Clues for the word "JAM"
We've had 216 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 440 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on March 19, 2026.
Definition of jam
- n. - A kind of frock for children.
- n. - See Jamb.
- v. t. - To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
- v. t. - To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
- v. t. - To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
- n. - A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
- n. - An injury caused by jamming.
- n. - A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
Referring Clues
- Gridlock
- Preserves
- Pickle
- Tight spot
- Predicament
- Freestyle musical performance
- Wing it, musically
- Toast topper
- Toast topping
- Copier problem
- Printer problem
- Fix
- Traffic problem
- Stuff
- Ad-lib, musically
- Flow stopper
- Musical free-for-all
- What 20-, 37- and 53-Across may do
- Tough spot
- Smucker's product
- Tie-up
- First song on 32-Across
- Traffic tie-up
- Fruity toast topper
- Traffic tie-up
- Traffic snarl
- Many a Grateful Dead concert
- Improvise with the band
- Bread spread
- Rush hour phenomenon
- Musical get-together
- Many a Grateful Dead performance
- Photocopier problem
- Copier stopper
- 1992 Michael Jackson hit
- Dilemma
- Fruity spread
- Squeeze
- Dunk shot
- Play for fun
- Wedge
- Gridlock problem
- Play for fun, in a way
- Road block?
- Fruity bread spread
- Driving headache
- Bind
- Improvise, in a way
- Situation with honking
- Road block
- Play with friends
- Peach product
- Sandwich filler, sometimes
- Bases loaded situation, for the pitcher
- Pack to capacity
- Word with log or traffic
- Traffic predicament
- Copy-machine glitch
- Spot of trouble
- Problem for a copier
- Accident consequence
- Blockage
- Use a fuzzbuster on
- Sticky situation
- Get stuck
- Rockers Pearl ---
- Copier problem, after "paper"
- Good song, especially in summer
- Toe ___
- Spread out in the morning
- Copier nuisance
- Rush hour concern
- Copier mishap
- Traffic reporter's sighting
- Berry product
- Bit of a pickle
- Bit of a pickle
- Bad situation
- Muffin topper
- Wedge in
- ___ session
- Toast spread
- Sticky situation?
- Bottleneck
- Pack like sardines
- Predica-ment
- Copier clog
- Printer clog
- Jelly relative
- Clue for four puzzle answers
- Freestyle music session
- Jellies' mate
- Basketball highlight, slangily
- What a photocopier light may indicate
- Block, as radio signals
- Traffic trouble
- Flashy two-point basket
- Linzer torte filling
- Improvise, as a band
- Toast go-with
- Preserves, perhaps
- Ad-lib musically
- Alternative to jelly
- Jelly kin
- Improvisational music
- Musical improv
- Improv session
- Commuter's woe
- Block signals
- Many a jazz session
- Cram
- Sweet bread spread
- Fruit preserve
- ___-packed
- Scone spread
- Road repair consequence
- Sacher torte ingredient
- Quandary
- Some band practice
- Traffic ___ (rush-hour nightmare)
- Sticky spread or situation
- Play like Phish, say
- Printer woe
- 42-Across go-with
- Traffic headache
- Showy basket
- Strawberry, for one
- Jelly's kin
- ____ packed
- Clog
- Traffic clog
- Road tie-up
- Rush hour tie-up
- Papaya product
- Traffic slower
- Cars are "parked" in it
- Smucker's jarful
- Logger's dread
- Fruit spread
- Traffic ___
- Bread spread similar to jelly
- Play around with some music
- Preserve
- Blackberry byproduct, maybe
- Scone topper
- Squeeze tightly into a space
- "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" band
- What Slash can do well
- Sweet pickle!
- When there's a holdup, it's sticky
- Tomorrow's traffic problem?
- The car commuter knows he'll get it tomorrow
- Thrust into a bad situation
- Preserve - predicament
- Improvise with fellow musicians
- See 9
- "NBA ___" (classic arcade game)
- Free-form band session
- Free-form concert
- "That's my ___!" ("I love that song!")
- Thumbprint cookies filling
- Linzer-torte layer
- Some preserves
- Fruit conserve
- Unrehearsed music, ___ session
- A sticky situation that's somehow sweet
- Spread that includes chunks of fruit
- Word that may follow "traffic" or "strawberry"
- Fruity spread for toast
- Become stuck, as paper in a printer
- Commuter's headache
- Copier complication
- Sticky spread
- Traffic problem promised for tomorrow?
- Tomorrow's sweet promise?
- Word after traffic or printer
- Crowd or pack
- Play for kicks
- Conserve
- Rush hour headache
- Wing it with a band
- Printer malfunction
- Interfere with, as a radio signal
- Thick bread spread
- Copy machine mishap
- Fruity jarful
- Inedible pickle
- Jelly alternative
- Strawberry spread
- Song one loves, in modern slang
- Thumbprint cookie filling
- Awkward predicament
- Fix with something sticky
- Printer annoyance
- Fruity toast topping
- Sticky wicket
- See 38-Across
- One may delay your arrival
- Tartine spread
- Scone topping
- English muffin topper
- Tomorrow's traffic problem?
- Thick, fruity spread
- Printer predicament
- Garage band session
- Fruity spread in some hamantaschen
- Spread similar to jelly
- Improvisational session
- Jelly kin, rock it
- Scanner problem
- Word with slow or strawberry
- Sticky stuff
- Food that becomes its own container if you change the last letter
- Printer issue
- "Space ___"
- Play together, in a way
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - March 19, 2026
- New York Times - February 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 10, 2026
- LA Times - January 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - January 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 07, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 08, 2025
- LA Times - March 24, 2025
- LA Times - March 20, 2025
- Family Time - March 03, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 01, 2025
- New York Times - January 19, 2025
- New York Times - January 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 26, 2024
- New York Times - December 12, 2024
- New York Times - November 24, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 06, 2024
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