Clues for the word "EAST"
We've had 672 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1907 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on January 05, 2026.
Definition of east
- n. - The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.
- n. - The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East.
- n. - Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West.
- a. - Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.
- adv. - Eastward.
- v. i. - To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.
Referring Clues
- Daybreak direction
- 90 degrees
- How the Amazon flows
- Part of SEATO
- N.F.C. division
- It may be Far or Near
- N.F.C. ___
- Orioles' division, with "the"
- Bridge seat
- It's right in the atlas
- Atlantic Coast states, with "the"
- White House's ___ Room
- ___ Orange, N.J.
- 90 degrees, on a compass
- Sunrise direction
- Atlantic Seaboard, with "the"
- Whence the Magi, with "the"
- Big ___ Conference
- Near ___
- Down ___ (Maine)
- Bridge position
- New England's locale
- All-star game side, often
- New York's fashionable Upper ___ Side
- Atlantic states, with "the"
- It may be due
- Right on the map
- New York's ___ River
- Certain all-star team
- Like Nod, to Eden
- Orient
- National League division
- Toward sunup
- Sun spot?
- Magi origin
- N.L. ___
- It's right on the map
- How Phileas Fogg traveled
- N.C.A.A. tournament division
- Opponent of 28-Across
- Needle point?
- Toward sunrise
- Magi's origin
- League division
- "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun!"
- One end of London
- Far or down follower
- Right on a map
- "___ of Eden"
- How the Lincoln Memorial faces
- See 115-Down
- Near ___ (Turkey's region)
- Point to the right?
- Sun's spot, in the morning
- ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge spans)
- New York City's ___ River
- With 22-Down, Korea's location
- All-star game side
- Biblical star locale, with "the"
- What the Lincoln Memorial faces
- 3:00
- Down ___
- Whence daybreak
- Point to the right
- Toward dawn
- All-Star team, with "the"
- Bridge hand
- Point in the right direction?
- 90° from north
- Marco Polo's heading
- Atlantic Coast area, with "the"
- Steinbeck title starter
- Big ___
- Toward the rising sun
- Far ___ (China's locale)
- Magi's origin, with "the"
- "___ of Eden" (Jo Van Fleet movie)
- ___ St. Louis, Ill.
- Wicked witch's home in "The Wizard of Oz"
- Direction of sunup
- Rightmost bridge position
- "Yonder window," according to Romeo
- The right point?
- American League division
- The Lincoln Memorial faces in this direction
- Division in many leagues
- It's right in an atlas
- ___ Orange, New Jersey
- Whence the Magi
- Location of Nod vis-à-vis Eden
- Spiritual direction for some
- All-star team, maybe
- Toward the sunrise
- Word that used to precede Germany
- Sunup direction
- All-star game side, maybe
- Domain of the witch crushed by Dorothy's house
- Way to go, sometimes
- It's got the sun in the morning
- Canadian Football League division
- West's bridge partner
- Right, on the map
- Big NCAA conference
- Right, on many a map
- Sunup point
- Right, on a map
- Compass point
- Cold War bloc
- Dawn direction
- Big ___ (Rutgers's conference)
- First compass point, alphabetically
- Right way?
- Bridge chair
- Dawn's direction
- Asia and thereabouts
- River separating Queens from the Bronx
- ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge crosses over)
- The Jets' division in the AFC
- Polo goal
- Direction of dawn
- Cheyenne-to-Omaha direction
- Home of the witch buried under a fallen house
- Eden-to-Nod direction
- Right direction?
- Atlantic Seaboard states, with "the"
- NBA All-Star Game team
- Only cardinal point not in a U.S. state name
- Defender in a diagrammed bridge hand
- "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun"
- See 43-Down
- It's often right
- Big ___ (Villanova's conference)
- Whence one wicked witch
- Direction traveled in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
- With 50-Across, home for Cockneys
- With 34-Down, Korea's setting
- At dawn?
