Clues for the word "FINISH"
We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 98 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 05, 2026.
Definition of finish
- v. t. - To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
- v. t. - To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
- v. i. - To come to an end; to terminate.
- v. i. - To end; to die.
- n. - That which finishes, puts an end to/ or perfects.
- n. - The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
- n. - The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
- n. - See Finishing coat, under Finishing.
- n. - The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.
- n. - Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.
Referring Clues
- Maze goal
- Surface coating
- Final furniture coat
- With 32-Across, use up completely
- Complete
- Polish off
- Coating
- Line at the track?
- Come to an end
- Do away with, like a 1950s car feature?
- End
- Wrap up
- Mop up
- Break the tape
- Line at the track
- Climax
- European heard in the end
- Terminate
- Conclude
- End with 18 losing heart
- Refinement in social graces
- Close school during breaks
- The finale sounds like Sibelius, say
- Language spoken? Polish
- The finale sounds like Sibelius!
- Conclude it's a coating of some kind
- In the end, there can be no huntin' or shootin'!
- In conclusion, it sounds foreign
- Polish language, as heard here
- Polish or polish off
- Conclude, when you search about in
- Conclusion
- Polish, though it doesn't sound like Polish
- Sounding like Paavo Nurmi at the end of a race
- Polish, perhaps - or not, by the sound of it
- Close
- Angle brackets in the end
- Polish nationality under discussion
- Polish language one hears
- The texture of curtains
- Bit of fish on plate topped with garnish
- Patina
- Polish or Nordic, we hear
- Stop sounding European
- Close in feeding shark, say
- Perfect surface texture
- ... ending in breaking plate
- Wrap up seafood containing nickel
- Said it's a foreign veneer
- A veneer - that's all there is to it
- Coat with varnish or lacquer
- For the finale, fish out a wind piece
- Search about in, for polish
- Conclude, when you delve about in
- Will delve about in, you conclude
- The shin, if broken, can mean the end
- "Polish is a foreign language," you say
- Complete a race
- To conclude, fish out what's inside
- End of the tongue, we're told
- With 18-Across, symbolic goal
- In the end, delve about in
- Wind up
- Stop to get varnish
- Lacquer, e.g.
- Cross the line, say
- Said it's a Nordic veneer
- "Polish is a different language," you say
- With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across
- Fishin', strangely enough, does have an end!
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 05, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 14, 2025
- New York Times - April 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 22, 2023
- Daily Quick - November 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 06, 2023
- And in 68 more crossword puzzles...