Clues for the word "MAW"
We've had 73 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 203 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 06, 2026.
Definition of maw
- n. - A gull.
- n. - A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
- n. - Appetite; inclination.
- n. - An old game at cards.
Referring Clues
- Gullet
- Stomach
- Rural parent
- Ozark matriarch
- Cavernous opening
- Paw's mate
- Gaping mouth
- Big mouth
- Gaping hole
- Crop
- Old lady, backwoods-style
- "Snuffy Smith" parent
- Gaping opening
- Voracious appetite
- Animal's gullet
- Paw's partner
- Symbol of voracious hunger
- Gaping gullet
- Animal's mouth
- Paw's mate?
- Cow's stomach
- Animal's breadbasket
- Breadbasket
- Trap or hole
- Animal's stomach
- Moby's mouth
- Mouth
- Backwoods mother
- Animal throat
- Hungry mouth
- Hungry mouth
- Stomach
- Bird's crop
- Bird's crop
- Bird's crop
- Bird's crop
- Bird's crop
- Bird's crop
- Bird's crop
- Big trap
- Wide-open mouth
- Paw and ___ (backwoods parents)
- Cow's cry
- Menacing mouth
- Wide mouth
- Animal gullet
- Big opening
- Backwoods parent
- A monster may have a big one
- "Gaping" gullet
- Animal's gaping mouth
- Yawning chasm
- Creature-feature opening
- Gaping pie-hole
- Paw's spouse
- "I saw the opening ___ of hell": "Moby-Dick"
- Hillbilly mother
- The jaws of an animal
- Bit of a beast where food intake's concerned
- Greedy gullet
- Jaws or gullet of a voracious animal
- Critter's stomach
- Animal's pie hole
- Animal's throat
- Throat of a voracious animal
- Gaping chasm
- Bear trap?
- Mouth, scarily
- Monster's mouth
- Big ol' mouth
- Carnivore's mouth
- Scary beast's mouth
- Wide opening
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 06, 2026
- New York Times - December 06, 2025
- New York Times - September 23, 2025
- LA Times - July 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 28, 2025
- LA Times - April 22, 2025
- LA Times - March 20, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 05, 2024
- LA Times - October 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 21, 2024
- LA Times - July 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 04, 2024
- USA Today - May 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 05, 2024
- New York Times - April 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 07, 2024
- USA Today - December 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 12, 2023
- LA Times - July 17, 2023
- New York Times - July 07, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 07, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 26, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 28, 2022
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