Clues for the word "FOSSIL"
We've had 65 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 79 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on August 16, 2026.
Definition of fossil
- a. - Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
- a. - Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.
- n. - A substance dug from the earth.
- n. - The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
- n. - A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.
Referring Clues
- Thing of the past
- Old-fashioned one
- Dinosaur remnant
- Has-been
- Old fogy
- Fuddy-duddy
- Paleontologist's find
- Dig discovery
- Dig find
- Fogy
- Antiquated person
- Paleontologist's interest
- Part of ancient history
- Dinosaur evidence
- Dinosaur remnant
- Paleontology specimen
- Paleontologist's prize
- Paleontoligist's prize`
- Trilobite, today
- Dinosaur bone
- Something set in stone
- Archaeologist's relic
- Paleontologist's pursuit
- Paleontologist's relic
- Person behind the times, as it were
- La Brea discovery
- Skeletal remains
- Bone to pick?
- Very old thing
- Paleontology topic
- Petrified wood, e.g.
- Dinosaur bone, e.g.
- Dinosaur remnant, e.g.
- Really old person, in mean slang
- Old person, derogatorily
- Very old relic - outdated person
- Ammonite, for example
- Petrified remains of plant or animal
- Petrified remains
- Relic of bygone age
- Relic of ship in protective wrapping
- Petrified relic
- Ancient stone vessel found in metal wrapping
- Petrified 9
- If loss can occur, is stony
- Remainder
- Petrified remnant
- Relic of saints wrapped in thin sheet
- Metal encasing small orris root is an item of interest to palaeontologists
- Relic of saints captured in defeat
- Archaeologist's find
- Ancient 3 fellow East German left
- Chapel is so fortunate to hold returned relic
- You can dig it
- What's left of a dinosaur
- Archaeologist's bony find
- Dinosaur tibia, e.g.
- Dinosaur's egg or footprint
- Kind of fuel
- Stegosaurus remnant
- Paleontologist's discovery
- Mary Anning find
- Badlands discovery, maybe
- Accessory brand known for watches
- It may be petrified
Last Seen In
- New York Times - August 16, 2026
- LA Times - January 06, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 02, 2025
- LA Times - November 20, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 27, 2025
- New York Times - July 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 02, 2025
- LA Times - January 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - March 11, 2024
- LA Times - February 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 05, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - November 02, 2022
- Your Life Choices - September 11, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 16, 2018
- Netword - January 07, 2018
- Your Life Choices - December 05, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - October 30, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 26, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - August 06, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - May 07, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 06, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - March 19, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 17, 2016
- Guardian Quick - December 10, 2016
- LA Times - July 14, 2016
- And in 49 more crossword puzzles...