Clues for the word "LEECH"
We've had 91 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 264 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on July 26, 2026.
Definition of leech
- n. - See 2d Leach.
- v. t. - See Leach, v. t.
- n. - The border or edge at the side of a sail.
- n. - A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
- n. - Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.
- n. - A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
- v. t. - To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
- v. t. - To bleed by the use of leeches.
Referring Clues
- Parasite
- Moocher
- Parasitic type
- Sponger
- Sponge
- Hanger-on
- Bloodsucker
- Sucker
- Bloodletter's need
- Sucker at the lake
- Swamp parasite
- Little bloodsucker
- Blood-loving worm
- Parasitic sort
- Mooch
- Clinging type
- Freeloader
- Bloodletting critter
- Parasitic person
- Parasitic creature
- Physicians' worm, once
- It's a real sucker
- It's a bleedin' worm
- Creature used in medical coagulation
- Parasite sucker
- Blood-sucking parasite
- Filter
- Bloodletting worm
- Freeloading sort
- Aquatic worm
- One who won't let go
- "The African Queen" hanger-on
- It's hard to get rid of one
- Bloodsucking creature
- If you're this, you suck
- A real bloodsucker
- Worm once used by bloodletters
- Little sucker
- Blood-sucking worm
- Clingy critter?
- Eve 6 song about parasite?
- Eve 6 song about parasitic friend?
- Worm - sponger
- Bloodsucking worm
- A sucker for old-fashioned treatment
- Old medicinal sucker
- Proverbial bloodsucker
- Scrounger taps general first
- Parasite - hanger-on
- Ancient doctor's assistant taking shelter at church
- General gets Chinese parasite
- Cold fish comes up with hot sponge
- Medicinal sucker
- Predatory type who's tasted blood?
- Shelter child from hanger-on
- Medicinal bloodsucker
- General companion used to bleed
- One who sponges on others
- Laurie's child doctor
- Old doctor with lust ensnaring nurse, finally
- Scoundrel, catching cold, turned into parasite
- Sponger who was once a doctor
- Exploiter of others given shelter by church
- Hematophagous creature
- Annelid useful to ancient doctors
- Annelid used in hirudotherapy
- Hanger-on finds shelter in front of church
- Blood sucker
- Annelid worm, used in medicine of old
- Doctor about to inject into raised part of foot
- Sponger left separately, reportedly
- Hanger-on given refuge by church
- Shelter church provided for parasite
- Major moocher
- Blood-sucker finding shelter by church
- Creature said to be used in bleaching
- Sucker of sorts
- Human sponge
- Earthworm relative
- Parasitic sucker
- One feeding off others
- Old doctor's general companion?
- Predatory worm
- Creature whose saliva acts as a blood thinner
- Predatory type who's tasted blood?
- One who takes, takes, takes
- Bloodsucking animal
- Parasite used in medicine
- Discredited medical assistant taking shelter at church
- Out-of-date doctor's assistant
- Medieval cure-all
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - July 26, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - June 23, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 30, 2026
- New York Times - May 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 11, 2026
- New York Times - February 19, 2026
- LA Times - February 11, 2026
- Daily American - February 03, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 02, 2026
- Daily American - December 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 22, 2025
- Daily American - June 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 23, 2025
- LA Times - April 19, 2025
- USA Today - February 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 14, 2025
- USA Today - January 12, 2025
- Daily American - November 18, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 18, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2024
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