Clues for the word "MOTHER"
We've had 55 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 69 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on September 22, 2025.
Definition of mother
- n. - A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
- n. - That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.
- n. - An old woman or matron.
- n. - The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.
- n. - Hysterical passion; hysteria.
- a. - Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.
- v. t. - To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
- n. - A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.
- v. i. - To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.
Referring Clues
- May honoree
- See 16-Across
- "Psycho" figure
- Coral, to Nemo
- Postpartum depression sufferer
- Child bearer
- More of the quote
- Earth ___
- Nature's title
- Care for in a nurturing manner, and what can precede the last words of 20-, 27-, 44-, and 52-Across
- Hubbard
- Earth ___
- Teresa or Nature
- 'Psycho' figure
- Mid-May honoree
- Whistler subject
- Parent
- Norman Bates's alter ego
- Goldie Hawn, to Kate Hudson
- Word that can precede the starts of this puzzle's nine longest answers
- "It's not nice to fool ___ Nature!"
- Mom
- Mum
- Title for Nature
- One may be superior
- X contributor
- She may say"ask your dad"
- She's honored in May
- Hood lead-in
- Nature personified
- Maternal Pink Floyd song off "The Wall"
- Ma
- One who pours the tea?
- 2 8 - funny sort of joke!
- She traditionally raises the issue
- Being arranged at Rome, there's a future saint?
- Delivery person?
- Female parent
- Mrs after lepidoptera?
- Nickname given to Cape Town, South Africa
- Old woman must get her MOT first
- Test hero to go down with club lest beaten in fight with Saddam
- Do Bart and Homer play a bit on computer?
- Male different from female parent
- Person whose inner child has been released?
- One of relative concern in thermometer manufacture
- Marge, to Bart
- Medical officer getting the right parent
- One thing to be when you pour the tea
- Labor leader?
- She has many an alternative choice
- Mum, it seems, married someone else!
- Malice, more formally
- With 37-Across, native language
- Beyonce, to Blue Ivy
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 28, 2024
- New York Times - June 12, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 20, 2023
- Daily Quick - January 30, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 13, 2023
- LA Times - July 31, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2022
- New York Times - December 26, 2021
- Mirror Quick - January 08, 2018
- Netword - October 19, 2017
- Guardian Quick - September 13, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - August 17, 2017
- Guardian Weekend - June 24, 2017
- New York Times - December 18, 2016
- Netword - September 06, 2016
- Guardian Prize - January 16, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - December 01, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 18, 2014
- New York Times - November 09, 2014
- Rock n Roll Crossword - July 13, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 27, 2014
- Universal - February 07, 2014
- And in 39 more crossword puzzles...