ science
- Astronauts' final destination
- Agricultural soil
- Globe
- "___ Angel" (hit by The Crew-Cuts)
- Populated planet
- Ground near the centre
- Huge cost of soil?
- Planet nearest Mars
- Everyone is here
- Planet
- Inner planet
- Type of "Angel"
- Jefferson Starship '78 album about the planet?
- Rare ___ just wanted to "Celebrate"
- "___ angel, will you be mine?"
- Thrice "The ___ Isn't Humming"
- Blessid Union of Souls "Standing at the Edge of the ___"
- Fox's burrow
- See 12
- Current means of escape for a fox?
- Fox's lair
- Our home is a hole in the ground
- New heart for the world
- Worldly change of heart
- Electrical connection
- Shortage when Germany lost ground
- Land of heartbreak?
- This dirty world of ours
- Not quite an ear to the ground?
- It's a world of endless hatred, simply mad
- Connect for safety in 13
- Dirt in an electrical connection?
- Wear the trousers to avoid shocks
- Dirty electrical connection?
- It's a dirty great ball
- Uncle Arthur's foxhole
- A large ball of soil
- Huge cost of electrical safety precaution
- This globe
- Today's honoree (and the focus of the recycling in each theme answer)
- Land on planet
- Heart (anag)
- See 14
- What about expertise in the land?
- Terminal heart trouble
- Slight change of heart for space traveller
- Broken heart standing by an open grave
- On which our existence is terminal
- Disciples said to be 2 of it?
- 18's ground that's not 12 24
- It's not altogether clear that this was an element
- Hide a broken heart
- Burrow in soil
- View from the ISS
- World - soil
- Your place or mine, really
- Third world (of eight)
- It has an axial tilt of about 23.4 degrees
- Everybodys home
- Electrical connection in lair
- Planet with an electrical connection
- Venus & Mars' neighbour
- Piece of Japanese art hanging in our home
- It's in the garden, near the house
- What about painting with mud?
- Land's short shortage
- Connection between an electrical device and conductor
- Give attention to the unending world
- Famine without democratic planet?
- Badger's burrow
- What did you say about paintings of a planet?
- Rhea spinning, orbiting close to host planet
- Hare shot across middle of hunting ground
- Hare off across middle of neutral ground
- Land shortage ignored by duke
- Some near this planet
- Soil shortage duke ignored
- Soil in shortage lacking depth
- I didn't catch what you said about painting the planet
- Chap recalled collecting 14
- Depiction in the image "The Blue Marble"
- You and I are on it
- World
- Spoiler: The Planet of the Apes
- Dirtiest part of the Solar System
- Neighbor of Venus
- Starfleet Command setting
- Hoe target
- Google ___ (map app)
- Planet near the centre
- Land what takes skill!
- A dirty globe?
- Word before or after "mother"
- Jimi Hendrix's "third stone from the sun"
- ... Venus, ___, Mars ...
- Planet No. 3
- "War of the Worlds" target
- The world has a change of heart
- Global change of heart
- Soil for planting
- It's dirty and heart-breaking
- Gophers dig it
- A dirty great ball in space
- Huge cost of soil?
- Reentry destination
- Makeup of some beds
- Bit of a near thing in an electrical connection
- Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot"
- This soiled world
- A dirty connection in electricity?
- Planet on which we live
- First of the eight planets, alphabetically
- Dirty electrical connection?
- The cost of a great ball?
- Starfleet HQ's planet
- A world of new heart
- Where you live
- You live on it
- Heaven partner
- Heartbreak in space
- Densest planet
- View from the moon
- This heart-breaking world
- Its shadow causes lunar eclipses
- Big revolver?
- Third planet from the 58-Across
- Heartbroken, is not without friends
- Ground for planting
- It's covered in paint in the Sherwin-Williams logo
- Anybody home?
- "The Blue Planet"
- Large ball of soil
- ___, Wind & Fire
- Captain Kirk's home planet
- Planet often saved by superheroes
- Habitat for humanity?
- Not quite an ear to the ground?
- Home to over seven billion people
- Down-to-___
- Terran's home planet
- Astronaut's home planet
- Dirt in an electrical connection?
- Planet between Venus and Mars
- "Mostly harmless" place, per "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- It's always underfoot
- Mars's neighbor
- What "educated" represents in the mnemonic "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles"
- Third in a group of eight
- Here we are!
- Usually brownish, it's connected with green and yellow
- Gaia, in Greek mythology
- Planet near Mars
- Third in a noted set of eight
- Apt central entry for this puzzle
- Astrological element associated with grounded personalities
- The world at your feet?
- "A fragile juxtaposition of land, oceans, and clouds," per Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Realm of 35-Across
- Where everyone is at home
- See 28-Across
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 01, 2025
- New York Times - November 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 01, 2025
- New York Times - July 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 09, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 18, 2025
- LA Times - May 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 26, 2025
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