Clues for the word "LIMIT"
We've had 178 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 503 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on August 17, 2026.
Definition of limit
- v. t. - That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
- v. t. - The space or thing defined by limits.
- v. t. - That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- v. t. - A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
- v. t. - A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
- v. t. - A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.
- v. t. - To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
- v. i. - To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
Referring Clues
- Restrict
- 55 or 65, perhaps
- Last straw
- Circumscribe
- See 56-Down
- Cap
- The sky, maybe
- Final straw
- Confine
- 55 miles an hour, maybe
- Put a cap on
- Calculus calculation
- Maximum or minimum
- One to a customer, e.g.
- As high as you can possibly go
- Two drinks, for some
- Boundary
- The sky, for some
- Casino ceiling
- "___ one per customer"
- Demarcation line
- Important concept in calculus
- Maximum raise at a poker table
- Ceiling
- The sky, it's said
- Something not to go over
- Maximum bet
- Betting maximum
- Line in the sand, say
- 70 miles per hour, on many interstates
- Establish a maximum for
- Maximum
- Put on a cap
- Highway posting
- Maximum speed
- Allow only one to a customer
- Put a top on
- Maximum bet, e.g.
- Put an end to
- Rein in
- Max
- Constrain
- Put restrictions on
- Casino maximum
- Keep on a short rope
- Economist's cap
- The sky, sometimes
- Upper bound
- Calculus concept
- Angler's maximum
- Breaking point
- Draw a line
- Word at the express checkout aisle
- Pay it no mind and you could be fined
- Pay it no mind and you could be fined
- Restrict
- Constraint
- Maximum amount
- Bound
- Demarcate
- Two per customer, e.g.
- Prescribed maximum
- Credit cap
- "One per customer," e.g.
- Cap on spending, say
- "The sky's the ___!"
- Place a maximum on
- Extreme point
- Two per customer, say
- Margin
- Curtail
- One per customer, e.g.
- The sky, at times?
- See 61-Across
- Put a lid on
- Set boundaries
- Restrict or confine
- Extent
- End, as of one's patience
- Control, in a way
- Maximum road speed
- Hold in check
- Utmost extent
- The sky, in a saying
- Allowable extreme
- Maximum raise in poker
- The sky's the ___
- One per customer, say
- Keep down
- Establish boundaries
- Maximum speed, e.g.
- Place restrictions on
- Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 34-Down
- Keep in check
- Speed ___ (55-mph in most states)
- I'm illuminated without constraint
- Word after speed or term
- "Take it to the ___, one more time"
- Eagles "Take It to the ___"
- "Take It to the ___"
- Dave Pirner "There's a ___ to how long I can wait"
- James Blake "___ to Your Love"
- Feist "The ___ to Your Love"
- Eagles "Take it to the ___ one more time"
- As far as something can go
- Restrict(ion)
- 51 1,001? Time to check
- The restriction I'm enlightened about?
- Speed restriction on an externally lit road
- Figures the end of the street to be as far as one can go
- Term
- It follows report of member, as far as it goes
- Outer extent
- There's simply too much beyond it
- Restrict to specified range
- Restrict the degree of undisciplined militancy
- Bounds
- I'm fired about restrictive practice
- Confine to specific boundary
- Landed outside one mile boundary
- Setter's in bed in Paris? This is the end!
- Restrict - term
- Bound to get fired, this setter's maintained
- Not entirely relaxed, it proving extreme
- Allowed to multiply central number by ten, though extreme
- Left one million? It is the maximum amount
- "Time ___"
- One free carry-on bag, for many domestic flights
- Boundary of an area or amount
- The drunken speedster is twice over it
- I'm within settled restriction
- Border check
- Bowled out, possibly leg it for boundary
- Perimeter came down, infiltrated by Military Intelligence
- Cutoff point
- Restrict it after fifty-one thousand
- I'm driven through illuminated border
- I'm entering illuminated border
- Confine one male brought in drunk
- Bound books, note inside
- "500 words or less," e.g.
- Word after time or term
- Contain
- The bounds of fictorial imitation
- Ceiling or cap
- Quota
- What the sky is, it's said
- It's not to be exceeded
- The sky, perhaps
- Outer boundary
- Check literature about married setter
- Age ___
- Fisherman's maximum
- The sky?
- Place a bound on
- Confine within bounds
- Maximum, e.g.
- Maximum speed on a road
- Figures the end of the street's as far as one can go
- "The ___ does not exist"
- Set boundaries for
- Impose a cap on
- Stopping point
- The restriction I'm enlightened about?
- Word after "time" or "speed"
- "I've reached my ___!"
- The sky, they say
- Illuminated the sides of the motorway, but with restriction
- It's as much as you can do
- Curb
- Maximum allowed
- Speed ___
- Draw the line
- Cap, but not a hat
- Set a boundary
- Minimum or maximum
- Hard cap
- Eight drinks?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - August 17, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 08, 2026
- Daily American - July 20, 2026
- Your Life Choices - July 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 14, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 30, 2026
- New York Times - March 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2026
- Mirror Mini - February 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 24, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 10, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 08, 2026
- LA Times - January 04, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 02, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 31, 2025
- New York Times - August 19, 2025
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