Clues for the word "HARPY"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 51 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on March 26, 2025.
Definition of harpy
- n. - A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
- n. - One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
- n. - The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
- n. - A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.
Referring Clues
- Part woman, part bird creature
- Mythical bird-woman
- Fierce-tempered woman
- Winged monster of Greek myth
- Hideous shrew of Greek mythology
- Shrew
- Birdlike monster of myth
- Flying monster of myth
- Part woman, part bird
- Mythical winged monster
- Shrewish woman
- Part-woman, part-bird creature
- Hideous hybrid of myth
- mythical winged monster
- Mythical beast
- Shrewish one
- Bad-tempered woman
- Nag
- Scolding, nagging sort
- Half-woman, half-bird
- Half-woman, half-bird monster
- Mythical bird monster [SEE NOTE ABOVE]
- Monster of Greek myth
- Monster encountered by Aeneas
- Hybrid woman-bird monster
- Half-woman, half-bird creature
- Grasping woman
- 6 down like an angel's possession?
- Creature that's part woman and part bird
- Part woman, part bird of myth
- Grasping female in the grass without BBC English?
- Bird-woman of myth
- Half-bird, half-woman monster
- Plucky but unpleasant female?
- Half-bird, half-woman creature
- Half-human/half-bird creature of myth
Last Seen In
- Daily American - March 26, 2025
- New York Times - November 24, 2023
- Daily American - October 21, 2023
- Daily American - March 26, 2023
- Daily American - October 21, 2017
- Daily American - March 26, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 17, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 29, 2016
- New York Times - May 27, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 18, 2015
- New York Times - August 12, 2015
- New York Times - May 13, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 10, 2015
- USA Today - February 18, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - February 15, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 17, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 03, 2014
- LA Times - May 29, 2014
- Universal - December 08, 2013
- Washington Post - June 08, 2013
- New York Times - May 07, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 14, 2012
- Netword - June 23, 2012
- Universal - March 16, 2012
- LA Times - February 05, 2011
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 23, 2010
- Universal - September 28, 2010
- USA Today - September 23, 2010
- Washington Post - August 08, 2010
- Thinks Daily - March 08, 2010
- And in 21 more crossword puzzles...