Clues for the word "LOOSE"
We've had 222 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 615 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on August 19, 2026.
Definition of loose
- superl. - Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
- superl. - Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
- superl. - Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
- superl. - Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
- superl. - Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
- superl. - Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
- superl. - Unconnected; rambling.
- superl. - Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
- superl. - Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
- superl. - Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
- n. - Freedom from restraint.
- n. - A letting go; discharge.
- a. - To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
- a. - To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
- a. - To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
- a. - To solve; to interpret.
- v. i. - To set sail.
Referring Clues
- Unbound
- Of doubtful morals
- Relaxed
- On the lam
- Like some interpretations
- Unconnected
- Kind of change
- Almost ready for the tooth fairy
- Baggy
- Like some lips
- Off the leash
- Ready to come off
- Untethered
- Freewheeling
- Ready to fall out, as pages from a book
- Coming unglued?
- One way to hang
- Not tight
- Not tied down
- Imprecise
- Lax
- Untight
- ___-leaf binder
- Fit to be tied?
- At large
- Uncaged
- Word before cannon
- Fitting like a muumuu
- Like pocket change
- Flapping, maybe
- Kind of end?
- On the run
- Like a fugitive
- In need of tightening
- No longer tied up
- Running free
- Let fly
- Promiscuous
- In danger of falling off
- Having escaped
- Not quite tight
- Unpackaged
- Unrestrained
- Not restrictive
- Unleash
- Liberated
- Unattached
- Not tied up
- Not at all strict
- Casual
- Far from snug
- Ready to fall out, as pages
- Fast partner
- Relaxed in the fitting room?
- Like a successful dieter's clothes
- Out of the yard
- Cannon type?
- On the Most Wanted list
- Unleashed
- Unbridled
- Like some lips or change
- Limber
- Word with lips or change
- Fast partner?
- Unfettered
- Kind of translation
- Like some change
- Out
- Informal
- Like ship-sinking lips?
- Like some translations
- Kind of end
- Laissez-faire
- Detached
- Ready to come out
- Roomy
- Roomy
- Lacking integrity
- At liberty
- Like a successful dieter's old clothes
- Like lips that sink ships
- Slack
- Hardly word-for-word
- Untied
- Out of jail
- Free
- Wanton
- Not quite ready for the tooth fairy
- See 54-Down
- Like a tooth with a string tied to it
- Like a tooth with a stringed tied to it
- Rough, as a translation
- Relaxed, so to speak
- On the ___ (like a perp who hasn't been nabbed)
- Like some ends
- Like a muumuu
- Ready to fall out
- Free from restraint
- Not at all snug
- Disconnected
- Tight's opposite
- Not exact
- Set free
- Floppy
- No longer confined
- Opposite of tight
- Like some screws and translations
- Out of the barn, say
- Hardly tight
- Way to break?
- Not tight at all
- Unrestricted
- Inexact
- Lenient
- "Bustin' ___" (1981)
- "Bustin' ___" (1981 Richard Pryor film)
- Not in a package
- Having slack
- Far from tight
- Not very tight
- In the wind
- Unstructured
- Not bound to be promiscuous
- Like some slot machines
- Nelly Furtado album
- "Come on baby, shake somethin' ___" SRV
- Springsteen's "Change"
- Kiss "All Hell's Breakin' ___"
- (Of a garment) a size too big?
- Free toilets for the Home Counties!
- Nothing to to do at this end
- Release
- Mislay the ring in it that's too big
- See 19
- Unattached and promiscuous
- Such women are ostensibly unattached
- Wobbly toilet seat half falling off
- Don't win the round, through being inaccurate
- Dissolute but not tight
- Free to give quarter after battle
- Being slack, lose out where love's concerned
- Unsecured
- Free love recurring in college
- Fast? Perhaps not!
- Free waste, nothing bagged
- Not 37-Down
- Undisciplined
- Unattached libertine
- Unconfined
- Society in Cornish resort is promiscuous
- Licentious spectacles in college
- Unfixed
- Free spectacles available in college
- Not restrained
- Sunday spent in Cornish resort rambling
- Promiscuous miss embraces Oscar
- Promiscuous monk, you say? Don't trust him
- Battle leads English to freedom
- Big Leo has broken out and is at large
- Like nightshirts, often
- Indiscriminate
- Not fast
- Promiscuous European after the toilets
- Fast, not fast
- Abandoned ship's first to enter West Country town
- Free toilets require key
- Unsecured; dissolute
- Oslo tour direction's not fixed
- Wobbly toilet seat with half missing
- Relaxed card game's ending in one
- Free, last of concerts in Cornish town
- Unattached Austrian architect, first to enlist
- Drop of Scotch in Cornish town is free!
- Ring worn by miss, unattached
- Free, toilets on Euston, originally
- Free, toilets at end of esplanade
- Be mated without love to relax
- Free love - have no success without it
- Forget to secure ring that's likely to come off
- Far from form-fitting
- Unattached miss accepts ring
- Solo arranged by an egghead for free
- Not tucked in
- Sort of woman to lose out on love?
- Yet to be apprehended
- With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles
- Like 10 Across not in bags
- Like baggy pants
- Fumbled, as a football
- With 72 Across, unfinished business
- So Leo can get free
- Like a caftan
- Don't win the round, through being imprecise
- Like a muumuu's fit
- Not tight enough
- Needing tightening
- Fumbled, say
- Free to roam
- Off-leash, say
- ___ cannon
- Like a gossip's lips
- Partner of fast
- Like some curls
- About to fall out, like a tooth
- Not bound together
- Cut ___ (let go of)
- Like flowy pants
- Mislay a ring inside when slack
- Off the chain, say
- "___ lips sink ships"
- Like a tooth that's not quite ready for the Tooth Fairy
- Like a jiggly tooth
- Coming unglued?
- Not taut
- Like an oversized shirt
- Wiggly, like a tooth
- Like a tooth that's about to fall out
- ___-leaf tea
- Like harem pants
- Start to change?
- Not secured
- Unpacked, say
Last Seen In
- New York Times - August 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 17, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - July 14, 2026
- Daily American - June 23, 2026
- Mirror Mini - June 22, 2026
- New York Times - June 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 13, 2026
- New York Times - June 11, 2026
- Daily Quick - June 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 13, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 07, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 01, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - April 18, 2026
- LA Times - April 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2026
- Daily American - February 19, 2026
- Daily American - January 29, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 26, 2025
- Daily American - November 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 02, 2025
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
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