Clues for the word "KNOTS"
We've had 95 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 124 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 23, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Difficult problems
- Sailor's expertise
- Ship speed units
- Stomachs may be in them
- Sailor's speed
- Granny and Windsor
- Comb stoppers
- Pretzels, basically
- Pretzel shapes
- Tough posers
- Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across
- Nautical measure
- Sheepshanks, e.g.
- Fastening loops
- Sites of future holes, maybe
- Seagoing speed units
- Hitches, e.g.
- Granny and others
- Granny and reef
- Macramé creations
- Nautical speed units
- Tight clusters
- Masseur's targets
- Clusters
- Nautical units
- Yacht units
- Ship-speed units
- Shoelace annoyances
- Bowline and sheepshank
- Certain speed units
- Granny and clove, e.g.
- Pine feature
- Rope securers
- Granny and half-hitch
- Boy Scout's expertise
- Sailor's array
- Ship speed
- Tangles
- Macramé series
- Macram makeup
- Macram features
- Shoelace problems
- Sailing speed units
- Entanglements
- '___ Landing'
- Some are square
- Macrame makeup
- Windsor and four-in-hand
- Nervous condition
- Regatta units
- Essence of macram©
- Speed units
- Square and granny
- Hitch, slip, and granny
- Captain's speed measure
- Array for a Boy Scout
- Area of expertise for sailors
- Sailor's speed units
- Clove hitch and sheepshank
- Units of nautical speed
- Gale's 40, on the Beaufort scale
- Yacht speed units
- Garden hose annoyances
- Nautical speed measure
- Nautical measures
- Half hitch and bowline
- Hitches and slips
- They're all tied up
- What your stomach is in before show
- Lisa Hannigan might tie these
- Groups of people, some of them grannies?
- Tied up in ___
- Half hitch and sheepshank
- Pretzel shapes, often
- Lace problems
- They can be tied at speed
- Small groups or unions
- Units of measurement for speed in nautical miles per hour
- Macramé elements
- They keep ropes in place
- Bantu ___ (hairstyle)
- Bad thing for a stomach to be in
- Rustic pine features
- Much of macramé
- Naval units?
- Gut feelings?
- Hair ties?
- They may be hard to untie
- Groups of people, some of them grannies?
- "Twister: The Game That Ties You Up in ___"
- Massage targets
- Necklace annoyances
- Detanglers' targets
- Ties that are hard to untie
- Speedboat's speed
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 23, 2026
- New York Times - February 06, 2026
- New York Times - November 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 23, 2025
- LA Times - October 26, 2025
- New York Times - October 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 09, 2025
- USA Today - January 06, 2025
- LA Times - September 20, 2023
- USA Today - May 27, 2023
- New York Times - February 21, 2023
- LA Times - November 03, 2022
- Netword - January 21, 2018
- Netword - December 17, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 16, 2017
- LA Times - November 12, 2017
- USA Today - October 05, 2017
- New York Times - June 12, 2017
- USA Today - March 16, 2017
- Netword - January 29, 2017
- USA Today - January 25, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 19, 2016
- LA Times - November 03, 2016
- Netword - October 28, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 05, 2016
- LA Times - July 03, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - April 25, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 18, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 17, 2015
- And in 94 more crossword puzzles...