Clues for the word "GAY"
We've had 130 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 338 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on April 17, 2026.
Definition of gay
- superl. - Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
- superl. - Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
- superl. - Loose; dissipated; lewd.
- n. - An ornament
Referring Clues
- ___ Men's Health Crisis
- In high spirits
- "The Beggar's Opera" writer
- "The ___ Divorcee"
- Like some holiday apparel
- Chipper
- Applicant for a civil union, maybe
- John who wrote "She who has never lov'd, has never liv'd"
- Like some carol apparel
- Not straight
- Party to many a civil union
- Frolicsome
- Like the Log Cabin Republicans
- Jocund
- ___ Head (Martha's Vineyard town)
- Cheery
- Not straight, in a way
- "Honor Thy Father" author Talese
- In a lighthearted mood
- Like the 1890s, supposedly
- Like Paree, in song
- Like apparel donned in a Christmas carol
- Like some modern-day marriages
- Like civil union members
- Part of LGBT
- Lively
- Happy
- Like the 1890s
- Enola Tibbets' middle name
- "The Beggar's Opera" author
- Cheerful
- In a merry mood
- Like old Paree
- "The --- Divorcee"
- Nineties descriptor
- Writer Talese
- "Don we now our ___ apparel ..."
- "Don we now our ___ apparel"
- Full of merriment
- In a happy mood
- High-spirited
- Coming-out party?
- Merry
- Pride parade participant
- Like some Christmas apparel
- Joyful
- ___ Nineties
- Kind of pride
- Author Talese
- Brightly colored
- Prideful, perhaps?
- Festive
- Ben- ___
- Young's partner
- John who wrote "The Beggar's Opera"
- Like "Deck the Halls" apparel
- Like apparel in a carol
- Last name of a famous plane
- Like the apparel donned in "Deck the Halls"
- Queer
- Like the N.B.A.'s Jason Collins, notably
- Kind of marriage
- Happy and carefree
- Sprightly
- Like the out crowd?
- The ___ Nineties
- Like the apparel in a certain Christmas carol
- ___ marriage
- See 36-Across
- A British police officer charged a man when he called the officer's horse this
- Blithe
- The G in LGBT
- Part of L.G.B.T.
- "Deck the Halls" descriptor
- Feeling mirthful
- Breezy
- The "G" of L.G.B.T.
- Part of LGBTQ
- Like "Paree," in song
- Carefree
- Famous plane, Enola ___
- Famous bomber, the Enola ___
- "on we now our ___ apparel22
- Like most readers of "Out"
- Like Logo's target audience
- In the closet, or out of it
- Cole Porter tune "Who Said ___ Paree?"
- Like Will of "Will & Grace"
- Electric Six hit "___ Bar"
- Yes, by midnight is merry
- Like most Grindr users
- Flying the rainbow flag, perhaps
- Author of "The Beggar's Opera"
- "Glitter and Be ___" (aria from Leonard Bernstein's "Candide")
- Like Ellen DeGeneres or Anderson Cooper
- Bright, lively
- Happily carefree
- Fun-loving
- Attracted to the same sex
- LGBTQ part
- The G of LGBTQIA
- What the 1890s were called
- Jolly
- Like many Pride Parade participants
- The "G" of L.G.B.T.Q.
- Like the Stonewall rioters
- Joyous
- Part of LGBTQIA+
- Word before "bar" or "pride"
- ___ Liberation Front
- "Hunger" memoirist Roxane ___
- ___ rights, cause long championed by the Mattachine Society
- ___ pride
- The G in LGBTQIA+
- "We're Having ___ Sex" (Ashley Gavin podcast)
- The G in GLAAD
- Like some apparel, in song
- "Bad Feminist" writer Roxane
- Like the main characters in "Fire Island"
- Word on some Pride month gear
- Like most of the characters in the play "The Inheritance"
- Like Pride Parade participants
- Rhyme for "away" in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- Like characters in a yaoi manga
- The "G" of PFLAG
- Like some Pride Month celebrants
- ___-straight alliance
- Like many characters in "The L Word"
- Identity celebrated during Pride Month
- Writer/editor Roxane who co-owns the online literary magazine The Rumpus
Last Seen In
- LA Times - April 17, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 10, 2026
- New York Times - April 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 05, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 11, 2026
- New York Times - February 02, 2026
- New York Times - January 15, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 13, 2025
- New York Times - December 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 08, 2025
- New York Times - August 04, 2025
- LA Times - July 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 29, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 01, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 22, 2025
- LA Times - January 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 13, 2025
- USA Today - January 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 16, 2024
- USA Today - December 14, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 12, 2024
- And in 308 more crossword puzzles...