Clues for the word "GEARS"
We've had 121 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 162 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on August 26, 2026.
Referring Clues
- They may be stripped
- First, second, reverse, etc.
- Adjusts
- They may be shifted or stripped
- Subjects of ratios
- They're sometimes stripped
- First, second and third
- Attunes
- You may use a stick for these
- They may get engaged
- First, second, third and reverse
- See 8-Across
- Toothed wheels
- Four-on-the floor quartet
- Engaging parts
- Forward and reverse
- Clockwork components
- Transmission options
- Drive and reverse
- They may be switched
- Gets ready, with "up"
- Bicycle parts
- A shift lever changes them
- They're changed while the clutch is depressed
- Four-on-the-floor options
- They're shifted
- Transmission units
- Meshing parts
- Shifting things
- They're meant to be engaged
- Shifting objects
- Car-transmission settings
- Neutral and reverse
- Transmission settings
- PRNDL picks
- Transmission components
- They may be engaged
- They often get engaged
- First, second et al.
- Drive and park
- They may be shifted
- First and second, for two
- Transmission innards
- Four-on-the-floor foursome
- They can be shifted
- Watch innards
- First, second and reverse
- Shifty ones?
- P, R, D, N, 1 and 2
- Steampunk adornments
- Don't give me the ______
- Sprockets
- Watch innards
- Wheels with teeth
- Bike parts
- Transmission choices
- A ten-speed has ten
- Stick shift selections
- Shifted car parts
- Set for biking
- Clockwork, mostly
- Car transmission selections
- Park and drive
- Five-speed options
- Clock innards
- They're engaged
- Swiss watch parts
- They work in shifts
- Ten-speed parts
- First and reverse, e.g.
- Customizes
- They're often switched
- Stickshift selections
- Low and high, e.g.
- Auto transmission choices
- They may be stripped by new drivers
- Bike components
- Racing bike selections
- Adapts for special use
- Drive and reverse, for two
- Part of a transmission
- Cream "Disraeli ___"
- They're often engaged in the movement of transport
- They have teeth
- Cogwheel set
- Transmission cogs
- Cogs
- Outfits
- They have strong teeth
- First, low and reverse
- Ten-speed workings
- The ten of a ten-speed
- In cars, they're mostly forward
- In motor cars, they're mostly forward
- Car transmission choices
- Clockwork, essentially
- They're changed on the road
- Shifter's selections
- A stick shift changes them
- Those shiftily changed in a car?
- With good ears, they can be engaging
- First and reverse
- What a shift shifts
- In cars, they're generally forward
- Machine parts with teeth
- Cogwheels
- They have pointy teeth
- They're shifted often in cities
- Reverse and others
- They may be switched while cycling
- Switch ___
- See 16-Down
- Biking selections
- They're mostly forward
- Cars and bikes have them
- Rolex innards
- Settings on a bike
- Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car
- "That really grinds my ___"
- Shift workers?
- They have teeth but don't bite
Last Seen In
- New York Times - August 26, 2026
- LA Times - August 08, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 29, 2026
- LA Times - April 11, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 10, 2026
- New York Times - January 19, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - October 03, 2025
- LA Times - September 24, 2025
- LA Times - August 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 07, 2025
- New York Times - May 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 28, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 18, 2024
- USA Today - August 11, 2024
- New York Times - May 12, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 31, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 05, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 02, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 20, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 28, 2023
- USA Today - July 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 29, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - June 13, 2023
- And in 132 more crossword puzzles...