Clues for the word "FAN"
We've had 292 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 640 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on March 10, 2026.
Definition of fan
- n. - An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface
- n. - An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.
- n. - Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
- n. - An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
- n. - Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.
- n. - A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
- n. - That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.
- n. - A quintain; -- from its form.
- n. - To move as with a fan.
- n. - To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
- n. - To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
- n. - To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
- n. - To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.
Referring Clues
- It shoots the breeze
- Groupie
- Car engine component
- Circulation increaser
- Summer cooler
- Wish for a hot summer day
- Idol worshiper
- Stir up
- Devotee
- Ceiling spinner
- Auto engine part
- Strike out
- Whiff
- Shoot the breeze?
- Zine reader
- Harem accessory
- Word before mail or tail
- Blower
- One that shoots the breeze?
- Cool
- Stadiumgoer
- Cheer leader?
- Bleacherite
- Air mover
- Jersey wearer, maybe
- Cheerer
- Athletic supporter
- Air blower
- Disperse, with "out"
- Idol follower
- Booster
- Cool, in a way
- Word with ceiling or football
- "Go, team!" screamer
- Geisha's accessory
- Summer turn-on?
- Concert screamer
- Aficionado
- Lover
- Bleacher creature
- Team booster
- Autograph seeker, perhaps
- Strike out a batter
- Convection oven spinner
- Enthusiastic devotee
- Word with base or belt
- Pennant-waving spectator
- Buff
- Wave a palm frond at, say
- Cooler
- Attic spinner
- Refrigerator part
- Car engine part
- Part of a support group
- Sally Rand prop
- Ceiling appliance
- Room cooler
- Cooling-system part
- Ceiling fixture
- Close follower
- Enthusiast
- Go down on strikes
- Foldable cooler
- Cooler of a kind
- Sports buff
- Machine with blades that don't cut
- Cooling device
- Air circulation device
- Type of mail
- Swing and miss three times
- Kind of club
- Circulation aid
- Season box holder, e.g.
- Source of support
- Cheering crowd member
- Season ticket holder, e.g.
- Cold Comfort?
- Rooter
- Supporter
- Spread (out)
- Ceiling feature, perhaps
- Ardent supporter
- Kind of mail
- Kind of mail
- Ceiling addition
- Ardent follower
- Summer air circulator
- Admirer
- Circulation improver
- Book genre
- Team backer
- Bleachers occupant
- Bleacher denizen
- Team supporter
- Big admirer
- Engine cooler
- Rabid rooter
- Alternative to air conditioning
- Athlete's supporter
- Air circulator
- Devotee in the grandstand
- See 24-Down
- Strike out, in baseball
- One shooting the breeze?
- Movie star's adorer
- Bleacher bum
- Bleachers creature
- Ardent admirer
- Athletics supporter
- It may increase circulation
- Enthusiastic follower
- Sports enthusiast
- Enthusiastic
- Devoted follower
- Ceiling fixture with blades
- Follower
- Twitter follower
- Season ticket buyer, presumably
- Computer cooler
- Appliance with blades
- Tournament attendee
- Foldable self-cooling device
- Room freshener? [SEE NOTE ABOVE]
- Devotee found hiding in the four longest entries
- Season ticket holder
- Enthusiastic supporter
- Summer appliance
- It may oscillate
- Season ticket holder, presumably
- What may unfold in Japanese theater?
- Pre-air-conditioning cooler
- Faithful follower
- Partisan
- Air stirrer
- Trekker, for one
- Twitter follower, usually
- Rafter attachment
- Real admirer
- Bleachers denizen
- Punkah
- Ballpark denizen
- It can help with a housewarming
- Groupie, e.g.
- Bad thing to have at a housewarming?
- Whirrer on a muggy day
- Word with "club" or "mail"
- One in a cheering crowd
- Season ticket holder, probably
- Certain dancer's accessory
- One of the faithful
- Engine part
- Word before club or mail
- One waving a foam finger
- Provoke
- Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 33-Down
- Blade runner?
