Clues for the word "KISS"
We've had 235 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 416 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on April 15, 2026.
Definition of kiss
- v. t. - To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
- v. t. - To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
- v. i. - To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
- v. i. - To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
- v. - A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation.
- v. - A small piece of confectionery.
Referring Clues
- Smooch
- Smack
- What X may represent
- It's sometimes stolen
- Lip service?
- Barely touch, on a pool table
- Rodin sculpture, with "The"
- Meeting of heads?
- Part of S.W.A.K.
- "Sealed With a ___" (Brian Hyland hit)
- Hershey confection
- It's often planted
- Gene Simmons' rock group
- Participate in the Blarney stone ritual
- Buss
- Gene Simmons's rock band
- Plant one on, so to speak
- Post office objective?
- Made-up rock group
- Meeting of the mouths
- Do mouth-to-mouth recreation?
- X, on a greeting card
- "Rock and Roll All Nite" band
- It can be planted
- Rock band whose makeup has stayed the same over the years
- It can be stolen or planted
- Get mouthy?
- Tell's partner
- X, in a love letter
- Peck on the cheek
- Gene Simmons's band
- Pay lip service to?
- Part of SWAK
- Light carom
- New Year's Eve action
- French connection?
- Letter X?
- Band whose makeup has stayed the same over the years?
- It might be stolen in the dark
- Chocolate treat
- Request of a frog in a fairy tale
- Popular version of a design principle acronym spelled out by the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers
- Sleeping Beauty awakener
- Gently touch
- "Thus with a ___ I die": Romeo
- X, in some letters
- Foil-wrapped sweet
- One often involves four lips
- Mouth-to-mouth activity
- Slight ball contact, in billiards
- Chocolate candy
- Warm greeting
- Hug partner
- Date ending, perhaps
- Affectionate greeting
- Peck, for one
- Warm welcome
- Stolen item that's often returned
- Hershey's treat
- Affectionate smack
- Made-up rock group?
- Glancing contact, in billiards
- Gene Simmons' group
- Light contact in billiards
- Show of affection
- A stolen item that's often returned
- X, in letters
- It may be planted
- Memorable first
- Valentine's Day offering
- Display of affection
- Give a smack, say
- Hershey treat
- Flamboyant band since the '70s
- Partner of make up
- Smack in the face?
- Date ender
- "Thus with a ___ I die": Romeo
- Post Office goal
- Plant one on
- Show affection, in a way
- Smacker
- Prince song with the line "You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on"
- X
- It may be a peck
- Meeting of the lips
- Osculate
- X, sometimes
- SWAK part
- Lip smack
- Rock Group
- Hug's companion
- Hug's companion
- X, in a letter's closing
- Acknowledge mistletoe overhead
- Chocolate shape
- Nice thing to steal
- Smack in the face
- Meet face-to-face?
- Little chocolate wrapped in foil
- French ___
- Give lip to?
- X, in valentines
- Tell's partner?
- Get lippy, say
- Lock lips
- Snog
- X on a letter
- Hershey morsel
- Family greeting
- X, at times
- Sleeping Beauty waker
- Barely touch
- Fairy-tale frog transformer
- Sleeping Beauty's awakener
- Smack, maybe
- See 14-Across
- Hug go-with
- SWA*
- ___ and tell
- Petruchio's request of Kate
- One meaning of x
- ___ and ride (train drop-off area)
- Under-the-mistletoe event
- Gene Simmons' rock band
- Fabled curse breaker
- Rock band famous for face paint
- Mistletoe payoff
- What a lipstick print signifies
- Rock group with an "army"
- Play post office
- "will ya, huh?" little request
- Smack on the mouth
- What a new bride gets to make it official
- 1930 hit "The ___ Waltz"
- Hershey's morsel
- Lover's greeting
- Prince song
- Tinfoil treat made by Hershey
- You may receive it with a hug
- Bite-size chocolate covered in foil
- #1 song for Prince
- Band whose frontman claims that rock is dead
- What X may mean
- "Hotter Than Hell," at one time
- Gene Simmons' band
- Touch with the lips
- x (that may be French)
- Skis breaking at a touch!
- ... lip service from 27
- Act of osculation
- Touching of lips
- Sign of love from Henry the peacemaker
- A touch of life, perhaps?
- Touch with an oral greeting
- Slight contact that can break skis
- Caress runners after cycling
- Sign of affection
- Caress with lips
- Conical confection
- A little peck is seen here
- Neck - peck
- Gentle touch of the lips
- "A man's ___ is his signature": Mae West
- X in "The Gentle Touch"
- Touch one's son on back of neck
- Lightly tap a pool ball
- "___ Me, Kate"
- "Farewell, farewell! One ___ and I'll descend": Romeo
- Touch very lightly
- Touch with lips
- Affectionate peck
- Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, ___ of life
- Friendly peck
- Bringer of life and love?
- What the cross symbolises is never forgotten, if 22
- Show of affection in "peck" is seen
- Unfortunately, Ofsted has killed inspirational leaders, the final nail in the coffin?
- King is, with son, a soft touch
- Greeting a thousand and one saints
- Osculation
- Smack first of runners coming last
- 12 some think is superb
- Game - not entirely important around one's school, as following
- See 22
- Peck on the lips
- Meet face-to-face?
- Do more than hug
- Be lippy?
- Touch lightly
- Give mouth-to-mouth to?
- More than a peck
- Hershey's nibble
- ___ cam (smooch recorder)
- Bite-size chocolate candy
- Make a little love with a light touch
- With 35-Across, Cole Porter musical
- Meaning of X, sometimes
- X before a signature, perhaps?
- Touch lightly, as billiard balls
- What "mwah" denotes
- Hershey's foiled confection
- It goes with a nice hug
- Small Hershey's candy
- Liplock
- Popular rock group
- First date no-no, for some
- Contact between two billiard balls
- X in XXX, maybe
- Culmination of a wedding ceremony
- Hershey's foil-wrapped chocolate treat
- Loving touch
- Candy item in foil
- Loving smack
- Make up partner
- Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio
- "Mwah!" represents one
- A touch of life, perhaps?
- Postnuptial response to glass-clinking
- Foil-wrapped Hershey's chocolate
- Peck
- Bit of conical-shaped candy
- Go "mwah!"
- Slight contact, on a pool table
- ___ Cam (device catching a smooch)
- Climactic moment in some romance movies
- One may be stolen or planted
- Make out
- X in a letter
- Slight touch
- Foil-wrapped treat
- Lipstick smearer
- Made-up band
- Action after saying "I do"
- One reason to pucker up
Last Seen In
- New York Times - April 15, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 30, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 15, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - November 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 20, 2025
- New York Times - September 01, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 14, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 16, 2025
- LA Times - March 10, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 18, 2025
- LA Times - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 24, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 28, 2024
- LA Times - November 24, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 15, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 11, 2024
- Daily American - October 28, 2024
- New York Times - September 29, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2024
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