Clues for the word "MITRE"
We've had 58 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 77 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on August 10, 2026.
Definition of mitre
- n. - A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks.
- n. - The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
- n. - A sort of base money or coin.
- v. t. - To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.
- v. t. - To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.
- v. i. - To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.
- n. & v. - See Miter.
Referring Clues
- British bishop's headdress
- Bishop's topper
- Anglican bishop's headgear
- Anglican topper
- Corner cut, in Cambridge
- Carpenter's joint, in Canterbury
- Bishop's hat, in Bristol
- Anglican bishop's headdress
- Anglican headdress
- Anglican Church headdress
- British bishop's hat
- Anglican bishop's topper
- Bishop's hat, in Bath
- Tiara's replacement in the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI
- Bishop's hat, to a Brit
- Bishop's hat, in Britain
- Bishop's headdress, in Britain
- British bishop's topper
- Archbishop of Canterbury's headdress
- Anglican bishop's hat
- Bishop's headwear
- Bishop's hat
- Bishop's headdress
- Mistress dropping three shillings in hat
- The joint at the corner
- Many a strange rite associated with bishops
- Bishop's headgear
- Bishop's hat - joint
- Type of joint - bishop's hat
- Joint returns from overtime
- Headgear associated with German soldier
- Joint gear for one overseas, we hear?
- Bishop's headgear - joint
- Joint headdress
- Headgear for the joint
- Diminutive creature getting hold of king's headgear
- Clerical award for dubious merit?
- Liturgical headdress
- A pope's hat, to A. Pope
- Joint capital cover?
- Episcopal joint
- See dignity in this joint
- What a bishop may have on in a joint
- One identifies bishop and rook pocketed by child
- Joint head of church comes under it
- Joint church cover
- Episcopal joint?
- It's religiously worn in a certain joint
- Joint in which the bishop's hat is found
- British archbishop's headpiece
- Child possessing a right to a special hat
- One jointly worn by a bishop?
- Anglican headwear
- Sort of joint cut at an angle
- Headdress for the archbishop of Canterbury
- New term covering a line in headgear
- Cardinal's hat, in Britain
- Anglican bishop's headwear
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - August 10, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - July 11, 2026
- Daily Quick - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 10, 2025
- LA Times - March 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 04, 2024
- New York Times - August 15, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 28, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 07, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 30, 2023
- LA Times - March 19, 2023
- New York Times - October 04, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - July 10, 2022
- New York Times - October 10, 2021
- Mirror Classic - January 23, 2018
- Guardian Quick - January 10, 2018
- Mirror Classic - November 10, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 08, 2017
- Washington Post Classic - August 13, 2017
- Daily Quick - July 30, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 26, 2017
- Mirror Classic - June 21, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - July 20, 2016
- Guardian Quick - May 15, 2015
- New York Times - July 14, 2014
- And in 47 more crossword puzzles...