Clues for the word "FREE"
We've had 278 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 792 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 23, 2026.
Definition of free
- superl. - Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
- superl. - Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
- superl. - Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
- superl. - Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
- superl. - Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.
- superl. - Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
- superl. - Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
- superl. - Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
- superl. - Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
- superl. - Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
- superl. - Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
- superl. - Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
- superl. - Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of.
- superl. - Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
- superl. - Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
- superl. - Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc.
- superl. - Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
- superl. - Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
- superl. - Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
- adv. - Freely; willingly.
- adv. - Without charge; as, children admitted free.
- a. - To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences.
- a. - To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
- a. - To frank.
Referring Clues
- Not in use
- Gratis
- At liberty
- Liberate
- Off the hook
- At no cost
- For the taking
- Priceless?
- Let go
- Advertising catchword
- Let loose
- Without a date
- Lacking plans
- Without cost
- Remove from isolation
- Unfetter
- Without plans
- Complimentary
- Unoccupied
- To be given away
- Unbind
- Unfettered
- For the asking
- Unleash
- Not tied down
- Sovereign
- On the house
- At leisure
- Advertiser's "magic word"
- Big word in advertising
- Unoccupied, as a theater seat
- Costing nothing
- Welcome word to the miserly
- Out of jail
- Emancipate
- Exempt
- Unencumbered
- Unshackled
- Kind of choice
- Disembarrass
- "Live ___ or Die" (New Hampshire state motto)
- Not busy
- At no charge
- Unlike, as some say, any lunch?
- Word before range or trade
- Cut loose
- Independent
- Available for use
- Word in the center of a bingo card
- Like a gift, and word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 57-Across, and 11-, 25-, and 27-Down
- Available
- Pro bono
- With 50-Down, part of the North
- "O'er the land of the ___ ..."
- Set loose
- For no charge
- Not previously engaged
- Turn loose
- Emancipated
- Like things on the house
- Clear partner
- RFD component
- Just for the asking
- Unbound
- With our compliments
- Publicly supported
- Duty-___ shop
- Off duty
- Best possible price
- Not in jail
- Word in an advertisement come-on
- Relieve from
- Unattached
- Without commitments
- Able to act at will
- Powerful ad word
- No longer encumbered
- Manumit
- Like some refills
- Open
- Key word in direct mail
- Thrown in
- Lacking dates
- No charge
- Unimpeded
- At large
- With 52D, carte blanche
- Able to go, perhaps
- Duty-___ shop
- At no cost to you
- "Live ___ or Die" (N.H. motto)
- Liberated
- ____ Love
- Its like -less
- Like some stuff on Craigslist
- Available for a date
- Not in the pen
- *Loose
- Escaped
- Release
- Price-less?
- Out of the cage
- Enjoying liberty
- "... get one ___!"
- Out of the cooler?
- Provided without charge
- Vacated
- On the loose
- Spring
- Not booked
- Part 11 of a Canada Day quote
- Uninhibited
- ___-for-all
- Sans charge
- Word on a bingo card
- With 57-Across, descent before pulling a rip cord
- At large or no charge
- With 101 Down, carte blanche
- ___-range chicken
- Center square of a bingo card
- See 49-Down
- Between appointments
- Craigslist section
- Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune"
- Like water, at most diners
- -
- Not taken
- Untethered
- Like many samples
- "___ country"
- Not occupied
- Unjammed
- Type of throw in basketball
- Part of BOGOF
- ___ as a bird
- Unconfined
- For nothing
- Discharge
- Between engagements
- Not in the can
- Unhitched
- Advertising buzzword
- Like many apps
- Like IHOP syrup
- Rid (of)
- BOGOF part
- Costing zip
- ___ stuff (Craigslist category)
- Bingo square
- Bingo center space
- No-charge
- Open to all
- Able to accept a date
- Duty-___
- Unrestricted
- Not costing anything
- Loose to roam
- Not restricted
- Ringleader put in charge is unrestricted
- Like the center space in bingo
- No-cost
- Unrestrained
- "All Right Now" rockers
- Without charge
- Paul Rodgers' band
- Word before verse or rein
- Edgar Winter "___ Ride"
- "All Right Now" band
- Paul Rodgers "All Right Now" band
- No charge is made, so get release
- See 15
- Open with key finally, moving to front
- £0.00 charge - about right?
- London number called but not paid for
- See 16
- On the house that's vacant
- Having got away without paying?
- Charge round opening of roof on the house
- Bohemian Welshman, tear arising in suit
- Released without charge
- See 1
- Complimentary, as a run-down battery, say?
- Type of tenure
- As cheap as can be!
- See 21
- Available, some beer freshly served up
- Unchecked downward motion caused by trip over natural obstruction
- Easy-going and available for nothing
- See 27
- See 8
- "Release the Whitechapel Three" ...
- See 18
- Support turns in lower capital
- Untie a reef knot
- Libertarian right in charge
- Unbound from 1 down
- 9 obtained at no cost
- Not engaged
- "Born ___"
- Like speech and the press, ideally
- Word before "pass" or "throw"
- ___ silver (1890s political issue)
- Having no restraints
- Undo reef-knot?
- The charge is about right, but you don't have to pay
- Clear, loud and always rising
- Charge is about right - nothing!
- Rebel Nigel Farage - iconic TV broadcast for talks about working conditions
- Nothing to pay, so charge is about right!
- Brothers order: "Frank and Mary - embrace child!"
- Not bound to be without charge
- Lavish payment rector's accepted
- On the house (unoccupied)
- Release? Don't release - they can't take it from you
- Artistic licence?
- Out of prison without payment
- Figure quoted in Hackney, £ 0.00?
- Having no master from the start, pro swallows back drink at far edge of green
- Partner of 5-Across
- They say there's no such thing as this kind of lunch
- Charge without rupee?
- Priceless?
- Available without charge
- Wild
- Available payment about right
- Off work
- Release from a leash
- NAFTA part
- Release without charge
- Maverick offering drinks on the house?
- See 38-Down
- Out of the slammer
- Unfasten a reef knot?
- At liberty to make no charge
- "___ Willy"
- Center box, on a bingo card
- Release without payment
- Bingo card's middle square
- Wandering the range, say
- At a loose end in spring
- Given away
- Immune from
- Costing less than a penny
- Advertising claim that usually has a catch
- ___ ride
- Let out
- Like tap water in a restaurant
- Like many App Store downloads
- Available for lunch, say
- Release the mildly erroneous three
- Rid
- Deliver without charge
- For no cost
- Provided at no cost
- Not yet caught
- For no price
- Having got away without paying?
- Buy one get one ___
- Costing you zilch
- Costing seven quarters and a dime minus $1.85
- Not occupied with plans
- Middle square on a bingo card
- Detached
- Price of a library card
- Generous with, when it's not costing you anything
- Available for an appointment
- Like much event swag
- Not doing anything
- Like items in Buy Nothing groups
- Sign on a sofa in the front yard, maybe
- Like many library services
- The best possible price
- Get off scot-___
- Word before "speech" or "spirit"
- Like the center space on a bingo card
- Like samples
- Given without charge
- Out of joint?
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 07, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - December 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 16, 2025
- LA Times - December 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 28, 2025
- New York Times - November 28, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 31, 2025
- New York Times - October 27, 2025
- LA Times - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 01, 2025
- LA Times - September 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 15, 2025
- LA Times - September 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 01, 2025
- Daily American - September 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 21, 2025
- Daily American - August 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 02, 2025
- LA Times - June 19, 2025
- Daily American - May 27, 2025
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