Clues for the word "LEVER"
We've had 99 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 275 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 21, 2026.
Definition of lever
- a. - More agreeable; more pleasing.
- adv. - Rather.
- n. - A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- n. - A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- n. - An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
Referring Clues
- Jimmy
- The ___ Act, passed August 10, 1917
- Part of a voting machine
- Voting machine part
- Crowbar, e.g.
- Piano key, essentially
- Seesaw, e.g.
- Item in some voting machines
- Voting booth fixture
- Prying tool
- Obsolescent vote finalizer
- Vote finalizer
- Joystick, e.g.
- Crowbar, essentially
- Seesaw, essentially
- Pryer's need
- Operating handle
- Emergency brake control
- It may pry
- Pivot bar
- One-armed bandit's arm
- Bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- Voting machine part, perhaps
- It's about a fulcrum
- Simple machine
- Pry bar
- Archimedean world mover
- Prying need
- Carnival-ride activator
- Jimmy, e.g.
- Crowbar, for example
- Crowbar
- Bar for lifting
- Prying bar, e.g.
- Bar at the polling place?
- Voting device
- Subject for Archimedes
- Weight lifter
- Tool box item
- Prise
- Old voting machine feature
- Machine part
- Piano keyboard component
- Lifting device
- Crowbar, for one
- Wrench, essentially
- Thing pulled in an old voting booth
- Jimmy, for one
- Archimedes' tool
- Crowbar, basically
- Slot machine arm, e.g.
- Tool for Archimedes
- Lifting bar
- Crowbar, as a machine
- Bar
- It may be used to obtain a purchase
- Put pressure on more than ever
- Bar an apprentice always uses
- Look out for midwives in a bar
- Light headed, always, in the bar
- Money always used to apply pressure
- Left a woman right at the bar
- Bar wrecked in a revel
- Bar turning on a fulcrum
- Crank puts both hands around girl
- Prise using bar
- Bar offering litres always
- Rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- Control of leading character in soap
- Machine operator gives up merrymaking
- Always left in the front bar
- Handle
- Brilliant topless bar
- Simple tool
- Archimedean machine
- Prying-open tool
- The bar on the left, always
- Fulcrum
- Parking brake part
- Pedal
- Bar a beginner at all times
- Pry bar, e.g.
- Late start always meaning 'Put the pressure on'
- Bar a learner for all time
- One of the six simple machines
- Essential for prying
- Recliner activator
- Bar the clever bit
- Classic slot machine part
- Left a woman at the air terminal bar
- Fulcrum's bar
- Prying bar
- Bar used on a fulcrum
- Fixture in some voting booths
- Simple machine like a crowbar
- Arm of a slot machine
- Digger controller
- Foot pedal
- Prime use for a crowbar
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 21, 2026
- Daily American - June 29, 2026
- Daily American - June 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 17, 2026
- Mirror Mini - June 16, 2026
- New York Times - June 08, 2026
- Daily American - May 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 24, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2025
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