- Lyme or Orange preceder
- Odessa-to-Waco direction
- From Buffalo to Boston
- Japan is in it, with "the"
- Cardinal point
- Squished witch's domain
- Rising point
- Middle ___
- Right on the map?
- "___ of Eden"
- "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun"
- Los Angeles-to-San Bernardino direction
- Nod, vis-à-vis Eden
- New York City's ___ River
- Near or Far follower
- Like some winds
- Seattle-to-Spokane direction
- Captain's heading
- Far ___
- Word after Near, Middle or Far
- All-star team, perhaps
- Big ___ (NCAA division)
- Toward the right, on a map
- London's ___ End
- Steinbeck title direction
- Toward the dawn
- Toward 52 Across
- Sun spot, sometimes
- Vane reading
- Montana-to-Maine direction
- Toward Europe
- Toward the Orient
- "___ of Eden"
- Sunrise spot
- Big Apple river
- Steinbeck's "___ of Eden"
- Former division of Germany
- 90 degrees from north
- Direction of Earth's rotation
- Asia's locale
- Where the sun comes up
- Word that used to precede "Germany"
- It may be Near, Middle or Far
- It's right on your map
- "... ___, and Juliet is the sun"
- Marco Polo's original heading
- The wise men came from this direction
- It may be due, get the point?
- Brooklyn Bridge's river
- Far or Middle
- Geographic area
- Manhattan border river
- Part of SSE
- Jet stream's heading
- It's right on a map
- River beneath the Brooklyn Bridge
- Direction the Lincoln Memorial faces
- Word that once preceded "Germany"
- Whence the Magi came
- A cardinal point
- A Wicked Witch's home
- Vane direction
- Map section
- Word with Near, Middle or Far
- Cardinal direction
- Toward China
- It might be Near or Far
- Due follower
- River in New York
- ___ Timor
- Direction from Lake Charles to Baton Rouge
- Harvard, vis-a-vis Stanford
- Orioles division
- Day breaks here
- Bridge table seat
- Direction Phileas Fogg took
- It once preceded Germany
- Goren sat here, at times
- Bridge defender, maybe
- Word with Near or Far
- Dayspring direction
- River beneath the Brooklyn
- ". . . land of Nod, on the ___ of Eden"
- It's 90 degrees from north
- Where the Atlantic is, relative to North America
- Right way to go?
- Where the sun rises
- China is in it, with "the"
- A.L. or N.L. division
- Direction of the moon's orbit
- Sunrise site
- Seat at a bridge game
- Asia's direction, on many maps
- Earth's rotational direction
- Right on most maps
- Ninety degrees right of north
- Bridge bidder
- Direction of the dawn
- The "E" in N.L.E.
- Word that used to precede "Germany"
- "... ___, and Juliet is the sun"
- Steinbeck's "___ of Eden"
- Far ___
- Middle ___
- The right direction?
- Rising setting
- Big ___ (NCAA division)
- London's ___ End
- "... land of Nod, on the ___ of Eden"
- The E in ESE
- Far or near follower
- Where it dawns on one?
- Direction after Near, Middle or Far
- It's right on the map, usually
- ___ Indies
- Direction not in any state names
- 270 degrees from south
- Rose point
- ___ haven, ct
- One of the four directions
- Player across from West
- Jet stream heading
- Defender in a bridge column
- Oil source
- New York City river
- Houston-to-Tampa direction
- Sunup site
- Sunup spot
- Sunrise setting
- Into the sunrise
- Part of NNE
- Dawnward
- Part of SE
- E, on a map
- Part of 65-Across
- Part of 83-Across
- Big ___ (NCAA conference)
- Geographical region
- It's right on a map?
