Clues for the word "FENCE"
We've had 169 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 244 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 22, 2026.
Definition of fence
- n. - That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
- n. - An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
- n. - A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
- n. - Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.
- n. - A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
- v. t. - To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
- v. t. - To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
- v. i. - To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
- v. i. - To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.
- v. i. - Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
Referring Clues
- Field enclosure
- Property marker
- Symbol of neutrality
- Thief's customer
- It may be about a yard
- Place for the undecided
- Hardly an authorized dealer
- Use an épée
- Parry
- Cross swords (with)
- Dealer in "hot" items
- Property boundary
- It might be seen around the house
- Sell stolen goods
- Use épées
- Dealer in hot stuff
- Fight with foils
- Pasture barrier
- Engage in parrying and thrusting
- One running a hot business?
- Cross swords?
- Backyard border
- Do part of a modern pentathlon
- One handling hot things?
- Picket line?
- Lunge and parry
- One might be seen around the house
- Boundary marker
- Backyard barrier
- Neighbor separator
- Property boundary, perhaps
- Wield a foil
- Property division, sometimes
- One who handles hot stuff
- It's about a yard
- Property divider
- Use 65-Across
- What the indecisive sit on?
- Dealer in hot goods
- Sell stolen stuff
- Stolen goods dealer
- The Berlin Wall started as one in 1961
- A hedge, possibly
- Place of uncertainty
- Hot stuff handler
- Hot property dealer
- Sticks around the house?
- Common property divider
- Barrier
- Stolen goods receiver
- Dealer in hot properties
- Stolen goods buyer
- Illicit dealer
- Use a foil
- Yard surrounder
- Dealer in hot stuff?
- It's found around the house
- Sell hot stuff
- Deal in hot merchandise
- It's often about a yard
- Rural sight
- Robber's accessory
- Buyer of stolen goods
- Yard container
- It's around a yard
- One standing around the house, maybe
- Butt's barrier = Brent's______
- Mover of stolen goods
- Thief's need
- Dealer in hot commodities
- Dealer in stolen goods
- Wire barrier
- Engage with an epee
- White picket ___
- Outfield boundary
- Field separator
- Engage in swordplay
- Steeplechase obstacle
- Structure at Auntie Em's place
- It may be seen around the house
- Yard barrier
- Border with many posts
- Cross swords
- Stolen jewelry seller
- Theft preventer ... or theft encourager
- Place for the undecided?
- Corral
- Burglar's pal
- Criminal fight with swords
- Fight with swords
- Receiver of stolen goods
- Garden boundary marker
- Showjumping obstacle
- It may be white and picket
- Might be on this, for so-so show
- This criminal may be cleared
- Fight to protect one's property
- Duel with a criminal
- Fight to keep trespassers out?
- Fight with sword - barrier
- Criminal found with ring?
- Fight to make robbery profitable?
- Barrier - engage in swordplay
- See 18
- Criminal fight
- Criminal making for the border?
- Windbreak conceals marshy land in front of church
- Hurdle in Fenchurch
- Enclosure surrounded by iron barrier
- Criminal charge that involves no clear leads
- Garden border
- Handler of hot goods
- Perch for the undecided
- Wooden barrier
- Guard for a malefactor
- Cross swords with criminal
- Confine dealer in stolen goods
- One who receives protection from the outside
- Barrier that serves to enclose an area
- Protection against a crooked dealer
- Paling, a receiver of stolen goods
- Felonious facilitator
- Barrier maker
- "Don't ___ Me In"
- Exclusive criminal?
- Dodgy handler, one of many at Aintree?
- Barrier enclosing an area
- It might protect an illegal dealer
- Yard boundary, perhaps
- Thrust and parry
- Garden barrier
- Barrier between gardens
- Safecracker's associate
- Dealer in hot property
- Cross swords, say
- Perimeter marker
- Alternative to a hedge
- Wooden barrier between gardens
- Compete using an epee
- Fight to guard one's territory?
- What surrounds some yards
- "Picket" yard enclosure
- Property barrier
- Metaphorical perch for an undecided person
- Compete in one leg of a modern pentathlon
- Fight with chestnut stakes?
- Fight to keep intruders out?
- Sitting on the ___ (can't decide)
- Compete with an epee
- Barrier for your pooch
- Picket or chain-link barrier
- Picket ___
- Engage in épée, e.g.
- Fight to keep trespassers out?
- Yard sticks?
- Fight to make robbery profitable?
- *Undecided
- Compete in a Summer Olympic sport
- What has posts all around a site
- Home barrier
- Chicken run border
- On the ___
- Barrier on some property lines
- Use an epee, sabre or foil
- Yard separator
- Ideal yard feature for pet owners
- Compound surround
- Picket line?
- Metaphorical place of indecision
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 11, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - December 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2025
- New York Times - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 14, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 13, 2025
- New York Times - July 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 11, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - April 13, 2025
- LA Times - March 02, 2025
- LA Times - February 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 29, 2025
- USA Today - January 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 12, 2025
- USA Today - January 07, 2025
- New York Times - January 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 16, 2024
- LA Times - December 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 28, 2024
- Family Time - October 28, 2024
- New York Times - September 26, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 07, 2024
- New York Times - September 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 26, 2024
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