Clues for the word "HERO"
We've had 495 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1199 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on December 13, 2025.
Definition of hero
- n. - An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
- n. - A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.
- n. - The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the Aeneid.
Referring Clues
- Parade figure
- "Three cheers" recipient
- Sub
- Submarine sandwich
- Leander's lover
- Submarine
- Deli offering
- Parade honoree
- Object of decoration
- Medal recipient
- Man of the hour
- Lifesaver, say
- Long lunch?
- "My ___!"
- Star
- Achilles, e.g.
- Lifesaver, e.g.
- Leander's love
- Firefighter, maybe
- Decorated cop, say
- Lifesaver
- Savior
- Life saver
- Deli sandwich
- Medal awardee, maybe
- Subway fare?
- Deli order
- Sizable sandwich
- Person with a medal, maybe
- Grinder
- Long sandwich
- One getting a decoration
- Paladin
- Loooong sandwich
- Knight in shining armor
- Subway purchase
- Lead
- Medal of honor recipient
- One who saves the day
- Deli product
- White knight
- Dragon slayer
- Batman or Superman
- Lifesaver, maybe
- Medal winner for bravery
- El Cid, to Spaniards
- Two-handed sandwich
- Guitar ___ (hit video game series)
- Protagonist
- Hercules or Ulysses
- Purple Heart recipient
- Sandwich that requires two hands
- Key to the city recipient, maybe
- The guy in the white hat, stereotypically
- Hefty sandwich
- Hawkman or Green Lantern
- El Cid, to the Spaniards
- Conquering ___
- Worshiper's honoree
- Big sandwich
- Damsel's deliverer
- Ham holder, perhaps
- Day saver
- Damsel's rescuer
- Good guy
- Sub sandwich
- One's knight in shining armor
- Role model
- Big lunch
- Derring-doer
- Superman's sandwich?
- Villain's opposite
- Lunchtime handful
- Supersized sandwich
- Brave deed doer
- Audie Murphy, in movies and real life
- Role model hidden in this puzzle's longest answers
- Sub by another name
- Heavy conqueror?
- Paragon of bravery
- Hercules, for one
- Sandwich for Superman?
- Long roll
- Rescuer, often
- One who is worshiped
- Hoagie
- Worshiped one, at times
- Noble man
- #1 hit for Mariah Carey
- 1992 Dustin Hoffman movie
- Ticker-tape parade honoree, perhaps
- Deli roll
- Sandwich also known as a grinder
- 1992 film directed by Stephen Frears
- Medal candidate
- Guitar ___ (video game)
- Sandwich eaten two-handed
- War honoree
- Guitar ___: video game
- David, after using his 13-Down
- Object of worship
- Certain medalist
- Deli serving
- Caterer's six-foot offering
- Decorated veteran, e.g.
- Villain's vanquisher
- Army-medal recipient
- Damsel rescuer
- Decorated one
- The good guy
- Courageous one
- Deli lunch
- Saver of the day
- Mythical priestess
- He saves the day
- Elongated sandwich
- Damsel saver
- Popeye, after eating spinach
- One dressed in white, stereotypically
- Valorous one
- White knight, stereotypically
- Dustin Hoffman film
- Lover who lived by the Hellespont
- Three cheers recipient
- "Three cheers" recipient
- White-hat wearer, stereotypically
- "My ___!"
- Apt sandwich for Superman
- "Last Action ___" (1993)
- It may be a foot long and edible
- White hat wearer
- Poor boy's cousin?
- Much-admired sandwich?
- "We Don't Need Another ___" (Tina Turner)
- Medal of Honor winner
- Fireman, at times
- Substantial sandwich
- Parade recipient, perhaps
- Rocky, Rambo, or a fireman, e.g.
- Croix de Guerre recipient
- Apt lunch for Superman
- Subway purchase, perhaps
- Apt lunch for Superman?
- Lionized leader
- Medal recipient, maybe
- Parade honoree, perhaps
- Day-saver in comics
- Deli fare
- Deli delight
- It may be full of baloney
- Batman, for one
- Novel's protagonist
- Superman, e.g.
- Medal winner
- 1992 Dustin Hoffman film
- Heart recipient, perhaps
- Epic figure
- My ___!
- Military medal recipient
- One may win a heart
- Damsel's savior
- Adventurer, often
- Legend subject
- "Last Action ___" (1993)
- Guitar ___: video game
- 39-Down recipient
- Rescuer, e.g.
