Clues for the word "FAMINE"
We've had 32 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 57 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on January 22, 2026.
Definition of famine
- n. - General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
Referring Clues
- Woe of Genesis 12:10
- Extreme shortage
- Severe food shortage
- Feast's opposite
- Acute insufficiency
- Feast alternative
- Third World concern
- Acute shortage
- Critical shortage
- Extreme scarcity
- Genesis exigency
- Relief organization's focus
- One of an apocalyptic quartet
- Drought byproduct
- Big food problem
- What a biblical black horseman symbolizes
- Third World worry
- Widespread food shortage
- Period of widespread food shortage
- Cause of 1840s-'50s emigration from Ireland
- Widespread hunger
- Feast or ___
- Shortage
- Food shortage
- Hunger is sharp about morning
- Human tragedy through drought, etc
- Celebrity consuming some wine during a shortage
- Extreme food shortage
- If mean, can lead to starvation
- Starvation
- Something Pharaoh's dream foretold in Genesis
- *One of two extremes in a saying
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - January 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - September 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 29, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 17, 2023
- Daily Quick - March 13, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 31, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - October 11, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 26, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - July 16, 2022
- New York Times - January 05, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 06, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - July 16, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 08, 2017
- Daily Quick - May 16, 2017
- Daily Quick - March 13, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - October 03, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - June 13, 2016
- New York Times - May 18, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - May 10, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - April 12, 2016
- New York Times - November 09, 2015
- Evening Standard Quick - July 14, 2015
- New York Times - January 13, 2014
- LA Times Sunday - October 06, 2013
- And in 27 more crossword puzzles...