Clues for the word "LURID"
We've had 98 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 212 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on February 24, 2026.
Definition of lurid
- a. - Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
- a. - Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
- a. - Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
Referring Clues
- Like tabloid writing
- Shocking
- Sensational
- Like some tabloid headlines
- Like some details
- Headline-screaming
- Appealingly shocking
- Like some tales or details
- Like tabloid headlines
- Sensationalized
- Gruesome
- Glaringly sensational
- Grisly
- Macabre
- Frightful
- Revolting
- Like many tabloid stories
- Savage
- Like some tabloid stories
- Shockingly intense
- Glaringly vivid
- Sensational, tabloid-style
- Glaringly vivid and graphic
- Gruesomely graphic
- Perfect for the tabloids
- Purple
- Wildly dramatic
- Tabloid-worthy
- Gruesome, as some details
- Like pulp magazine details
- Designed to pique interest, say
- Like pulp fiction
- Ghastly
- Like the tabloids
- Marked by sensationalism
- Perfect for the tabloid headlines
- Tabloid-worthy, say
- Like the headline "ELVIS FATHERED MY ALIEN BABY"
- Gruesomely sensational
- Suitable for tabloid headlines
- Like appealingly shocking details
- Like Quentin Tarantino films
- Like overly graphic tabloid stories
- Juicy
- Shocking, as tabloid headlines
- Like supermarket tabloids
- Attention-grabbing
- Shocking, like tabloid news
- Sensational and shocking
- Graphic
- Horrifying - sensational
- It's sensational and, with a bit of luck, free
- Luddite leaders free? That's sensational!
- Sensational way to get a bit of lunch free
- Colourful half hour hidden in cover
- Tempted to have iodine for energy - sensational!
- In vivid detail
- Sensational piece of luck getting free
- In shocking detail
- Garish
- Ghastly bright
- Ghastly old city in cover
- Glaringly bright
- Glaringly coloured trumpet fish
- So the yellow press left spoon bender dead
- Lipstick Una originally disposed of was garish
- Vivid, sensational
- Student has taken to old city I would find garish
- Awfully bright leaders of Labour usually relapse in detox
- Look up racy image, displayed initially for to be shocking
- Sensational cover with ancient city featured inside
- Sensational cover capturing ancient city
- Shocking cover - ancient city featured inside
- Sensational club without boundaries, free
- Initiators of direct rule returned, which is ghastly
- I draw the line out East over penny dreadful
- Cheaply sensational
- Horrifying or sensational
- Awful
- Fiery
- Glaring
- Shockingly vivid
- Sensationalist cover, in which solver is in text
- Like tabloid details
- Like much tabloid fodder
- It's flaming shocking!
- Shocking, in a graphic way
- Leaving nothing to the imagination
- Shockingly vivid sources of light under grid no good
- With a bit of luck, free from being sensational?
- Gruesomely shocking
- Hard on the eyes, color-wise
- Harshly colorful
- Shockingly sensational
- Like some clickbait headlines
- Tantalizingly detailed
- Like many true-crime dramas
- Vividly shocking
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - February 24, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2026
- New York Times - January 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 19, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 21, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 03, 2025
- LA Times - December 30, 2024
- Daily American - November 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 18, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 14, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 01, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 19, 2024
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