- Grandstands regular
- Breeze maker
- Electric thing that produces breezes
- Thing that blows cool air
- Summer breeze source
- It blows air
- Follower or admirer of a sports team
- It blows cool air
- Summer cooling device
- Follower of a sports team
- Breeze source
- Air distributor
- Person rooting for a team
- Type of mail for a celebrity
- It can cool you off
- ___ interference (baseball ruling)
- Item held by Karl Lagerfeld
- Air cooler
- Football supporter
- Band devotee
- Only the biggest one is at every show
- "I'll be the greatest ___ of your life" Edwin McCain
- "I'm your biggest ___!"
- Phish head
- Clapper
- Autograph seeker
- Audience member
- Kindle enthusiast
- A lover's fancy piece
- Fresh air enthusiast?
- A supporter, and a noisy one
- Great admirer who got Dan to go dancing?
- Myfanwy's lover
- Tiffany's great admirer
- Infantry dismisses chosen test cooler
- Fain would I find acceptance by such an ardent admirer!
- Infantile supporter?
- Enthusiast working for a change of air
- Team encourager
- Rally cap sporter
- Big follower
- One might attend a concert
- Wearer of team colors
- Autograph seeker, often
- Personal cooling device
- Team's rooter
- Sports radio caller
- Supporter of a team
- Letters from devotees, ___ mail
- Die-hard supporter
- Zealot is so tasteless, when getting upset by female
- Team's supporter
- Lover of something electric?
- Big-time rooter
- Fresh air enthusiast?
- Cooling device that might oscillate
- Sports team's supporter
- Alternative to an air conditioner
- Pep rally participant
- Item above a kitchen stove
- One bringing a breath of fresh air to football?
- Cheer provider
- Clear the air?
- "Ceiling" room cooler
- Ceiling installation
- Portable cooler
- Adherent
- Big supporter
- Adorer
- Foam finger sporter
- Agitate
- Supporter of soccer people close down
- Cooler with blades
- Vornado product
- Pep rally attendee
- Infantile enthusiast?
- Ventilation source
- ___ base
- Booster for a team
- Member of an enthusiastic club
- Sports supporter
- Twitter follower, often
- One may like a celebrity's tweet
- Noisy one, this supporter?
- Swing and completely miss
- Room cooler with blades
- Sports booster
- One may run on a hot day
- Whiff at the plate
- Buff: stir up
- Device for cooling
- Spread, with "out"
- Electrical cooler?
- Breeze creator
- Fresh air devotee?
- Convection oven need
- ___ club
- One in a band T-shirt, probably
- Eager supporter
- Sports team supporter
- Member of the BeyHive, e.g.
- It can help you be cool
- Wind-maker for a photoshoot
- Cheery sort?
- Flamenco dancing prop
- It brings the cool
- Person with a ticket to all the home games
- Powwow dance prop
- Person waving a huge "No
- Person who might write fic
- Supporter getting the wind up?
- Deadly household appliance, according to Korean urban legend
- Aid on a hot summer day
- Great admirer who got Dan to go dancing?
- Trekkie, e.g.
- Completely miss the ball
- It blows cool 18-Down
- Pamphlet or palm leaf, in a pinch
- This blows
- Member of the BTS ARMY, e.g.
- Infantile supporter?
- Swiftie or Sheerio
- Person who might follow a band on tour
- Appliance for hot days
- Means to be cooler
- Swiftie, to Swift
- Person cheering for the team
- En-thusiast
- Cooling device with blades
- Cool off, in a way
- Swiftie, e.g.
- Fair-weather ___
- Item for which "This thing blows" would be a positive review
- Loyal admirer
- Tai chi accessory
- Blow air on
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - March 10, 2026
- New York Times - February 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2026
- New York Times - January 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - November 26, 2025
- New York Times - November 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 30, 2025
- LA Times - October 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2025
- New York Times - July 31, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 16, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 30, 2025
- LA Times - June 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 27, 2025
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