Clues for the word "MONK"
We've had 96 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 151 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 21, 2026.
Definition of monk
- n. - A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.
- n. - A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
- n. - A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
- n. - A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.
- n. - The European bullfinch.
Referring Clues
- Person with vows
- Saint Boniface, e.g.
- Lama, e.g.
- Brother
- One in a hood
- Member of an order
- Neurotic TV detective played by Tony Shalhoub
- Figure in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose"
- Man in a robe
- "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" figure
- Person with few possessions
- Jazzman Thelonious
- Monastery man
- Tony Shalhoub TV series
- Abbey resident
- Religious ascetic
- Tony Shalhoub cable series
- Lama, for example
- Abbey denizen
- Cowl wearer
- Frock wearer
- Bebop pioneer
- Monastery resident
- Cloistered one
- Vow taker
- One of Chaucer's travelers
- Fra, e.g.
- Trappist, e.g.
- Tony Shalhoub TV role
- Tony Shalhoub title character
- Musician Thelonious
- Fra
- Tony Shalhoub role
- Shalhoub's germophobe
- Vow of silence taker
- Friar
- Thelonious of jazz
- One in an order
- "The Canterbury Tales" pilgrim
- "The Canterbury Tales" pilgrim
- CanterburyTales pilgrim
- Fellow in a frock
- Tony Shalhoub series
- Brother, of a sort
- Cowled one
- Father figure?
- Jazzman Thelonius
- "Name of the Rose" figure
- Name of the rose figure
- Gregor Mendel, e.g.
- Neurotic TV detective
- Lama or friar
- Man in a monastery
- Pianist Thelonious
- Man with a tonsure
- OCD-beset TV sleuth
- Shalhoub role
- Cistercian or trappist
- Coltrane collaborator
- Shalhoub title role
- Job on Martin Luther's résumé
- Spiritual hermit
- Gregor Mendel's day job
- Self-named 1954 or 1964 jazz album
- Brother in an order
- Tony Shalhoub's detective
- Chaucer pilgrim
- Quasi-opposite of "nun"
- Monastic
- Jazz great Thelonious
- Hermit
- Trappist, for example
- Religious man
- Member of religious community
- Celibate for one day last week
- Fish-eater's brother close up
- Male member of religious order
- Member of a religious community
- See 1
- Second name associated with king's brother
- Cistercian, e.g.
- Saint Bernard, e.g.
- Monastery dweller
- 2 great in prayer
- Devout man
- 2000s OCD-afflicted TV sleuth
- No villain in a cell!
- Title whose name comes from the Greek for "alone"
- Nun's counterpart
- Man in the hood?
- Part of an order, perhaps
- Shaolin Temple resident
- One vowing to get in a habit?
- One living a life of prayer
- Ashram figure
- St. Benedict, for one
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 21, 2026
- Daily American - April 04, 2026
- LA Times - February 18, 2026
- Daily American - December 10, 2025
- LA Times - March 02, 2025
- Daily American - September 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 08, 2024
- New York Times - June 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 30, 2024
- Family Time - May 06, 2024
- USA Today - April 25, 2024
- LA Times - April 18, 2024
- Daily American - April 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 19, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 03, 2024
- Daily American - December 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 09, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 15, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 09, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 05, 2023
- USA Today - April 03, 2023
- USA Today - February 07, 2023
- Daily American - September 18, 2022
- New York Times - January 06, 2022
- Daily American - December 10, 2017
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