Clues for the word "LAYER"
We've had 114 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 291 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 20, 2026.
Definition of layer
- n. - One who, or that which, lays.
- n. - That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
- n. - A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
- n. - An artificial oyster bed.
Referring Clues
- Cake part
- Snowfall
- ___ cake
- Cake feature
- Bed
- Stratum
- Paint coat
- Ply
- Brickworker
- Arrange in tiers
- Coating
- Kind of cake
- Parfait feature
- Stack, in a way
- Hen, e.g.
- Parfait part
- Working hen
- Put one on top of the other
- See 27-Down
- Cake component
- Type of cake
- Cake tier
- Piece of cake?
- Coat of paint, for one
- Added cold protection
- Cake section
- Tier
- Cake portion
- It may be under 26 Across
- Onion part
- Cold-weather-wear unit
- Cake type
- Brickworker or hen, at times
- Veneer
- Onion feature
- Earth's core, mantle, or crust
- Growth ring, e.g.
- Ozone ___
- Hen, vis-à-vis eggs
- Cake unit
- Hen, often
- Productive hen
- Cake segment
- See 42-Down
- Wedding cake segment
- Coat
- Egg source
- Covering
- Either the top or bottom half of this puzzle, figuratively speaking
- Wedding cake section
- One who works with carpet or bricks
- Onion unraveling result
- Piece of cake
- Wedding cake part
- With 51-Down, description of the circled answers?
- Mantle or crust
- Coat of paint
- Atmosphere component
- Hen, for one
- Seven-___ cake
- Sauce, cheese or noodles, in lasagna
- Crust, mantle or core, for the earth
- Seam
- Bed - hen
- See 22
- Early change for an egg producer
- Wedding cake stratum
- Film
- (Separate) level
- Hen party finally inhibited by genuine cock-up
- Coat for a bird (naturally, a female)
- Thin sheet - productive hen
- A hen, of course
- Film sees murderer guillotined
- Crossword setter's hen party ending in physical upheaval
- Blanket
- Pasta sheet, in lasagna
- Make into a parfait, say
- Bed solicitor missing wife
- Blanket agreement between opposing sides
- Lamina
- Shoot bird in bed
- Hen, perhaps, in film
- One supplying eggs for plate?
- Film actor free from pressure
- Cover band?
- Covering a fifty year arrangement?
- With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent
- Part of a big cake
- Liberal philosopher's bed
- Early form of hen
- Wedding cake tier
- Tiramisu part
- Birthday cake part
- A coating (of eggs?)
- Birthday cake's horizontal part
- Level
- Possibly early cover
- Possibly early bird at the egg farm
- Thickness
- Mantle, e.g.
- Sheet
- Cake division
- A setter making a row
- Lasagna section
- Section of a wedding cake
- Crust, mantle or inner core, for the earth
- Row
- Seven-___ dip
- Sweater over a turtleneck, say
- Part of a parfait
- Ozone ___ (stratosphere part)
- Sauce, noodles or cheese, for lasagna
- *See 32-Across
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 20, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2024
- New York Times - December 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 01, 2024
- LA Times - October 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 04, 2024
- And in 261 more crossword puzzles...