Clues for the word "FISH"
We've had 220 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 242 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 15, 2026.
Definition of fish
- n. - A counter, used in various games.
- pl. - of Fish
- n. - A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
- n. - An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
- n. - The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
- n. - The flesh of fish, used as food.
- n. - A purchase used to fish the anchor.
- n. - A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
- v. i. - To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
- v. i. - To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
- v. t. - To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
- v. t. - To search by raking or sweeping.
- v. t. - To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
- v. t. - To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.
Referring Clues
- Porgy and bass
- Denizens of the 46-Across
- A part of this starts 17-, 30-, 48- and 63-Across
- Drop a line?
- Catch a few rays?
- Dangle poles over a pier, say
- Ichthyologist's study
- School group?
- Person easily duped
- Angle
- Seek at random, with "for"
- Easy mark, in cards
- Angle (and a three-word hint to this puzzle's theme)
- Salmon or sardine
- Throw out a line, perhaps
- "Cut bait" alternative
- Look for, as compliments
- Play bass?
- Pursue Izaak Walton's pastime
- Sole mates?
- Look (for), as compliments
- Haul from a trawl
- Grunt and carp
- Pike or perch
- "Barney Miller" spinoff
- They take the bait
- Ray, e.g.
- Dangle a line from a dock, say
- Word to add to each theme answer that will make sense of its clue
- Sneakily probe (for)
- Bass and others
- With 56-Across, an attribute of 18-, 27-, 44- and 57-Across?
- Marlin or mackerel
- Try for flounder
- Perch, for one
- Aquarium denizen
- Ocean inhabitant
- "Cut bait" alternative
- Sea things
- Drop a line
- Net gains for the fleet?
- Use rod and reel
- Go angling
- Perch or bass
- Bass or drum
- Char and smelt, e.g.
- Sole on the table, e.g.
- Christian symbol
- Drop hints, say
- Take plaice
- Creel contents
- Hold the line?
- Denizens of the deep
- Scout for trout
- School group
- Perch or pike
- Chip's partner
- Ghoti
- Sucker
- Eels, e.g.
- Tuna or carp
- School member
- Pike, e.g.
- Burbot or turbot
- They're hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers
- Guppy, e.g.
- With 97-Down, tall tales
- Minnow, e.g.
- Carp, e.g.
- Moviedom's Nemo or Wanda
- School mates?
- Net gain?
- Pumpkinseed?
- Turbot or burbot
- Go for a bite?
- Carp or cod
- Aquarium residents
- Something hidden in 20-, 28-, 43- and 52-Across ... or landed with the help of 1-, 10-, 37- and 63-Across
- A school of ______
- Kids card game
- Menu heading
- They're cold-blooded
- Cast a fly
- Tetra, e.g.
- Look for a compliment
- Bait biter
- Newfoundland's ___ and brewis
- Menu section
- Shore dinner entree
- Muskellunge
- Angler's catch
- It may be landed with a hook
- Hamilton ___, two-term secretary of state under Grant
- Crappie and bleak
- One in a school
- Bouillabaisse base
- Alewife, e.g.
- Go sole-searching?
- Pisces
- Halibut, e.g.
- Flounder, e.g.
- Sole, for one
- Aquatic creature
- Trawler's haul
- With 52-Down, flakes sprinkled into an aquarium
- Certain school group
- Angler's prize
- Bluehead
- Blenny
- Seek sneakily, with "for"
- Bass, e.g.
- Search, as for compliments
- Sucker or fluke
- ___ or cut bait
- Sneakily seek, with "for"
- 56-Across object
- Pike or trout
- Tuna or shark
- Seek bass
- Cod or koi
- Drop a line from the dock, say
- Fare with chips
- Symbol of Christianity
- Salmon or sole
- Tuna or turbot
- Catch some rays?
- Follower of angel or devil
- Excellent swimmers
- Code and sea-lemon, for two
- Marine creature
- Craig Campbell single off debut album
- See 14
- Reel Big ___
- Cod, dab, eel and ray
- Edible, you can have it in cakes
- Sea creatures
- Cod, say
- Aquatic animal(s)
- Mackerel, e.g.
- Having ordered these, gives chef a 27?
- Aquatic creature(s)
- Unhappy type that's got hooked?
- Aquatic animal
- Members of a school
- Aquarium
- After the water-carrier comes the one with scales
- Where a crop may be scaled
- Footman in 5, said to be somewhat officious
- 14, say, in brief, is hunted
- See 22
- See 5
- Search for some thief is hopeless
- Angling catch
- Loaf's partner in a Biblical meal
- It may be on the line
- 12 try to be complimented
- Angle on house all right for securing a catch
- They're often in schools to seek information, say
- His forecast originally was wrong
- Discounting deception, life is death, ultimately
- Food often eaten with chips
- What anglers try to catch
- Trout or tuna
- Catch some rays?
- Rays, e.g.
- Swimmer seen in surf is huge
- Something at the end of the hook?
- Traditional Friday fare
- Sea creature
- Food popular with chips
- Use the items found at the ends of the answers to 20-, 31-, 47- and 56-Across
- Look (for), as a compliment
- Tuna or trout
- ___ and chips
- School member, in the ocean
- Raffish angle?
- Flopper on a line
- One taking the bait
- Angler's target
- *Match game?
- What trawlers trawl for
- 66-Across, e.g.
- Flounder or shark
- Schools that swim
- Do some angling
- Londoner's fast food
- Drop a line?
- If dodgy on the quiet, may be in bad odour
- Perch or sole
- Salmon, for one
- A big one often gets away
- Bass, for example
- The swimmer may finish up battered
- Fathead meeting his destruction in the sea
- Seek, as a compliment, with "for"
- Poor victim of sport
- Drop a line, say
- Source of some omega-3s
- Eel, for example
- With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle's groups of circles represents
- Tuna, e.g.
- Aquarium pet
- Trout
- See 1-Across
- To suggest it drinks a lot is literally a lie
- Try out on the bass?
- Flounder or bass
- Minnow or marlin
- They are excellent swimmers
- Many aquarium residents
- Rummage (around)
- Trout, e.g.
- Ray or trout, e.g.
- "Go ___!" (card game cry)
- Aquarium resident
- Amy Tan's "Saving ___ From Drowning"
- See 31-Across
- Cod, for example
- It may be found at the end of the line
- Remove, as from a cluttered container, with "out"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 15, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - June 07, 2026
- New York Times - April 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 25, 2026
- New York Times - March 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 08, 2025
- Daily American - November 27, 2025
- New York Times - August 11, 2025
- LA Times - June 13, 2025
- New York Times - April 29, 2025
- Daily American - April 22, 2025
- Daily American - December 06, 2024
- LA Times - December 05, 2024
- Daily American - December 01, 2024
- New York Times - August 14, 2024
- USA Today - August 02, 2024
- USA Today - July 30, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 06, 2024
- LA Times - March 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 20, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2023
- Daily American - November 27, 2023
- LA Times - August 27, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 26, 2023
- New York Times - July 19, 2023
- LA Times - June 30, 2023
- USA Today - June 20, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 07, 2023
- Family Time - May 08, 2023
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