Clues for the word "HOLE"
We've had 337 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 742 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 10, 2025.
Definition of hole
- a. - Whole.
- n. - A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
- n. - An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation.
- n. - To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
- n. - To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
- v. i. - To go or get into a hole.
Referring Clues
- Reason for darning
- Swimming ___
- Tunnel
- Bind, so to speak
- Mending site
- Doughnut's middle
- 19th ___ (golf clubhouse)
- Aperture
- Flag location
- Problem in the defense lines
- Links target
- Green target
- Mender's target
- Pocket problem
- Can you dig it?
- Burrow
- Eyelet
- Space
- Green feature
- Ace place?
- Links unit
- Driver's destination?
- Financial predicament
- Place for an ace
- Course division
- Place for a numbered flag
- Pail problem
- Golf unit
- Doughnut's center
- Negative space
- Putter's target
- Darn it
- Boring result
- Puncture
- Reason to darn a stocking
- Golfer's target
- One of 18 on a golf course
- Argument weakness
- Dig this
- Tiger's target
- Bagel's center
- One of a golf course's eighteen
- Courtney Love's band
- Swiss cheese feature
- Bagel center
- Putt it there
- Ace's place?
- Swimming spot
- Ozone layer concern
- Cavity
- Inner donut?
- Word after pot or port
- Logical flaw
- Donut filler?
- Duffer's target
- Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 45-, and 57-Across
- Woodpecker's creation
- Inner doughnut?
- Black ___ (space object)
- Golf target
- Consequence of lost ground?
- Eye
- Darner's focus
- Sock darner's target
- Course component
- "Fixing a ___" (Beatles song)
- Perforation
- It might be behind a windmill
- Gap
- Dive
- Eagle's landing place?
- Place for an ace?
- Digger's creation
- Financial bind
- Predicament
- Opening
- Putting target
- Word that can follow the last word of 17- and 61-Across and 11-, 25- and 27-Down
- Bagel feature
- Needle feature
- Golfer's objective
- Donut center
- Plot flaw
- Evidence of lost ground?
- Excavation
- Donut feature
- One of 18 in golf
- Sock flaw
- Sewing-needle feature
- With 63 Across, golfer's dream
- Donut middle
- What a dibble makes
- Argument's weakness
- Result of being bored
- "Fixing a ___" (Beatles song)
- Middle of a doughnut
- Golf course feature
- You can dig it
- Excavation result
- A fire may be in it
- ___-in-the-wall (dive)
- Reason there's no money in your pocket?
- Boring result?
- Moth's legacy
- Golfer's quest
- Deep impression
- Serious flaw
- Ace's hideout
- Golfer's goal
- Flaw, as in a theory
- Inedible doughnut part?
- Flaw in logic
- Driver's ultimate destination?
- Burrow indicator
- Reason to give a darn?
- Inedible Swiss cheese part?
- Palette feature
- Word that can follow the last word of 17- and 61-Across and 11-, 25- and 27-Down
- Word before punch or card
- Donut part?
- Pocket flaw
- Doughnut center
- Darner's target
- Doughnut feature
- Darned thing
- Golf goal
- It may be bored
- Swiss feature
- Pit
- Gopher's hideout
- Loose-leaf feature
- Mouse pad?
- Drill mark
- See 75-Down
- Word after black or fox
- Word after black or fox
- You may dig this
- Plot inconsistency
- Sock problem
- Plot inconsistericy
- Bagel's middle
- Center of a bagel
- Badger digs
- Spot with a numbered flag
- Alice fell in one
- Great debt, so to speak
- Flaw in one's logic
- Bad financial situation
- Jelly doughnut's lack
- Target on the green
- Burrowing result
- Tunnel, e.g.
- Reason to discard a sock
- Green opening
- Jackson ___, Wyo.
- Ice fishing access
- Running back's target
- Moth's calling card
- Cavity in a solid
- Part of a round
- Boring creation?
- Crater
- Green's feature
- Empty space
- Jackson ___, Wyoming
- Green target?
- Shoveler's creation
- Story inconsistency
- Flaw in an argument
- Froot Loops feature
- Deficit, informally
- Reason for giving a darn?
- Ozone problem
- Thing to dig
- With 109-Down, uncommon eagle
- Boring outcome?
- One of the front or back nine
- Dilemma
- Bad thing to have in one's pocket
- Feature of a putting green
- Donut part with the fewest calories
- Drilled bowling ball feature
- What a debater may exploit
- Woodchuck's escape route
- Moth larva's handiwork
- Problem with a sock
- Tunnel, essentially
- Darn it!