- Someone to root for
- Champion
- Super Bowl party order
- Po' boy relative
- Bronze Star recipient
- Medal deserver
- Sub or torpedo
- Classic Mariah Carey jam from "Music Box"
- Military-medal recipient
- Two-fisted sandwich
- Han or Luke, e.g.
- Hoagie's cousin
- He deserves a medal
- Super or anti follower
- Indiana Jones, for one
- Novel protagonist
- Medal earner
- Valiant one
- Sub's cousin
- Male lead
- Poor boy
- Sub in a deli
- Leading man
- Main male character
- Beloved of leander
- Beloved of Leander
- Single for Chad Kroeger of Nickelback or Mariah Carey
- Elongated lunch
- Decorated deli sandwich?
- Tarzan or Buck Rogers, e.g.
- Main part, often
- Sir Galahad, e.g.
- Long deli sandwich
- Main character
- Knight, often
- Villain's foe
- Another word for hoagie
- Villain's adversary
- White hat, in oaters
- Tubular sandwich
- Villain vanquisher
- Brave sandwich?
- Foot-long sandwich
- Paragon
- Adventure novel's protagonist
- Activision's Guitar ___
- Life saver, e.g.
- Saving type
- Superman, for one
- Guy hitting a game-winning homer, e.g.
- Valiant person
- Brave one
- Gilgameh or Beowulf
- Wartime honoree
- Medal of Honor recipient, e.g.
- Big deli sandwich
- White-hat wearer
- One coming through in the clutch
- Jackie Robinson, historically
- Admired one
- Many a returning soldier
- "Don't be a ___!"
- El Cid, e.g.
- Decoration receiver
- Villain's nemesis
- Lover of Leander, in myth
- Villain's enemy
- Sub in a bag
- Shane, e.g.
- Sandwich choice
- Long lunch
- Six-footer at a Super Bowl party?
- Superman's sandwich choice?
- Hercules, e.g.
- Oversized sandwich
- Brave warrior
- Brave person
- Courageous person
- Illustrious warrior
- Decorated cop, for one
- Lionhearted sort
- One who may be a lifesaver
- Subject of a parade
- Rescuer, to a rescuee
- "A Novel Without a ___" ("Vanity Fair" subtitle)
- Saving sort
- Subway meal
- Lionhearted type
- Soldier of distinction
- Medal awardee
- Typical comic-book title character
- Caterer's six-foot-long offering, maybe
- "Once a ___"
- Subway buy
- Brave rescuer
- Goat's opposite
- Possible lunch or dinner item
- Military medal earner
- Achilles or Ajax
- Goat's antithesis, in sports
- Recipient of a ticker-tape parade, maybe
- Melodrama mainstay
- Antagonist's foil
- War ace, e.g.
- Superman's favorite sandwich?
- Deli sub
- Lunch order
- "Somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown," per Tom Hanks
- Novel creation
- Achilles or Moses, e.g.
- Sandwich
- Brave man
- Object of admiration
- Brave, courageous person
- Superman is a "super" one
- Superman is a super ___
- ___ sandwich (edible submarine)
- Superman or Batman, for example
- Someone who saves the day
- A firefighter, for one
- Opposite of a coward
- Person saving someone, for example
- Any firefighter, e.g.
- Opposite of villain
- Someone who saves a life, for one
- Comic book character, often
- Object of worship, maybe
- Biblical king finally lacking as leading man
- Person who saves the day
- Person who deserves a medal
- Not a villain
- One deserving a medal
- Not the villain
- Admired fellow
- "There goes my ___" Foo Fighters
- "There goes my ___"
- Bonnie Tyler "Holding Out for a ___"
- Foo Fighters "My ___"
- Foos "There goes my ___ ..."
- Mariah Carey "Music Box" smash
- Mariah Carey's smash about her savior?
- Metallica "___ of the Day"
- Mariah Carey and Enrique Iglesias hits with same title
- Principal character in a film or novel
- Male protagonist
- Idol
- Woman's over leading actor
- Exceptionally brave person
- Brave guy
- Her love was for Leander
- Did Leander call her –duck"?
- Leander had her love
- Courageous man
- Cherokee boxing champion
- Her love was all for Leander
- He goes down or rises as the star
- The lady's ring is one much admired
- Leander's lover - a person of courage
- Someone who's admired lady's ring
- Blücher openly tackles person with bottle
- Object of the lady's love?