- Part of NE
- Opposite of 11-Down
- Jet streams heading
- Theme of the puzzle
- New York's Upper ___ Side
- All-Star side
- Direction of the earth's rotation
- Where dawn arises
- Near, Far or Middle follower
- Compass heading
- Compass pt
- Opposite of 8-Across
- The White House's ___ Room
- River across Manhattan from the Hudson
- Part of the U.S. that's usually first with election returns
- ___ Room (largest room in the White House)
- Nod's direction from Eden
- Vane point
- Geographic direction
- Vocal
- Oregon-to-New York direction
- It's right on the map?
- SSE part
- Big ___ (sports conference)
- Ninety degrees from north
- Asian region, with "the"
- Prefix with bound
- NBA All-Star team
- It's usually right
- Direction of 1-Down on many maps
- Buffalo-to-Schenectady heading
- Where the Magi came from
- A word with Germany, once
- River of NYC
- Word with Side or End
- Mahjong starter
- Port side when sailing south
- Down ___: Maine region
- One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the"
- Seat in the 3 p.m. position in a bridge column
- It's right on an atlas?
- ___ Carolina University
- Manhattan Bridge river
- "___ End boys and West End girls" (Pet Shop Boys lyric)
- Port, when sailing south
- Division for Orioles
- It's right in your atlas
- Sunrise side
- Right in an atlas
- 3:00, on a compass
- Direction after Near, Far or Middle
- '___ of Eden'
- New York river
- One way to go
- Toward the Atlantic, in America
- It might be due
- Back ___ (NYC, vis-à-vis LA, say)
- One N.B.A. All-Star Game team
- Roosevelt island's river
- Fort Worth-to-Dallas direction
- Word with Anglia or Beirut
- See 64-Across
- River under the Brooklyn Bridge
- Baltimore-to-Dover direction
- Part of 28-Across
- Opposite of 60-Down
- Right in the atlas?
- An NFC division
- See 29-Across
- Eau Claire-to-Green Bay direction
- Sports division
- First word of the chorus of "The Sidewalks of New York"
- It can be near or far
- Austin-to-Baton Rouge direction
- Toward the sun
- To the right, on the map
- Sunrise location
- ___ Chicago
- Los Angeles-to-Atlanta direction
- One of the coasts
- One side in the annual Shrine Game
- Los Angeles-to-Phoenix direction
- South's right-hand man
- Bridge column word
- Steinbeck title word
- From Liverpool to Manchester
- NCAA's Big ___ Conference
- China and environs, with "the"
- Direction
- A 90-degree direction
- West's opposite
- With 41-Down, town near New London, Connecticut
- With 34-Across, China's locale
- Bridge player's position
- From Chicago to Boston
- End in London
- Toward Turkey
- Opposite of west
- ___ Ham, London suburb
- Part of 44-Down
- A.L. division for the Yankees
- Toward Portugal
- Right on an atlas
- Where Carson's Carnac was from
- NBA All-Star Game side
- Whence came the Magi
- All-star game side, perhaps
- Toward Spain
- Harlem's river
- Heading for Marco Polo
- "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun": Romeo
- Toward Mecca
- Occasional needle point?
- Vane heading
- Major direction
- Compass direction
- Far ___, Orient
- ___ St. Louis
- Three o'clock, in directions
- Towards the altar
- Jet stream direction
- Manhattan's ___ Village
- Direction of Phileas Fogg's trip
- A major direction
- Wind tile in mah-jongg
- ___ China Sea
- Three, in directions
- How prograde orbits proceed
- "River" spanned by the Brooklyn Bridge
- Lindbergh flight direction
- ___ Los Angeles
- Locale of Shakespeare's "Fiery Portal"
- ___ Coast
- NCAA regional
- Even-number Interstate heading
- Wrong Way Corrigan's wrong way
- 3:00 direction
- Shrine bowl team
- Side of New York
- White House room
- Atlantic coast
- Atlantic coast region
- New England coast
- Atlantic-coast area
- The Orient
- Sun-rising direction
- Opposite direction from west
- Bridge player
- Direction in which the sun rises
- 180 degrees from west
- 90 degrees right of north
- Direction opposite of west
- Not north, south or west
- It gets the sun in the morning
- New York's coast
- Direction taken in a Chelsea street
- Compass bearing
- If you look this way, you'll miss the sunset
- One direction
- One of the directions
- Right there on the map
- Compass point (4)
- Cheech & Chong "Born in ___ L.A."
