Clues for the word "MISS"
We've had 268 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 557 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 19, 2026.
Definition of miss
- n. - A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
- n. - A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
- n. - A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.
- n. - In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
- v. t. - To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
- v. t. - To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
- v. t. - To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.
- v. i. - To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
- v. i. - To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.
- v. i. - To go wrong; to err.
- v. i. - To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
- n. - The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
- n. - Loss; want; felt absence.
- n. - Mistake; error; fault.
- n. - Harm from mistake.
Referring Clues
- Failure
- Ole ___
- Hit alternative
- See 25-Across
- Overlook
- Fail to see
- Overshoot, say
- Young lady
- ___ America
- Long for
- "___ Otis Regrets" (Noel Coward song)
- Shoot past, e.g.
- Get wrong
- Fail to make
- Forgo
- Air ball, e.g.
- Hit's alternative
- Fail to catch
- Go wide of, say
- Girl
- Swiss ___
- Pageant title
- "The ___ Firecracker Contest" (Beth Henley play)
- "Little ___ Sunshine"
- Oversight
- Feel longing for
- Mile's equivalent?
- Peach or Piggy
- "Good Golly ___ Molly"
- Be absent from
- Debutante, typically
- Beauty pageant title
- Piggy's title
- Let go by
- Mile equivalent?
- Debutante ball attendee
- It's as good as a mile, they say
- Mile's equivalent, proverbially
- See 19-Across
- Sash word
- Unmarried woman's title
- Fail to hit
- Wish were here
- Fail to connect with
- Not catch
- Not understand
- Word on a pageant sash
- It's not a hit
- Answer incorrectly
- Fail to attend
- Fall short of
- Be nostalgic for
- Feel nostalgia for
- Errant shot
- "Bye, bye, ___ American Pie ..."
- "Bye bye, ___ American Pie ..."
- It's as good as a mile
- Pageant winner
- Fail to make contact with
- Young woman
- She's not yet married
- Yearn for
- Word on a sash
- Feel the lack of
- Lonelyhearts' title
- Jeune fille
- Unmarried woman
- Daisy, for one
- Muffet, for one
- Title for America?
- "___ Congeniality"
- Whiff
- Hit's opposite
- "Bye-bye, ___ American Pie ..."
- Fail to notice
- ___ Piggy
- See 1-Across
- With 23-Down, name of a pageant winner
- "Our ___ Brooks" (TV oldie)
- Air ball, for example
- "Bye, bye, ___ American Pie ..."
- Battleship response
- Waste ammo, say
- Marple or Havisham
- Lassie
- Feel sad without
- The Rolling Stones' "___ You"
- Sash title
- What a 61-Across will be called for only a little while longer
- Not notice
- Feel nostalgic for
- Show bad aim
- '___ Congeniality'
- Not even get close
- Not even come close
- Not see
- Feel the absence of
- Young girl
- Hit-or- ___
- With 99-Across, Cole Porter's regretful lady
- One way to waste ammo
- Not hit
- Title that can precede the starts of the four longest Across answers
- Yearn to see again
- Long to be with
- Start of a pageant winner's title
- Feel the loss of
- Fail to connect
- "___ Saigon"
- Be errant, say
- Pageant winner's address
- Shoot an air ball, say
- Far from a hit
- Young woman's title
- First word on a sash, often
- Girl's title
- Master's counterpart
- Bachelorette
- ___ America Competition
- Swing without connecting
- Pine for
- Melville masterpiece (hyph.)
- ___ America pageant
- Muffet's title
- Mademoiselle, overseas
- Hit's counterpart
- Fail to meet
- Pass by
- Rue the loss of
- Air ball, say
- Feel deprived of
- "Swing and a ___, strike one"
- Avoid
- Fall wide of
- Potential 29-Across
- Notice the absence of
- "Driving ___ Daisy"
- Marple or Piggy
- "___ me?"
- Title for a pageant winner?
- Battleship call
- Hit opposite
- Pageant contestant
- Fraulein
- Unmarried girl
- Swing and ___ (strike one!)