- Sub shop purchase
- The Ideal woman's circle
- Celebrated man is all but a tyrant
- Person of exceptional courage
- Gallant sort
- Lion among the Romans
- He goes down or rises in play
- Principal male figure in a story
- Priestess's object of worship
- Brave man: he has heart of iron
- Old king detailed brave soldier
- That woman with old idol, a priestess
- He is brave, so was she
- Medal recipient, perhaps
- What Popeye becomes, after eating spinach
- Parade honoree, often
- Grinder, in New Englander parlance
- Rider of a white horse, say
- Courageous fellow
- Mythical Greek character always in Aphrodite's heart
- See 27
- Swimmer's objective? A girl's love
- Exemplar
- Leading male role
- Main protagonist
- Lover of Leander
- Principal male character in a play, movie, novel or poem
- Long lunch?
- Principal boy appearing in theatre-in-the-round
- ...but he will win her love, ...
- The one who wins the girl's love?
- The object of a woman's love?
- The man who wins the lady's love
- Leading man's lady love
- Brave sandwich?
- Hoffman film
- Forrest Gump, for one
- Parade celebrity
- Action film staple
- Foo Fighters "There goes my ___"
- Deli option
- Only a brave man will give her a ring
- Enrique Iglesias "I can be your ___, baby"
- "Sully" Sullenberger, notably
- Subway sandwich
- Lengthy lunch?
- Hoagie, by another name
- Subway fare?
- #1 hit for Mariah Carey in 1993
- Popular Super Bowl party centerpiece
- Pizzeria offering
- 6-foot-long party order, perhaps
- Lover's part in Swedish erotica
- Bolívar, in much of South America
- Biblical king, not entirely one who's admired
- Star in Fiddler on the Roof
- Did Leander love to give her a ring?
- Guy who saves the day!
- Real lifesaver
- Six-foot sandwich, maybe
- Sub kin
- Achilles, perhaps, plucking tail from waterbird
- "Sully," for one
- Six-foot sandwich
- Black Panther, e.g.
- Deli buy
- Goat's opposite, in sports
- Favorite
- One may wear a cape
- Villain's counterpart
- Villain's antithesis
- Eggplant parm order
- Foot-long meal, perhaps
- Long sub
- Many a Marvel character
- One decorated
- One who might get a parade
- Main character, usually
- Sub substitute?
- Medal getter
- Rescuer, to the rescued
- Lionhearted one
- Demigod
- 11-Down's opposite
- Any Avenger
- Person saving the day
- Sandwich also known as a hoagie
- Sub, to some
- Grinder, by another name
- Action film VIP
- One may be unsung
- Sandwich type
- Courageous figure
- Odysseus, in the "Odyssey"
- "Zero to ___" (song from "Hercules")
- Doer of brave deeds
- Beau ideal
- Batwoman or Wonder Woman
- Person to root for
- Dr. Li Wenliang, to many
- Principal character gives the girl a ring
- Large sub sandwich
- Black Panther or Black Lightning
- Often-shared sandwich
- Leander loved her
- Unsung ___
- Edible submarine
- 1993 Mariah Carey hit
- Sandwich that takes two hands to handle
- Large sandwich
- The lady and the space man who's so intrepid
- Person you look up to
- 1993 chart topper for Mariah Carey
- Captain Marvel, e.g.
- Any puppy rescuer
- Any rescuer
- Leander got her love
- Sandwich also called a grinder
- Aeneas, in "The Aeneid"
- Hoagie, outside of Philly
- Action movie protagonist
- Any frontline worker
- Footlong, maybe
- Action movie necessity
- Ticker-tape parade honoree
- Sub that never plays?
- Revered figure
- Admired figure
- Figure in practically every movie
- Worshipped figure
- One who performs noble deeds
- #8
- Star of an action movie
- Brave protagonist
- Last person standing in an action film
- Mariah Carey hit with the lyric "Look inside you and be strong"
- Rama, in the Ramayana
- Someone to look up to
- Moana, in "Moana"
- Mariah Carey hit
- Villain's opponent
- Lead in an action movie
- Person who comes to the rescue
- Villain's foil
- Lunch that saves the day?
- Valiant sort
- ER nurse, e.g.
- Moana in "Moana," e.g.
- Person standing at the end of an action film
- Sandwich for Superman?
- Gallant one
- "Anti-___" (Taylor Swift song)
- Extended lunch?
- "Black Widow is my favorite super___!"
- Wonder Woman or Superman
- Black Panther or Ms. Marvel
- Widely admired person
- Only a brave person will give her a ring
- Brave person, or a sandwich
- "My ___ Academia" (manga series)
- Any of Marvel's Avengers
- Caped crusader
- Supergirl, for one
- Villain beater
- A real lifesaver
- First responder, to many
- The Romans' ideal
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