Clues for the word "HUG"
We've had 99 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 269 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 17, 2025.
Definition of hug
- v. i. - To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
- v. i. - To crowd together; to cuddle.
- v. t. - To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
- v. t. - To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
- v. t. - To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
- n. - A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.
Referring Clues
- Cling to
- Warm welcome
- Consoler's offering
- Warm hello
- Congeniality gesture
- Bear greeting?
- Clutch
- "Welcome home" greeting
- Embrace
- Warm embrace
- Show of affection
- X : kiss :: O : ___
- Hold tight
- "How about a ___!"
- Bear follower
- Letter O?
- Greet warmly
- Keep close to
- Put the squeeze on?
- Squeeze from mom
- O, in letters
- Bear's greeting?
- Soft squeeze
- Bear of a greeting?
- Warm squeeze
- Cuddle
- Warm Mother's Day present?
- Big embrace
- Good thing to give your child
- Part of a warm welcome
- Bear's offering
- Affectionate gesture
- O, symbolically
- Friendly greeting
- Warm greeting
- Bit of TLC
- Give a squeeze
- What O may mean
- An O may symbolize one
- Main squeeze's squeeze
- Enfold
- Embraces
- Reunion greeting
- Welcoming greeting
- Stick close to
- Group ___
- O, in a love note
- Clasp
- O, at times
- Bear ___
- Child's reward, often
- Response of empathy
- O after an X, say
- Squeeze
- 'O' in a letter, maybe
- Put the squeeze on
- Clasp tightly
- Word after group or bear
- O, in a love letter
- O, on a greeting card
- What "O" may symbolize
- It brings people together
- Embrace (like a bear?)
- Typically affectionate letter from Hugh
- Having a crush on, show affection
- Hold in great affection, perhaps
- Keep close to, as the coastline
- Bear-like embrace?
- 4 to take the lion's share
- Compassionate gesture
- Bear or group follower
- Hold in evident affection
- Affectionate greeting
- Buscaglia welcome
- Kiss go-with
- Arm-y gesture?
- Demonstrate affection pressingly
- What an "O" means in XOXO
- Affectionate embrace
- Greeting from Grandma
- O, in a letter
- Letter O?
- Each O of “XOXO”
- Fit tightly around
- The "O" in XO
- Follow closely, as curves
- Follow closely, as the curb
- "I need a ___"
- Friendly gesture
- Hold in some affection
- What "O" might stand for
- Common airport greeting
- What "o" in "xo" means
- O, on a letter
- Gesture of love
- It shows affection
- Hold close to the heart
- Hold dear, perhaps
- Hold in warm affection
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 01, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 01, 2025
- New York Times - October 12, 2025
- Daily American - October 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 22, 2025
- LA Times - July 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 08, 2025
- New York Times - April 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 12, 2025
- Daily American - March 06, 2025
- Family Time - March 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 29, 2024
- LA Times - September 20, 2024
- And in 239 more crossword puzzles...