Clues for the word "MISTRESS"
We've had 17 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 18 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph crossword on October 04, 2023.
Definition of mistress
- n. - A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
- n. - A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
- n. - A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
- n. - A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.
- n. - A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
- n. - A married woman; a wife.
- n. - The old name of the jack at bowls.
- v. i. - To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
Referring Clues
- Basis of a scandal, maybe
- Subject of some gossip
- The other woman
- Many a tryst participant
- Kept woman
- Basis of a political scandal, maybe
- Master's wife
- Lucyfire "___ of the Night"
- See 2
- Woman in control
- Note anxiety in Stepney
- Bit on the side? Lock phone card up first
- "Elvira, ___ of the Dark"
- Highway inducing nervous disorder in the beloved
- Regret the absence of embracing very French inamorata
- Lover puts weight on next
- Young lady
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 04, 2023
- Guardian Cryptic - January 08, 2018
- Washington Post Classic - November 26, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - September 22, 2017
- Rock n Roll Crossword - October 16, 2016
- New York Times - July 17, 2016
- Guardian Prize - October 12, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - February 04, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - December 04, 2012
- New York Times - April 22, 2011
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 15, 2010
- Guardian Quick - June 08, 2010
- Guardian Quick - December 20, 2009
- USA Today - March 25, 2008
- New York Times - September 03, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - September 25, 2003
- Guardian Cryptic - November 08, 2002
- New York Times - November 25, 2000