Clues for the word "HAZE"
We've had 139 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 245 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 28, 2026.
Definition of haze
- n. - Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
- v. i. - To be hazy, or tick with haze.
- v. t. - To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
- v. t. - To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.
Referring Clues
- Smog
- Run pledges through the gantlet, say
- Cause of low visibility
- Confusion
- Demean, as pledges
- Part of a summer forecast
- Mist
- Harass, in a way
- "Purple ___" (song played at Woodstock)
- Part of many a summer forecast
- Some confusion
- Skyline obscurer
- Put through demeaning rituals
- Sun block
- Jimi Hendrix's "Purple ___"
- Give a paddling, maybe
- Sight blocker
- Fog relative
- Harass a prospective frat member
- Ozone alert prompter
- Fog
- Harass the pledges
- It gives the air an opalescent appearance
- Jimi Hendrix hit "Purple ___"
- Dolores ___ (Lolita)
- Soft-focus effect
- "Purple ___" (Jimi Hendrix song)
- Initiate cruelly
- It's on the meadow in "Oklahoma!"
- Treat a pledge poorly
- Hazard to navigation
- Atmospheric condition
- Visibility hamperer
- Fog or smog
- State of mental confusion
- Paddle, perhaps
- Humiliate, as freshmen
- Initiate, maybe
- Obscurity
- Visibility reducer
- Confused state of mind
- Confused state
- Cloudiness
- State of confusion
- Smog, e.g.
- Blur
- Smoke-filled room phenomenon
- Mental vagueness
- Visibility problem
- Lolita's surname
- Visibility obstacle
- Lack of clarity
- Smoky mist
- "Purple ___" (Hendrix song)
- "Purple ___" (rock classic)
- Word in a Hendrix song title
- Misty condition
- Visibility hindrance
- Initiate without dignity
- Put through pledging torture
- "Purple ___" (Hendrix tune)
- Mental confusion
- Obscuring cloud
- Smog sibling
- Smoky state
- Smokey state
- Vagueness of mind
- Miasma
- "Purple ___" (Hendrix song)
- "Purple ___" (Hendrix)
- Skyline-blurring phenomenon
- Atmospheric aggregation
- Confusing situation
- Smog or fog
- Thin fog
- Summer smog
- Light smog
- Visibility lessener
- Hendrix's 'Purple ___'
- Navigation hindrance
- Horizon hider
- Break a pledge?
- Mental cloudiness
- See 9-Down
- Befuddled state
- Harass, frat-style
- Post-wildfire problem [SEE NOTE ABOVE]
- Cloud
- Skyline-blurring condition
- Run through the gantlet, say
- "Purple ___" (Hendrix classic)
- Indistinctness
- Hangover feeling
- Navigation hazard
- Visible air
- Confusion, to Jimi Hendrix
- Atmospheric obscurer
- Faint mist
- Vague perception
- Visibility inhibitor
- Hendrix' was "Purple"
- State of mental confusion - mist
- Confused memories
- Muddled state
- Man welcomes in extremists? It's not clear
- Environmental woe
- Try to break, as a pledge
- Low-visibility cause
- Metaphor for discombobulation
- Light fog
- Lack of definition or precision
- Atmospheric mist
- Whack with a pledge paddle, say
- The night before, to a hard partier?
- Mental blur
- Dreamy state
- Sunset obscurer
- Hindrance to visibility
- Unclarity
- Paddle at a 24-Across, perhaps
- Metaphor for confusion
- Vista blocker
- Smog, for example
- Vagueness
- Intrusive weather
- Obstacle to visibility
- Smoggy overcast
- Unclear mental state
- "Purple ___"
- It's like mist but with pollutants
- Mental fog
- Sunrise obscurer
- Word after "Lavender" and "Purple," in song titles
- Foggy state
- Reason to turn on headlights
- Visible air pollution
- Foggy mental state
- Difficult air to see through
- Difficult weather condition for driving
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2026
- LA Times - December 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2025
- LA Times - December 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 01, 2025
- New York Times - August 04, 2025
- New York Times - June 16, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 04, 2025
- New York Times - November 25, 2024
- USA Today - October 28, 2024
- LA Times - October 17, 2024
- Daily American - September 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 11, 2024
- Daily American - August 14, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 27, 2024
- New York Times - July 09, 2024
- New York Times - May 31, 2024
- Daily American - April 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 28, 2024
- Daily American - March 27, 2024
- LA Times - March 18, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 04, 2024
- LA Times - December 17, 2023
- LA Times - November 29, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 18, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 05, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 16, 2023
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