Clues for the word "LEAK"
We've had 198 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 420 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 11, 2026.
Definition of leak
- v. - A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
- v. - The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
- a. - Leaky.
- n. - To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
- n. - To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
Referring Clues
- Job for a plumber
- Betrayal of sorts
- Breach of secrecy
- Faucet failure
- Aquarist's annoyance
- Reporter's news source
- Pipe problem
- Roof problem
- Security concern
- Boater's worry
- Patch's place
- Security lapse
- Unofficial news source
- Plumbing problem
- Puddle cause
- Breach of security
- Reason to call a plumber
- Puddle's cause, maybe
- Tap trouble
- Newshawk's source, often
- Little hole, maybe
- Faucet fault
- News source, perhaps
- Drip, say
- Drip from a pipe, e.g.
- Unauthorized disclosure
- Unauthorized preview, say
- Tap mishap
- Scuba diver's worry
- Unexpected info source
- Plumber's fix
- Balloonist's worry
- Hot water heater trouble
- Reporter's source
- Puddle producer
- Unwanted news source
- A drop in the bucket, perhaps
- Information from Deep Throat
- Reporter's news source, perhaps
- Let slip to the press
- Deep Throat, notably
- Roofing problem
- Source of a drop in the bucket, perhaps
- Security problem
- Air mattress problem
- Dike problem
- Hiss source
- Faucet problem
- Intelligence concern
- Drip source
- Loose lips, so to speak
- Security breach
- Water-pipe problem
- Ooze out
- Plumber's challenge
- Reporter's source, at times
- Be less than watertight
- Tell anonymously
- News source, sometimes
- Journalist's source, perhaps
- Secrecy breach
- Cause of spillage
- Faucet defect
- Basis of a reporter's scoop, perhaps
- Source of a reporter's scoop, perhaps
- Inside information source
- Journalist's bonanza
- Puddle producer, perhaps
- Presidential administration concern
- Rumor source, often
- Require bailing
- Security trouble
- Secrecy thwarter
- Plumbing woe
- Watergate problem
- Rowboat woe
- Plumber's target
- Caused by a hole in a liquid container
- Something picked up by a mole
- Cause of deflation
- Julian Assange posting
- Wind up online prematurely, as a song
- National security problem
- Hole in 12 Across
- Premature release
- Tip for a reporter, maybe
- Lapse in secrecy
- Edward Snowden disclosure
- Hiss cause
- Admit water
- Hose problem
- Pentagon problem
- Intelligence failure
- Boon for an investigative journalist
- Plumber's pursuit, sometimes
- Unintended escape
- Lose air, as a tire
- Release à la Edward Snowden
- Pipeline problem
- Security issue
- Ceiling stain's cause
- Not keep a secret
- Radiator problem
- Allow to escape
- Means of escape
- Plumber's concern
- Cause of a puddle, perhaps
- Drip
- Ooze
- Dribble
- Plumber's problem
- What a hole in a bucket can cause
- Pipe drip
- Diaper prevention
- Inside info source
- Hose snag?
- Bad thing to have in a boat
- Water faucet problem
- Pentagon concern
- Pre-release release?
- Seepage
- Disclosure of confidential information
- Song that someone puts online before release
- Escape - make (confidential information) known
- Unreleased song might do this online
- Song online before release
- Disclose unauthorised information
- Intentional disclosure of secret information
- An intentional disclosure of secret information
- Seep
- Unauthorised disclosure of classified information
- Disclose information so as to get out of a hole?
- Intelligence agency problem
- See 17
- High resistance to divulgation of classified material
- (Politically motivated) seepage?
- Share official secrets
- Julian Assange release
- Lose fluid
- Escape of gas
- Let the cat out of the bag
- Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information
- Faucet flaw
- Pipe gripe
- Info seepage
- What criminal will do to song online, pre-release
- What something that isn't waterproof might do
- Lose contents through a hole or crack
- Cause of liquid loss
- Water getting out of the lake
- Drip, drip, drip
- A 35-Across might spring one
- Problem for 11-Down
- Tire problem
- Share state secrets, say
- How word gets out
- Anonymous disclosure, and a problem at the end of each starred answer
- Reason to replace a fuel line
- Concern for a plumber or government official
- Unauthorised disclosure
- Seep out
- Drip cause
- Pipe concern
- Faucet drip
- Garden hose problem
- Plumbing problem to "plug"
- Disclosure
- Trouble for an intelligence agency
- Problem with plumbing or security
- Release, as classified information
- Homophone of one vegetable; anagram of another
- Cause of a dripping pipe
- Helium balloon problem
- Accidental escape
- Source of inside info, perhaps
- Call a plumber for one
- Fail to keep confidential
- Reveal, as confidential information
- Boat problem
- Cause of a ceiling stain
- Beach ball problem
- Challenge for a plumber
- Problem for a bounce house
- Bit of whistle-blowing, maybe
- Source of a drip
- Disclose information so as to get out of a hole?
- Breach in security
- Unplanned preview, perhaps
- Premature song release
- Tap problem
- Campaign bane
- Cause of a drip
- Water bottle problem
- Hissing tire's problem
- Problem for a homeowner or government worker
- Coxswain's nightmare
- Bad thing to spring
- Source of a scoop
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 31, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 27, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 24, 2025
- LA Times - December 21, 2025
- Daily American - November 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 06, 2025
- New York Times - June 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 14, 2025
- Daily American - April 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 10, 2025
- New York Times - April 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 05, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 27, 2025
- New York Times - March 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 14, 2025
- LA Times - February 13, 2025
- Family Time - February 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 26, 2025
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