Clues for the word "IMPURE"
We've had 25 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 59 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on October 23, 2025.
Definition of impure
- a. - Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.
- a. - Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
- a. - Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
- a. - Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
- a. - Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
- v. t. - To defile; to pollute.
Referring Clues
- Mixed with something else
- Tainted
- Adulterated
- Unchaste
- Contaminated
- Foul
- Foul
- Flawed
- Polluted
- Like most cocaine, to some degree
- Sullied
- Mixed with other things
- Tarnished
- Umpire crooked and corrupt
- I'm unadulterated, not dirty
- Arachne's nothing but crude
- Corrupt umpire is immoral
- A single representative Yorkshire river to be polluted
- Containing contaminants
- Mixed with extraneous matter
- Dirty little devil on the river
- Dirty little devil by a river
- Sinful
- Dirty? Not me!
- Defiled
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - October 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 09, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 29, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 26, 2024
- Your Life Choices - May 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 25, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 15, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - May 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 14, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - September 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 22, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 18, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - January 24, 2018
- New Zealand Herald - October 10, 2017
- Netword - July 26, 2017
- LA Times - June 13, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 24, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - October 24, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - August 17, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - June 08, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 05, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - September 30, 2015
- USA Today - November 06, 2014
- Universal - August 18, 2014
- Guardian Quick - December 04, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 09, 2013
- And in 29 more crossword puzzles...