Clues for the word "ECLIPSE"
We've had 82 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 136 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on August 11, 2025.
Definition of eclipse
- n. - An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
- n. - The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
- v. t. - To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
- v. t. - To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
- v. i. - To suffer an eclipse.
Referring Clues
- Overshadow
- Show up
- Leave in the shade
- Darkening
- Outshine
- Cover-up of astronomical proportions
- Solar ___ (blocking of the sun's light by the moon)
- Shadow-creating astronomical event
- Cover-up at the highest levels?
- Tower above
- Dwarf
- Moonlight blockage
- Lunar or solar event
- It may leave you in the dark
- Celestial event
- See 49-Down
- Surpass
- One on 9/22/2006 had a central duration of 7 minutes, 9 seconds
- Astronomical event
- Outdo
- Solar or lunar event
- Celestial phenomenon
- Solar event
- Sun block?
- High-level cover-up?
- Third book in the "Twilight" series
- Lunar event
- Blackout of a sort
- Cause of a blackout
- Sun block
- Cover-up witnessed by millions?
- Upstage
- Shadow maker
- Render unremarkable
- Solar or lunar phenomenon
- Astronomer's interest
- Be greater in significance than
- It's seldom total
- Solar ___
- Lunar phenomenon
- Solar
- Run rings around
- Completely surpass
- Sun block of a sort
- 8/21/2017 celestial event
- It happens when the moon blocks out the sun
- Period of darkness expected at first after energy cuts
- Loss of importance
- Blot out
- See about wrapping box and put in shade
- Dominate - put in the shade
- When one body hides another
- Hiding of one body by another
- Oriental cuts earl in decline
- Obscurement of one heavenly body by another
- Repeated point about excerpts leading to obscurity
- Overshadow desirable time by drabness afterwards?
- Dotty, see, imbibes punch, so put in the shade
- Obscure point repeated about prunes
- Cuts in the middle of Greece produce blackout
- Obscure conversion to pound pieces
- Obscure excerpts from film in Early English
- Pieces of film in middle of reel showing darkening
- Overshadow, obscure
- Outshine famous racehorse
- Overshadow orientals keeping film extracts
- Memorable obscurity?
- Exceed in importance
- Sun block?
- Umbra-creating event
- Shadow-creating event
- Lunar ___
- Total or partial event
- Extra! Extra! Leaders concealing crops loss
- "Total" 2017 event visible in a coast-to-coast path from Oregon to South Carolina
- Astronomical phenomenon
- It may be lunar or solar
- Programming tool whose logo features a crescent moon
- See 30-Down
- Upstage, say
- High-level cover-up?
- Celestial obscuration
Last Seen In
- Daily American - August 11, 2025
- New York Times - July 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 14, 2025
- Daily American - January 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 29, 2024
- Daily American - October 24, 2024
- Daily American - August 30, 2024
- LA Times - August 04, 2024
- Daily American - March 14, 2024
- Daily American - January 02, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 28, 2023
- Daily American - August 11, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - June 07, 2023
- Daily American - January 27, 2023
- New York Times - January 23, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 29, 2022
- Daily American - October 24, 2022
- Daily American - August 30, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 19, 2022
- LA Times - July 31, 2022
- New York Times - June 08, 2022
- New York Times - April 21, 2022
- Daily American - January 02, 2018
- Guardian Quick - December 29, 2017
- Guardian Speedy - October 29, 2017
- And in 106 more crossword puzzles...