Clues for the word "NARROW"
We've had 96 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 157 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on December 31, 2025.
Definition of narrow
- superl. - Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
- superl. - Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- superl. - Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.
- superl. - Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
- superl. - Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
- superl. - Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- superl. - Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- superl. - Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.
- n. - A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
- v. t. - To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
- v. t. - To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.
- v. t. - To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- v. i. - To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
- v. i. - Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
- v. i. - To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
Referring Clues
- Come to the point?
- One-lane
- Thin
- Straight's partner
- AAA, maybe
- Taper
- Shoe specification
- Not wide
- Like AAA shoes
- Like a one-lane bridge
- What AAA may mean
- Not roomy
- Cramped
- Like some escapes
- Taper gradually
- Tightly defined
- Like a bottleneck
- Intolerant
- Close, as an escape
- Long and thin
- Short of breadth
- Shrink, in a way
- Confining
- ___-minded
- Constricted
- Tight
- Not far across
- Prejudiced
- Like some minds and margins
- Kind of margin or escape
- Tough to squeeze through
- Slim
- Constrained
- Limited
- Like the eye of a needle
- Limited in size or scope
- Not wide at all
- Type of squeak
- Breathless?
- Rigid
- How some are minded?
- Of little breadth
- Not broad
- Opposite of wide
- Robin's last missile may be pinched
- Slender
- "On the straight and ___"
- Confined
- Restrict
- Lacking tolerance
- Constrict end of iron bolt
- Gorgon's ultimate weapon is constrained
- See 24
- Raced up to the line with not much room to spare
- Restricted
- Vessel designed for canals
- Sort of boat, escape, gauge or squeak
- Sped up work on boat for contract
- Of little width
- Small in breadth
- Fine pintail carried by pointer
- Like straits and string ties
- With sides close together
- Close shave
- Successor to 5 and...and bow?
- Limited contract
- New missile contract
- Close, so raced up to a disturbance
- Cramped northern shaft
- Close
- 11 with pole for weapon
- Contract a bishop enters into immediately
- Thin pointed weapon
- Midday flight is restricted
- Limited conversation's ending with quarrel
- Source of nuclear weapon strictly limited
- Meagre, confined
- Rushed back to join queue to get slim
- Unlaced heterosexual [8]
- Like a boat on the canal
- Northern direction indicator limited in scope
- Lacking width
- Fine to take off A Close Shave
- Precise pointer to north
- Strict, requiring name on pointer
- Of limited scope
- Not very wide
- Just the sort of boat for inland navigation
- Like some minds
- Limited, as a search
- Limited in scope
- Specific
- Like spaces reserved for compact cars
- Come to a point?
- Like a slot canyon
- Like the Bosporus, notably
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - December 31, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 11, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 29, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 01, 2024
- New York Times - September 24, 2024
- LA Times - August 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 21, 2024
- USA Today - May 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 07, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 18, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 15, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 09, 2023
- New York Times - November 24, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 26, 2023
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