- Failed attempt
- Fail to get girl
- Not make a basket
- Word before any U.S. state
- Be too late for
- Long to see
- "Swing and a ___!"
- Opposite of hit
- ___ by a mile
- Allow to slip by
- Ted Nugent "Little ___ Dangerous"
- Culture Club "___ Me Blind"
- Stones "___ You"
- Pine for - young lady
- Spin Doctors "Little ___ Can't Be Wrong"
- "___ Teen USA" Best Kissers in the World
- Fail to meet - girl
- Is she a bit permissive?
- State schoolteacher
- Girl - bad shot
- A girl to avoid
- Never hit a maiden lady
- Don't include a single girl
- Briefly, the state Elvis Presley was in at first
- Long for girl ...
- Don't notice that you are lonely for?
- Does it not strike you as a stately abbreviation?
- Let slip you would like to be with again
- Long for fabulous story to be narrated without a lisp?
- Never hit a girl
- A failure as a stateswoman?
- Unmarried state in America?
- Musical set in Vietnam
- Don't hit a girl
- A slip of a girl
- Do without a form of address
- Agatha Christie's detective
- Feel the loss of - schoolgirl
- She was not a hit!
- Fail to notice lady teacher
- Complete whiff
- With 43 Down, late TV psychic born Youree Dell Harris
- Slapdash, hit or ___
- Spider victim, Little ___ Muffet
- Fail to take advantage of girl
- One breaks service but ace squandered in fluff
- Pine for girl
- Fail to see motorway two seconds after
- Tom is soppy about girl
- Fail to catch the girl
- Girl in film is stunning
- Fail to meet unmarried woman
- Fail to avoid young lady
- Girl's failing
- 20 3's volatile good-time girl stylishly having all
- Highway's prepared to conceal draught excluder from arachnophobe
- See 4
- Feel nostalgic about
- Shoot an air ball
- A state of failure
- ___ USA
- Unsuccessful swing
- What a white peg signifies in Battleship
- Sash's first word?
- Bad shot
- ___ Universe
- Girl in a state?
- Spinster in a state?
- Dodge
- Hit's opposite?
- Brick in basketball, e.g.
- In America, the unmarried state
- Be too late to catch
- Bad guess in Battleship
- ___ Alabama ("Bachelorette" Hannah Brown's title)
- State schoolteacher?
- Unmarried woman or girl
- Lack
- Young lady's address
- Some missiles never reach their target
- Long to see again
- Opposite of a make
- Is in manuscript form for a teacher
- Never hit an unmarried woman
- Suffer the absence of
- Not hit the target
- Senorita
- ___ the mark
- ___ Manners
- Lass
- Possible swing result
- Be off the mark
- Is she a bit permissive?
- Kermit's significant other ___ Piggy
- Little ___ Muffet
- She opens and closes shops on the motorway
- Not make
- ___ Scarlett
- Major in transgender activism
- Leave out
- Briefly, a state of failure?
- Opposite of 5-Across
- *Video game quests
- Does it not strike you as a stately abbreviation?
- ___ Piggy (diva Muppet)
- Maiden
- Young lady in a state?
- A failure as a school teacher?
- "___ Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" (Taylor Swift song)
- Notice the absence of a young woman
- White peg in Battleship
- A failure as a stateswoman?
- Unmarried state in America?
- She's not a Mrs.
- "A swing and a ___"
- "___ Congeniality" (2000 comedy)
- Swing and not hit the ball
- "Little ___ Sunshine" (quirky 2006 movie)
- ___ Congeniality (pageant title)
- Have a shot bounce off the rim
- Go wide of the mark
- Battleship cry
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 05, 2026
- Daily American - February 05, 2026
- Daily American - December 07, 2025
- New York Times - November 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 21, 2025
- LA Times - November 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 20, 2025
- LA Times - August 15, 2025
- LA Times - July 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 28, 2025
- Daily American - June 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 13, 2025
- LA Times - June 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 21, 2025
- New York Times - March 24, 2025
- New York Times - March 17, 2025
- Family Time - March 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 23, 2025
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