Clues for the word "HONESTY"
We've had 47 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 53 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on December 30, 2025.
Definition of honesty
- a. - Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
- a. - The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
- a. - Chastity; modesty.
- a. - Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
Referring Clues
- "No legacy is so rich as ___": Shak.
- It can be brutal
- Forthrightness
- Plain dealing
- Lincolnesque quality
- Candor
- "The first chapter of the book of wisdom": Jefferson
- Attribute of Abe
- Admirable quality
- It's the best policy
- The best policy, to many
- Jefferson's "first chapter in the book of wisdom"
- Straight nature
- Frankness
- Lincoln forte
- Straightforward quality
- Truthfulness
- "Such a lonely word," to Billy Joel
- Sincerity
- What liars lack
- They say it's the best policy
- Lincoln's quality
- The best policy, supposedly
- It's the best policy, it's said
- Quality ananias lacked
- Uprightness
- 1979 Billy Joel hit
- Integrity
- Frankness can upset the nosy
- Best policy for decreasing the prison population
- Render sharp pen, being straight
- Secluded home in Orkney island getting the best policy?
- Sharpen pen, but retain candour
- Straightforwardness
- Plant's breeding-ground in Scottish island
- Integrity shown in bed, perhaps
- My darling's way included the best policy, they say
- Probity
- I must secure home, in truth
- Trust facilitator
- The best policy, so it's said
- Good faith
- He's Tony, formulating an advisable policy
- Then so terribly young, in all candour
- "The first chapter in the book of wisdom," to Jefferson
- Frank's policy
- The best policy, per a proverb
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - December 30, 2025
- LA Times - June 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 16, 2025
- Daily American - February 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 22, 2023
- Daily American - February 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 01, 2022
- Mirror Quick - January 07, 2018
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - December 31, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - December 08, 2017
- Mirror Classic - October 30, 2017
- Daily American - February 06, 2017
- Universal - September 15, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 24, 2016
- Guardian Prize - June 11, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 07, 2016
- New York Times - November 22, 2015
- LA Times - June 30, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - February 25, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 25, 2014
- Washington Post - June 26, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - May 01, 2014
- LA Times - October 07, 2012
- LA Times - April 01, 2012
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - December 04, 2011
- Universal - November 08, 2011
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