Clues for the word "MINNOW"
We've had 31 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 60 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 27, 2026.
Definition of minnow
- n. - A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.
- n. - Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.
Referring Clues
- Gilligan's boat
- Bit of bait
- Boat on 37-Across
- Fish with a "fathead" variety
- Little swimmer in a school
- Small freshwater fish
- Baitfish option
- Little fish
- Bait fish
- Small fish often used as bait
- Small silvery fish
- Tiny fish
- "Gilligan's Island" boat
- Small fry?
- Small fry
- Half a minute at present for fish
- Small fish
- Very small freshwater fish
- Swimmer cut grass round hotel
- Tiddler
- To cut the grass outside the pub is not a big thing
- Ministry, at present, of fish?
- Small fish in a big pond, perhaps
- Not much of a catch?
- Very little fish
- Gilligan-s boat
- Little time at present for little fish
- Little time this time, a waste of time if caught?
- Wanting a woman in work, though not much of a catch
- Mo has present for an unimportant person
- Ministry, at present, of fish?
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 27, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - October 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 18, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 03, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 04, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2023
- Mirror Mini - August 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 17, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 22, 2023
- Mirror Mini - August 28, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - January 27, 2018
- Penny Dell Daily - January 03, 2018
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 27, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - October 18, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - July 14, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - May 25, 2017
- Washington Post Classic - May 14, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 02, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 01, 2017
- New York Times - April 14, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - April 04, 2016
- Canadiana - February 15, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - January 11, 2016
- Guardian Quick - September 16, 2015
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