Clues for the word "MONSOON"
We've had 33 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 39 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 30, 2026.
Definition of monsoon
- n. - A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.
Referring Clues
- Wet time
- Seasonal recurrence
- Kind of winds
- Seasonal wind
- Rainy season
- Windy, rainy season
- Heavy rain period
- Wet season
- Asian rainy season
- Seasonal wind in Southern Asia
- Rainy season in India
- Seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean
- Rainmaker?
- Rainy-season wind
- Large-scale sea breeze
- Seasonal Indian Ocean wind
- So on the day before it's rainy
- "The wind and the rain"
- Season of heavy rain
- Sun now, then ... season of rain
- Sun disappearing? There's a wind from the southwest
- It brings rain on shortly after May 1st
- Put Frenchman on before long rainy season
- Start to move on, early in the rainy season
- Awful weather - and the weekend's almost over!
- Day directly after the rains
- Sun now, then rain
- Asian wind
- Indian season known for downpours
- It will bring the rain one day shortly
- What to expect between June and September in India
- Season with heavy rainfall
- Phenomenon brought about by seasonal wind shifts
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 30, 2026
- New York Times - September 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 21, 2024
- LA Times - June 22, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 21, 2022
- Guardian Quick - October 16, 2017
- Netword - December 23, 2016
- Netword - November 08, 2015
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 18, 2015
- New York Times - June 18, 2015
- Washington Post - July 04, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 21, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 09, 2013
- LA Times - February 19, 2013
- Guardian Quick - October 26, 2012
- Washington Post - August 29, 2012
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 20, 2012
- Guardian Everyman - May 15, 2011
- Guardian Quick - October 22, 2010
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 01, 2010
- Netword - December 09, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - July 31, 2009
- New York Times - September 07, 2008
- Guardian Quick - October 20, 2007
- Family Time - June 24, 2007
- Family Time - April 16, 2007
- Family Time - January 01, 2007
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 21, 2006
- Guardian Prize - February 11, 2006
- New York Times - October 01, 2005
- And in 9 more crossword puzzles...