Clues for the word "MAXIM"
We've had 80 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 134 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of maxim
- n. - An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
- n. - The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.
Referring Clues
- Writer Gorky
- FHM competitor
- Axiom
- Adage
- Succinct saying
- Rule of conduct
- Aphorism
- Proverbial brand of coffee?
- "Poor Richard's Almanac" entry
- Popular men's magazine
- Saying
- Popular lad mag
- "No pain, no gain," e.g.
- Best-selling lad mag in the U.S.
- "A stitch in time ..." is one
- Ain't it the truth!
- Proverbial truth
- "There's no 'I' in team," for one
- Common saying
- "There's no I in team," for one
- Widely accepted saying
- Well-known saying
- Words to live by
- Old saw
- "There's no 'I' in team," for one
- Gent's mag with liberally airbrushed covers
- "Hunger never saw bad bread," e.g.
- "Poor Richard's Almanack" tidbit
- Magazine with an annual Hot 100
- Old saying
- Wise saying
- Annual "Hot 100" publisher
- Statement to live by
- Writer Gorki
- Proverb
- Sage saying
- "Hunger never saw bad bread," for one
- Handsome is...
- "It takes money to make money," e.g.
- Concise saying
- Concisely put principle
- "An apple a day ..." is one
- "Actions speak louder than words," e.g.
- Popular pinup publication
- "He who hesitates is lost," e.g.
- "Money talks," e.g.
- "Silence is golden," e.g.
- Saw
- Magazine that debuted with Christa Miller on the cover
- "Hot 100" magazine
- General principle
- A man of principle
- Brief expression of a general principle
- Mother figures it's an old saw
- The watchword of one with a large figure?
- Saying - inventor of machine gun
- General truth
- Pithy statement of a general truth
- Short pithy statement
- Inventor of the saw?
- Pithy saying
- The proverbial gun?
- The proverbial shooter
- Cross to deface, it goes without saying
- Principle
- Saw gun?
- Byword for graduate, team's top man
- Apophthegm
- Motto
- Nominally a large figure
- "Haste makes waste," e.g.
- One man's motto
- Masterly mix-up, this motto?
- Mum figures it's a boy
- "Time is money" or "money is power"
- "Less is more," for one
- "This too shall pass," for one
- The watchword of one with a large figure?
- The most I'm saying!
- Mum figures it's a motto
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2025
- LA Times - October 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 18, 2023
- LA Times - September 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - May 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - November 23, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 15, 2022
- New York Times - August 18, 2022
- New York Times - August 12, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - August 01, 2022
- And in 104 more crossword puzzles...