Clues for the word "HOB"
We've had 55 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 97 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 02, 2025.
Definition of hob
- n. - The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
- n. - The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
- n. - A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
- n. - A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
- n. - A countryman; a rustic; a clown.
Referring Clues
- Play ___ with (damage)
- Elf
- Quoits game
- Quoits target
- Nail preceder
- Round pin
- Rounded quoits peg
- Gearwheel tooth cutter
- Fireplace projection
- Play ___ with (do mischief to)
- Fireplace shelf
- Quoits peg
- Goblin preceder
- Goblin starter
- Fireside shelf
- Rounded pin
- Fireplace ledge
- Hearth
- Mischief, old style
- Mischief
- Word before nail
- Goblin start?
- Prefix for goblin
- Fireplace food-warming shelf
- Goblin leader?
- Warming shelf in a fireplace
- Mischievous sprite
- Play ___ with (harm)
- Play ___ (be disruptive)
- Start for 'goblin'
- Start for goblin
- Fireplace feature
- Fireplace shell
- Music hall restaurant chain co-founded by Dan Aykroyd, for short
- Start for nob or goblin
- Famous blues club chain (Abbr.)
- Cooking appliance
- Stove-top
- Where a goblin can keep warm
- Not all hoboes have a place to keep warm
- Does it keep the goblins nice and warm?
- Cooking surface
- Cooker top
- Sprite, in dialect
- Mischievous elf
- It's on the stove, but not exactly hot?
- Cooking range
- Nail or nob preceder
- Flat surface on top of a cooker
- House at Beach head, a warm place
- Elf (per se or a prefix)
- Play ___ with (make trouble for)
- Lead-in to goblin
- Does it keep the goblins nice and warm?
- It's on the stove, but not exactly hot?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 16, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 15, 2023
- New York Times - May 04, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 02, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 29, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2018
- Netword - December 24, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 04, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - August 22, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 21, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - August 05, 2017
- New York Times - July 26, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 18, 2016
- LA Times Sunday - June 26, 2016
- Canadiana - June 06, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - March 29, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - March 15, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 27, 2016
- New York Times - February 12, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - January 18, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 02, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - June 28, 2015
- And in 67 more crossword puzzles...