- Team in some all-star games
- "Never Been Any Reason" Head ___
- Aerosmith's coast
- Clapton bassist Nathan
- Pumpkins song about direction?
- L.A. EDM group Far ___ Movement
- Far ___ Movement
- Coast Aerosmith is from
- On most maps it's right!
- Point ace secured in superlative finish
- Where the Boar's Head had a point - good value
- The astronomer's way
- Take part in bridge as this, never meeting partner?
- Bearing meal, starter not required
- Some areas today right on the map
- The way to make a collapsible seat?
- The way to blend teas
- Direction to top brute ...
- Second piece of news, in a way?
- Point seat out
- Where polls generally close earliest
- Point at end of cone
- English region
- Set a new course, perhaps
- 26 15 location, last one to be built over river
- Lover of Beauty hasn't got the first point
- A direction
- "___ Side Kids"
- Direction in line astern
- Word that used to precede "Germany" or "Berlin"
- Port side, if sailing south
- Near, Middle or Far
- Direction of the Amazon's flow
- Direction for the Occidental tourist
- From Eden to Nod
- Down ___ (Maine nickname)
- Steinbeck title opener
- ___ Village (Manhattan neighborhood)
- Opener of a Steinbeck title
- Right on the map?
- Direction indicated by Robin Redbreast's tail
- Riser not starting where the sun does
- Miss start in haste to get back to front in Asia
- The point of blending teas?
- Towards the dawn
- Teas drunk at this point
- The rose-breasted ibis is found in this area
- In space asteroid's veering towards orient
- Cockneys, broadly
- Direction of the asteroid
- Bridge player, female, leaving banquet
- Bridge player, poorest having lost pounds
- Brute with book out to make a point
- Point some clue 'as taken
- 27 possibly loses head but keeps direction
- Rising sun setting
- Portland OR to Portland ME
- From Denver to Topeka
- Street-name word
- Polo heading
- Point in the right direction?
- 3:00, in directions
- Far ___ (China setting)
- Set a new course?
- Not west
- NYC river
- Big ___ (Villanova's athletic conference)
- One side of the Berlin Wall
- Maryland vis-a-vis Arizona
- Three o'clock, so to speak
- Around 90°
- Phileas Fogg's heading
- With 63-Across, nation since 2002
- Only direction not in a state name
- ___ Haven (city)
- Far direction?
- Set out to capture a point
- One side of a tea strainer
- Part of 43 Across
- Lindbergh's heading
- Lover of Beauty loses first point
- Oriental style of seat
- Whence the Three Wise Men
- Area subject to 13 after the 1975 move known in Indonesia as Operation Lotus
- ___ Germany
- Heading in the right direction?
- Pointed direction?
- Needle point?
- Right of way?
- That's right!
- NCAA's Big ___
- Amazon's direction of flow
- Atlantic area
- NFC or AL division
- Side of Manhattan
- With 70 Across, U.N. member since 2002
- Eats the Chinese way?
- Direction of the asteroids?
- Near or Far
- "Far" or "Middle" region
- Opposite direction of west
- River near the FDR Drive
- Heading for Phileas Fogg
- ___ St. Louis, IL
- Direction of the asteroids
- Middle or Far
- Whence the Three Wise Men, with "the"
- Fogg’s heading
- ___ Side, New York
- It's a direction
- 90° on a compass
- California-to-Missouri direction
- Word after Near or Far
- Toward the right, on maps
- The right direction?
