Clues for the word "GONG"
We've had 166 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 246 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 20, 2026.
Definition of gong
- n. - A privy or jakes.
- n. - An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise.
- n. - A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell.
Referring Clues
- Signal for an act to end
- Signal to leave
- It may be hit with a hammer
- Signal to leave, perhaps
- Metallic percussion
- Instrument hit with a hammer
- Percussion instrument
- Pagoda instrument
- 1970s TV's "The ___ Show"
- It produces a vibrant, hollow tone
- Prop in a Chuck Barris "talent" show
- It produces a vibrant, hollow sound
- "The ___ Show" (TV talent contest)
- Big ringer
- Interrupter of a bad act, on an old game show
- Prop on a Chuck Barris game show
- Instrument often left hanging
- Bell hit with a padded hammer
- Old game show prop
- 1970s-'80s game show prop
- Loud bell
- Hammer target
- Mallet target
- Chinese percussion instrument
- Disklike percussion instrument
- Sound that ends an act
- Chuck Barris' game show prop
- Cymbal's bigger cousin
- Bell hit with a mechanical hammer
- Sound signaling the act is over
- Sound that ends some acts
- It may bring an act to an end
- Big bell
- Cymbal kin
- Striking metal instrument?
- Remove from a talent show, maybe
- Large percussion instrument
- Saucer shaped bell
- Instrument played with a mallet
- Instrument in a Chinese temple
- Sound heard at the end of "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Hammer accompanier
- Gamelan instrument
- Barris game show prop
- Asian percussion instrument
- Circular instrument
- Large bell
- Dinner signal
- Amateur-night prop
- Amateur-night ringer
- Barris' bell
- Talent show sound
- Talent-show signal
- Talent contest prop
- Talent show prop
- Amateur-night bell
- Saucer-shaped bell
- Musical disk
- Large musical disk
- Chuck Barris game show prop
- "Dinner's ready" sound
- Instrument hit with a mallet
- Summoner's signal
- Instrument in the song
- Reverberating instrument
- Deep bell
- Call for dinner, maybe
- Bad sound at a talent show
- Chinese temple instrument
- Cymbal relative
- Disk-shaped instrument
- Pagoda feature
- Amateur night prop
- Cymbal cousin
- Summoning signal
- Amateur-night item, often
- Old game show prop that contestants didn't want to hear
- "The ___ Show"
- Flat bell
- Struck disk
- Resonant disk
- Loud signal
- Bronze-disk instrument
- Cymbal's kin
- One getting hammered
- Hammered instrument
- Musical disc
- Bell hit with a padded mallet
- Signal for dinner
- Temple feature
- Saucer-shaped instrument
- Shallow bell
- Dinner summons at the manor house
- Bell-like sound
- Large instrument similar to a cymbal
- Musical instrument that's struck with a padded hammer
- Departing, I must leave to find medal
- Sound on a Chuck Barris show
- Large Chinese instrument
- Instrument struck with a mallet
- "Bang a ___ (Get It On)"
- "Magick Brother" prog rock group
- Medal
- On the way, I abandoned honour
- Around one, it's going to tell you the meal is ready
- Percussion instrument - medal (slang)
- Medal held by Pentagon general
- Resonant metal disc
- Disc struck at meal times - medal
- Dinner instrument?
- Medal - percussion instrument
- Instrument - award
- Percussion instrument - medal
- Dinner call - medal
- Sound announcing meal
- Award likely to be bagged by horse
- Medal - dinner bell
- As a medal, it's unbeatable
- Instrument played at the beginning of "Jungle Boogie"
- Dinner bell?
- Disc of music
- Dinner chime
- ... course conditions losing current medal
- Trophy for working horse, worn out
- Medal, award or honour (inf)
- Bell sounding? I must leave
- Percussion in a Buddhist temple
- Percussion instrument in a Chinese temple
- Signal a performer doesn't want to hear
- Instrument heard at the start of J. Arthur Rank films
- It's played with a mallet
- Mallet-struck instrument
- Asian bell
- Percussion in a pagoda
- Buddhist temple bell
- A decoration, of course, has a certain resonance
- Bit of percussion
- Dinner bell?
- Suspended instrument
- Tam-tam
- Chinese bronze-disk instrument
- Medal, slang
- Buddhist temple sight
- Large disk in a pagoda
- Flat Asian bell
- Bell in a Buddhist temple
- It tells you you're wrong or right to think dinner's ready!
- Instrument at a sumo contest
- Percussion instrument with a "wind" variety
- Instrument struck with a hammer
- It has a nice ring to it
- Bell hit with a hammer
- Subject of a smash hit?
- Large flat bell
- Percussion instrument with a mallet
- Instrument in a Tibetan monastery
- Instrument heard at the conclusion of "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Music disc?
- Crash before dinner?
- Sound of rejection on a 1970s variety show
- Hanging instrument
- Gamelan percussion instrument
- Huge percussion instrument
- Instrument with a mallet
- Summoning instrument
- Signal to get off the stage, say
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 16, 2026
- New York Times - January 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - October 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 26, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 01, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 03, 2025
- LA Times - January 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2024
- LA Times - November 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 18, 2024
- New York Times - September 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 06, 2024
- Family Time - September 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 07, 2024
- LA Times - July 20, 2024
- USA Today - July 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 20, 2024
- LA Times - June 14, 2024
- New York Times - May 26, 2024
- New York Times - May 05, 2024
- New York Times - April 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 02, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2024
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