- Breach
- Ozone layer problem
- Drain opening
- Bucket flaw
- What a dog digs
- Something to dig
- Part of a doughnut
- It's dug
- Leaky boat cause
- "ixing a ___"(Beatles song)
- Result of using a shovel
- 1 of 18
- Opening pronounced intact
- "___ in the Wall" (upcoming game show based on the Japanese "Human Tetris" clips on YouTube)
- "___ in the Wall" (game show based on the Japanese "Human Tetris" clips on YouTube)
- Logical flaw in a plot
- Moth's handiwork
- Courtney Love band
- What the Beatles fixed
- What Aerosmith had in their "Soul"
- The Beatles were "Fixing" one
- Kelly Clarkson song about Courtney Love band?
- Cyndi Lauper "___ in My Heart (All the Way to China)"
- STP "Trippin' on a ___ in a Paper Heart"
- See 9
- Jimmie's Chicken Shack song they fell into?
- Alice in Chains "Down in a ___"
- This in one is a golfer's dream!
- Steely Dan "Fire in the ___"
- Extreme "___ Hearted"
- "Reasons to Be Beautiful" band
- Scrape top off aggregate
- Predicament - golfer's target
- Poor housing contributes to cholera
- See 23
- See 17
- Open space one is unlikely to drive into!
- Despite what's said, it's not the complete course
- May have a pin in it, of course
- Women moved out of complete dump
- Nothing left in explosive crater
- Underhand elements of golf and soccer
- Course goal
- Target on a course
- Gap left by removing the head from all parts
- Awkward situation a golfer may get into
- Dungeon
- Word with doughnut or black
- Place to crawl back into
- Problem with one's reasoning
- See 16
- See 28
- Difficult situation in Soho? Leave it to me!
- See 1
- Ace in the ___
- Can you dig it?
- One of 18
- Beatles "Fixing a ___"
- Something to plug
- Gopher's creation
- Auger's creation
- Awl's creation
- Center of a doughnut or bagel
- Predicament the mouse is in?
- Target in miniature golf
- Bad thing to have in a pocket
- Feature of a bowling ball or a straw
- One of the nine in 10-Down's clue
- Cheerio feature
- Dig it
- Cheerio center
- What a green flag marks?
- Ice fisherman's creation
- Pocket or sock problem
- Evidence left by a moth
- Shovel's creation
- Said it's the entire space
- Place for spackle
- 19th ___ (post-round hangout)
- Plot imperfection
- Ice fisher's creation
- One of the front nine
- Opening for a hotheaded Scandinavian?
- A difficult situation for all there, you say
- Boring outcome?
- Eyelet, for instance
- Metaphor for indebtedness
- One of three in many bowling balls
- ___-in-one: golfer's ace
- Result of puncturing
- Nit to pick with a plot
- Access for ice fishing
- Result of digging
- Word following "black" or "rabbit"
- Metaphor for a predicament
- A groundhog may peek out of one
- One of 18 on a course
- Thing you can fill with dirt
- Pegboard feature
- Rabbit ___
- Rabbit's hideaway
- One of 42 on a Connect Four board
- With 31-Down, golfer's dream
- Debt metaphor
- Donut's center
- Depression
- Gopher's opening
- Weakness in an argument
- Doughnut ___
- Problem with a sock or a plot
- Flagstick holder
- Donut's middle
- Thing to pull your golf ball out of
- Opening made by a drill
- Result of using a spade
- Center of a Froot Loop
- ___ in one
- He has both love and money in poor accommodation
- Spot in a green
- Target on a putting green
- What you need to bury a rock
- "Celebrity Skin" rock band
- Center of a Bundt cake
- Bad thing to have in a sweater
- What a jelly doughnut lacks
- Middle of a pineapple ring
- Middle of a vada
- Word with pie, pot or port
- Center of a CD
- Well, essentially
- Flag holder, on a golf course
- Mini golf target
- Feature of most donuts
- Can you dig it? Yes.
- Donut ___ (mini snack)
- Something dug with a shovel
- Flag location, on a golf course
- Feature of a piercing
- Mini-golf goal
- ___ in the wall
- With 34- and 35-Across, something made by following the path of O's in this puzzle's grid
- Skee-Ball target
- Bad thing to be in, in poker ... or good thing to be in, in golf
- Goal, on a golf course
- Problem with an old sock
- ___-in-one (mini-golf feat)
- Ozone ___ (region that has continued to shrink since the 2000s)
- Groundhog's home
- Ozone layer issue
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 09, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 29, 2025
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 09, 2025
- New York Times - September 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 15, 2025
- New York Times - September 14, 2025
- Daily American - September 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 11, 2025
- Daily American - July 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 17, 2025
- Daily American - June 15, 2025
- New York Times - June 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 13, 2025
- Daily American - May 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 04, 2025
- LA Times - April 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 20, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 01, 2025
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