- Part of 21-Across
- Where Lady Liberty looks
- It's right there on the map!
- "Born in ___ L.A."
- Phileas Fogg’s heading
- Rightmost point on a compass rose
- Word with Far or Middle
- By the dawn's early light?
- Daybreak's direction
- Either "E" in ESE
- Utah-to-Colorado direction
- ___ St. Louis, Illinois
- Kansas-to-Missouri direction
- Dorothy's first victim hails from this direction
- Some areas, typically, are right on the map
- Arizona-to-New Mexico direction
- A main direction
- Right direction?
- Only cardinal direction that isn't in a U.S. state name
- Turkey-to-China direction
- Colorado-to-Missouri direction
- The right way?
- Side in some all-star games
- Rightward, on a map
- Oregon-to-Idaho direction
- Big ___ (40-Across conference)
- One of the major directions
- Rightmost compass point
- From Eden to the land of Nod, e.g.
- First or last part of 40-Down
- Word after "Big" or "Middle"
- E, on a compass
- Polo course?
- This directon: ___>
- India-to-Laos direction
- Rochester-to-Syracuse direction
- Indiana-to-Ohio direction
- ___ Asia
- ___ Asia (China, Japan and environs)
- U-turn from west
- Towards sunrise
- Direction from Arizona to New Mexico
- Toward the rising of the sun
- Nepal-to-Bhutan direction
- Right of north
- Oklahoma-to-Arkansas direction
- Certain compass point
- ___ Room: White House banquet site
- Right way?
- Direction of sunrise
- NYC's ___ River
- NBA conference
- Twin Falls-to-Sioux Falls direction
- The sun rises in this direction
- Direction from L.A. to LA
- Direction of the sunrise
- Sunrise locale
- Gwangju-to-Busan direction
- The way to make a collapsible seat?
- With 27-Down, island nation near Indonesia
- ___ New York (Brooklyn neighborhood)
- One wicked witch's home in "The Wizard of Oz"
- Direction of the morning light
- 90°
- Big ___ (athletic conference)
- Lhasa-to-Shanghai direction
- Michigan-to-Vermont direction
- Either "E" of ESE
- Chengdu-to-Wuhan direction
- Mississippi-to-Alabama direction
- Xi'an-to-Tokyo direction
- New York side
- "___ of Sumatra"
- BC-to-Alberta direction
- "- of Eden"
- Texas-to-Louisiana direction
- Chile-to-Argentina direction
- How a jet stream typically flows
- Riyadh-to-Abu Dhabi direction
- Like Iran vis-à-vis Iraq
- "My heart is in the ___, and I in the uttermost west"
- Lhasa-to-Wuhan direction
- Sunrise's direction
- Only cardinal direction not in a state name
- Direction from Ethiopia to Somalia
- Like Zambia relative to Angola
- Appropriate answer for this place in the grid
- Mapmaker's right
- Starting player in mah-jongg
- Algeria-to-Libya direction
- ___ Timor (nation near Indonesia)
- Second piece of news, in a way?
- From Perth to Sydney
- West's opponent, in some All-Star games
- Where runway 9 is always oriented at an airport
- Chad-to-Sudan direction
- West plus 180 degrees
- Moonrise direction
- What "Eat" stands for in the mnemonic "Never Eat Soggy Waffles"
- L.A.-Phoenix direction
- 90 degrees, say
- Direction from which the sun rises
- "Three o'clock"
- Word on a compass rose
- From Los Angeles to San Bernadino
- Kazakhstan-to-Mongolia direction
- Direction from North Dakota to Minnesota
- A major US coast
- Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference)
- Direction of the wind that brought Mary Poppins
- Namibia-to-Botswana direction
- Mozambique-to-Madagascar direction
- Like a step in the right direction?
- Like Detroit vis-à-vis 29-Across
- By dawn's early light?
- The right way to go on a map?
- Maine-to-Spain direction
- Right-eous path?
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