Clues for the word "FIRE"
We've had 233 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 440 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on March 04, 2026.
Definition of fire
- n. - The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
- n. - Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
- n. - The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
- n. - Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
- n. - Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.
- n. - Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
- n. - Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
- n. - Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
- n. - The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.
- v. t. - To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
- v. t. - To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.
- v. t. - To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
- v. t. - To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
- v. t. - To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
- v. t. - To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- v. t. - To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
- v. t. - To drive by fire.
- v. t. - To cauterize.
- v. i. - To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
- v. i. - To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
- v. i. - To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
Referring Clues
- What not to yell in a crowded theater
- Let go
- "Open ___!"
- Order after "aim"
- "Let 'em have it!"
- Can
- Passion
- Bad thing to be under
- Enthusiasm
- Send packing
- Cashier
- It may be eaten at a circus
- Discharge a cannon
- Cause for alarm?
- Center of a campsite
- Boot or can
- Flames
- Captain's command
- Boot
- *Ax
- Caveman's discovery
- Prometheus stole it from Olympus
- Command to a rifleman
- 1871 Chicago event
- Word not to yell in a crowded theater, it's said
- Downsize unceremoniously
- Prometheus' gift to man
- Give the sack to
- Kind of ant or brigade
- Campsite warmer
- Ax
- Something to gather around
- Cause for alarm
- Pull the trigger
- Something eaten at the circus
- Order after "Aim!"
- Bright consumer?
- Execution shout
- Terminate
- With 34-Across, stinging insects
- *With 57-Down, red vehicle
- Bad thing to yell in a crowded theater
- It sets off the alarm
- Give the axe
- Marshmallow blackener
- Zeal
- Ardor
- Hot stuff
- Conflagration
- Caveman creation
- Cannoneer's command
- Blaze
- On ___ (burning)
- Caveman discovery
- Command to a cannoneer
- Word with the last word of the theme entries
- Prometheus stole it
- Marshmallow toaster's necessity
- "Chariots of ___"
- It can precede the last word of 17, 26, 44 and 59-Across
- London event of 1666
- Kind of sale or door
- Forest ranger's worry
- Prehistoric discovery
- Harden bricks
- 1871 Chicago tragedy
- It delights an arsonist
- Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues
- Eliminate, as a contestant on "The Apprentice"
- Dragon's breath
- Ardency
- Dismiss
- Sack or can
- On ___ (burning)
- Order after "Ready ... aim ..."
- ____ fighters
- Source of campsite light
- Ancient discovery
- Combustion evidence
- Shoot a gun
- Flame
- Smoke source
- Forest danger
- Forest worry
- Heavy smoker?
- Problem in 1871 Chicago
- Pink-slip
- Command to the marksmen
- Give the ax
- Frankenstein monster's fear
- Discharge
- "Ready, aim, ___!"
- Camper's cooker
- Song by 56-Across
- Fragrance
- Weenie roast requirement
- St. Elmo's ___
- Detonate
- Scarecrow's dread
- Cause for 44-Across
- Bake pottery
- Frankenstein's monster fears it
- Axe
- Scarecrow's fear
- 'Chestnuts roasting on an open ___'
- Camper's heater
- Word before drill or engine
- Lay off
- See 3-Down
- Campsite heat source
- Emotional intensity
- Cookout requirement
- It's bad, to Frankenstein's monster
- Kindle tablet
- "Gabriel's ___"
- Gem's brilliance
- Campers' gathering place
- With 53 Down, carnival performer
- Combustion
- Arsonist's obsession
- Inferno
- Kind of drill
- ___ sale
- Gift from Prometheus
- Five-alarmer
- Prometheus's theft
- Mrs. O'Leary's cow is said to have caused one
- Hearth blaze
- Sack
- It sets off an alarm
- What a match may start
- "Come on baby light my ___"
- Phish's Hendrix cover
- Manually operated device for dealing with flames
- See 10
- Dismiss a "Something the insurance policy will cover"
- The heat of battle?
- Sack to go with 17
- Blaze - discharge
- When rife, maybe, can be hard to extinguish
- Burning spirit
- Dismiss a fathead with anger
- Reduce the work force with enthusiasm
- ... or combustion
- Has its place in the home
- Weaponry
- Car racing about, showing zeal
- One about to follow fellow in blazer?
- Bombardment of loveless resentment
- What the blazes do you need this for?
- Elemental spirit?
- Blaze - sack
- Sack to do with 13
- See 5
- Sort of escape from sack
- See 6
- See 2
- Incendiary device, Spooner's 25 15?
- School safety...
- Amazon tablet
- Marshmallow roaster
- Blaze held back by sheriff
- Prometheuss gift to mankind
- Light sack(4)
- Sack could be 18
- US emergency vehicle's worry with individual trapped, fight ensuing
- Light axe
- The ___, ballet with music by Stravinsky
- Get rid of passion
- See 9
- See 1
- See 20
- Pole in this building with Irish infestation?
- Craft fancy robe in car
- Bake in a kiln
- "Cover It With Gas and Set It on ___"
- Element Prometheus stole from Olympus
- Network protector*
- With 15-Across, station with a hook and ladder
- Shoot
- Dragon's exhalation
- Element associated with Aries, Leo and Sagittarius
- It's "eaten" by circus performers
- Bucket brigade's target
- Shooting from guns
- Fryer's need
- Order to a marksman
- Prometheus' gift
- ___ hydrant
- Of what were the chariots made in this 1981 Oscar winner?
- Stone Age discovery
- Hail of bullets
- Chicago soccer team
- Word before bug or ant
- Cause for alarms
- What "bridges" four Across answers
- Fervent enthusiasm
- What Vulcan was the god of
- "___ Down Below"
- Common heater?
- ___ pit (campsite cooker)
- Word before "ant" or "alarm"
- Word after "Ring of" or "Supa Hot"
- Vulcan's specialty
- Camp crackler
- The heat of battle?
- If wrong again, dismiss!
- Dismiss from work
- Emoji sent in response to a hot outfit pic
- Kindle ___
- Camp warmer
- Chicago MLS team
- Something said to be in the eyes or belly
- Pyromaniac's obsession
- A passion for keeping warm?
- Apt rhyme for "pyre"
- ___ ants
- What a dragon breathes
- Word before "ant" or "hydrant"
- Let off from a job
- Awesome, in modern slang
- K) Discharge a bazooka
- Drive
- Dumpster ___
- Add fuel to the ___
- It burns
- Tinder can be used for this
- Cooking substance
- It's lit!
- Fighter or sale
- "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)
- Let go of
- Exceptionally good, in Gen Z slang
Last Seen In
- Daily American - March 04, 2026
- LA Times - February 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 04, 2026
- New York Times - February 03, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 16, 2026
- New York Times - December 20, 2025
- New York Times - December 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 11, 2025
- Daily American - July 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 05, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 19, 2025
- New York Times - January 11, 2025
- Family Time - December 29, 2024
- Daily American - November 20, 2024
- New York Times - October 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 22, 2024
- Daily American - August 28, 2024
- Daily American - June 19, 2024
- Daily American - June 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 20, 2024
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