Clues for the word "HEDGEHOG"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 35 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on August 18, 2026.
Definition of hedgehog
- n. - A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.
- n. - The Canadian porcupine.
- n. - A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called.
- n. - A form of dredging machine.
Referring Clues
- Porcupine pal
- Mr. Pricklepants in "Toy Story 3," e.g.
- English garden insectivore
- Spiny mammal
- Wonderland croquet ball
- When threatened, he becomes a prickly ball
- Sonic, of video games
- Small nocturnal mammal
- Mrs Tiggy-Winkle's kind
- Restrict dangerous driver - he's often flat out on the road
- Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, for example
- Animal duck gets to corner
- Prickly creature
- Crawl into water, good animal
- Animal ending in both two corners?
- Behave shiftily and selfishly? Not this self-effacing character!
- Spiny creature
- Small prickly insectivore
- Prickly animal
- Hard worm taken by gannet, an insectivore
- Prickly beast
- Prince to go back round the border and become an urchin
- Hard boundary, hard to go over - it's prickly
- Small prickly-backed animal
- Insurance on Harley-Davidson - a vanishing breed
- Prickly chap in side between posts before own goal
- Nocturnal mammal
- Spiny critter
- Spiny-haired mammal
- Prickly critter
- Beatrix Potter's Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, for one
- Nocturnal animal
- Porcupine relative
- See 28-Across
- Sonic, notably
- Porcupine
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - August 18, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 27, 2026
- LA Times - April 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 27, 2024
- New York Times - March 15, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 29, 2022
- Daily Quick - September 10, 2022
- Family Time - July 17, 2022
- Daily Quick - January 27, 2018
- Guardian Cryptic - December 19, 2017
- Mirror Quick - October 06, 2017
- Guardian Quick - July 25, 2017
- Guardian Prize - July 15, 2017
- Netword - April 23, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - August 15, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 12, 2015
- Guardian Quick - December 26, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - December 03, 2013
- New York Times - December 08, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - October 23, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - July 23, 2012
- Guardian Quick - April 26, 2012
- Guardian Quick - July 19, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - June 23, 2010
- Guardian Quick - September 01, 2009
- Guardian Quick - July 20, 2009
- Guardian Quick - May 09, 2009
- Family Time - February 10, 2008
- Guardian Quick - April 12, 2006
- And in 5 more crossword puzzles...