Clues for the word "ERNEST"
We've had 173 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 332 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 12, 2026.
Definition of ernest
- n. - See Earnest.
Referring Clues
- Tubb, "The Texas Troubadour"
- English poet Dowson
- Cyclotron inventor ___ Lawrence
- Country singer Tubb
- Conductor Ansermet
- Mr. Hemingway
- Writer Hemingway
- ___ Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron
- Frank's partner in the comics
- ___ J. Gaines, who wrote "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
- One of the Gallo brothers
- Painter Meissonier
- A Gallo brother
- Winemaker Gallo
- Antarctic explorer Shackleton
- Nobel-winning physicist Rutherford
- Storyteller Hemingway
- Polar explorer Shackleton
- "___ Goes to Camp" (1987 Jim Varney movie)
- Swiss-American composer Bloch
- "McHale's Navy" star Borgnine
- One of wine's Gallo brothers
- ___ Tubb, the Texas Troubadour
- Author Hemingway
- One of the Gallos
- Frank's comics colleague
- Jim Varney character
- Hemingway or Rutherford
- Papa Hemingway
- Dolt played by Jim Varney
- Tubb of country music
- He went to camp in '87, to jail in '90, and to school in '94
- Recurring Jim Varney movie role
- Jim Varney's alter ego, ___ P. Worrell
- Rutherford or Shackleton
- Grandfather of Margaux
- "___ Goes to Camp" (1987 Jim Varney comedy)
- Marty portrayer
- "North by Northwest" screenwriter Lehman
- Oscar winner Borgnine
- Physicist Rutherford
- Companion of Algernon in an Oscar Wilde play
- Actor Borgnine
- Swiss conductor Ansermet
- First name of "The Texas Troubadour"
- Mariel's grandfather
- Tubb with the Texas Troubadors
- Novelist Hemingway
- Famous Papa's first name
- Literary Papa
- Frank's comical friend
- Country legend Tubb
- Tubb the Texas Troubador
- Literature's Papa
- Jim Varney role
- Famous Papa
- ___ Evans, a k a Chubby Checker
- He played Marty in "Marty"
- ___ Evans, Chubby Checker's birth name
- Wilde Character
- Mariel's granddad
- First name of "The Texas Troubadour"
- ___ Evans, Chubby Checker's birth name
- Frank's comic-strip partner
- Chubby Checker's real first name
- Chubby Checker's real first name
- Repeated film title role for Jim Varney
- 'Papa' Hemingway
- Composer Bloch
- Oscar Wilde character
- Hemingway or Borgnine
- Mariel's grandpa
- Borgnine or Hemingway
- Singer Tubb
- "KnowwhutImean?" character
- Knighted diamond magnate Oppenheimer
- Borgnine of the screen
- Hemingway or Tubb
- C&Ws Tubb
- Contemporary of F. Scott and Eudora
- Borgnine who did voice work in "SpongeBob SquarePants"
- William ___ Henley, "Invictus" poet
- Physicist and philosopher
- Hemingway or Gallo
- "On Golden Pond" playwright Thompson
- British physicist Rutherford
- One of the winemaking Gallos
- Acting legend Borgnine
- One of the Mannings
- Vern's neighbor, played by Jim Varney
- 'Marty' star Borgnine
- Frank's partner in the funnies
- Julio's partner in wine
- Old-time actor Truex
- ___ Rutherford, the Father of Nuclear Physics
- He went to camp in 1987, to jail in 1990, to school in 1994, and to Africa in 1997
- Physicist Rutherford after whom rutherfordium is named
- Writer ___ Hemingway
- Borgnine of film
- Frank's brother in the Lemony Snicket stories
- Author ___ Hemingway
- "___ Scared Stupid," 1991 film
- Borgnine with an Oscar
- Borgnine
- Nobelist Hemingway
- Frank's pal in the comics
- Borgnine of "Marty"
- Cline who wrote the 2011 best seller "Ready Player One"
- Name on the cover of "The Sun Also Rises"
- Papa's real name
- Name on the cover of "A Moveable Feast"
- Next Literature Nobelist after Winston
- "For Whom the Bell Tolls" novelist Hemingway
- Ron Paul's middle name
- Man's name
- A new genre is myth (anag) - author
- Resent (anag) - man
- Name of modern establishment
- Bird on street of consequence for 10 11
- Queen's houseboy?
- Boy's name
- Hemingway and Sterne novel
- Name one enters wrong
- Earnest-sounding fellow
- Boy from East enthralled by surrealist
- He is in Calais, tracking English sailors
- Bloke with bird on the street
- He is unusually tense about mid-afternoon
- Man displays hesitation over retreat
- He is sent out after some hesitation
- Man enters another order
- This fellow sounds serious
- Chap dramatically making serious pronouncement
- Jack Worthing's pseudonym in a Wilde play
- Old TV character who spoke to Vern
- Chemistry Nobelist Rutherford
- Hemingway or Sterne, perhaps
- He sounds serious
- Man about to return home
- Hemingway shows hesitation at bird's home
- This chap sounds sincere
- ___ Bevin, Labour foreign secretary 1945-1951
- The man sounds serious
- Boy sighted in eastern Estonia
- Joshua finally leaving Frank for another man
- Someone of importance at home to the Queen
- Queen at home to boy ___
- Boy, where are 'er eggs laid?
- Mr Shackleton?
- Name on the cover of "Death in the Afternoon"
- He sounds sincere
- Gallo family brother
- Writer nicknamed Papa
- Explorer Shackleton
- First name of a literary "Papa"
- The "E" in E. & J. Gallo
- Name on the cover of "A Farewell to Arms"
- Rutherford known as "The Father of Nuclear Physics"
- Frank & ___ (comic strip)
- Mr Hemingway?
- Name on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" covers
- Literature Nobel name (1954)
- Big name in American literature
- ___ Rutherford, a.k.a. the Father of Nuclear Physics
- Serious-sounding name
- He possibly enters in earnest, we're told
- Royal home, nominally
- Apt-sounding name for a sincere person?
- Sincere-sounding name
- Author ___ J. Gaines
- "A Lesson Before Dying" writer ___ J. Gaines
- Fitting name for a sincere person
- "Ready Player One" author Cline
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2025
- Daily American - December 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 26, 2025
- LA Times - November 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2024
- New York Times - November 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 21, 2024
- New York Times - May 14, 2024
- Daily American - May 13, 2024
- Daily American - May 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - January 28, 2024
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