Clues for the word "NEVER"
We've had 185 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 528 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 16, 2026.
Definition of never
- adv. - Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.
- adv. - In no degree; not in the least; not.
Referring Clues
- "When pigs fly!"
- Haughty refusal
- "Well, I ___!"
- Defiant reply
- Decisive refusal
- When some things change
- "When hell freezes over!"
- Not just "no!"
- "You'll ___ Get Rich" (original name of "The Phil Silvers Show")
- Emphatic refusal
- "It ___ Entered My Mind" (song from "Higher and Higher")
- "In a pig's eye!"
- Now alternative
- Defiant cry
- Word before and after say
- When pigs fly
- Emphatic no
- "When hell freezes over"
- On the 31st of February
- "Not a prayer!"
- "Fat chance!"
- Diehard's reply to "Give up?"
- "The Twelfth of ___" (1957 Johnny Mathis hit)
- "___ a dull moment"
- When hell freezes over
- "Not a chance!"
- "If Tomorrow ___ Comes" (Garth Brooks hit)
- Not even once
- "No chance!"
- "No way, no how!"
- "Not in a million years!"
- "The Twelfth of ___"
- "No way!"
- "When pigs fly!"
- "Don't hold your breath!"
- At no time
- Defiant response
- "Not on your life!"
- "When donkeys fly!"
- "Not on your life!"
- "Not in this lifetime!"
- "As if!"
- Alternative for now
- "Not gonna happen, period!"
- "Over my dead body!"
- Word seen on both sides of "say"
- Now's alternative
- Under no circumstances
- "The Twelfth of ___"
- "Don't hold your breath!"
- With 39-Across and 49-Across, rule broken by the three theme entries' first and last two letters
- Word heard before and after "say"
- Firm refusal
- "Not gonna happen"
- 'Not in a million years!'
- Not in a million years
- 'Forget it!'
- When Peter Pan grew up
- "In your dreams!"
- Word repeated in both James Bond and Justin Bieber film titles
- "When pigs fly"
- With 69-Across, at absolutely no point
- Now's opposite
- Defiant refusal
- "Forget it!"
- 'When pigs fly!'
- "___ My Love": 1967 hit
- When donkeys fly
- Unequivocal turndown
- Abstainer's frequency
- Word of defiance
- Not once
- Emphatic denial
- "Forget it"
- No way!
- Not even a single time
- Ultimatum retort
- Definitive denial
- "Absolutely not!"
- "That's not going to happen!"
- "Out of the question!"
- Rebel yell
- Not a single time
- Strong denial
- Part 2 of today's quote
- 1985 hit by Heart
- Over my dead body!"
- When the sun rises in the west
- Under no conditions
- Not once (5)
- When to look a gift horse in the mouth
- Not ever
- "___ Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"
- Corey Hart hit "___ Surrender"
- On no occasion
- Guinevere's response to a saucy suggestion
- A negative point, invariably
- The answer is positively negative!
- No, and that's final!
- A definite (yet indefinite!) refusal
- Half the HP in Arthur's queen
- Not without a time limit!
- Nerve broken? Certainly not!
- Negative, but always to the point
- Certainly didn't return for a bit of revenge
- It'll always be negative
- No - and you needn't ask again!
- Not even arranged right!
- In tone, very discouraging, this refusal
- Emphatic negative
- A word of infinite discouragement
- Strong negative
- A very positive negative
- Perpetual discouragement
- Two balls lost in one over? I don't believe you!
- Not to close down at any time
- Perpetual denial!
- Not very firmly?
- A perpetually discouraging thing to say
- Struggling after heavy meal? Nice? No! Turn to dietary wisdom from ...
- Succinct version of the combined final words of the starred answers
- Adamant refusal
- Nerve broken? Not at all!
- Return most of my income? Certainly not!
- Absolute refusal comes near to defining womankind
- Once less than once
- At no stage
- At no time does revenue start rising
- SF writer's last two characters given a lead role - surely not!
- Royal Navy upset about female entry? Not at all
- Certainly not close to autumn, the night before last in summer
- New Republican First Lady's given up? I don't believe it!
- Most of revenue returned in no time!
- New woman, right? No way!
- At no time in the past or future
- Part 1 and part 3 of today's quote
- Lady Guinevere's indignant response!
- First lady amid nouveaux riches primarily? Certainly not!
- Rather definitive turndown
- When some things will change?
- No, you needn't ask again
- Cycling French novelist? Certainly not!
- In one version, a firm refusal
- Certainly not raising some revenue!
- Emphatic denial of second person in northern river
- On no account
- Twice less than twice
- See 11
- Not at any time
- Not very emphatically!
- "___ succumb to the temptation of bitterness": MLK
- Not even up to the far end?
- Not even possibly right
- "___ Cry Wolf"
- Never say ___ ( Bieber hit )
- Indignant discouragement from Lady Guinevere
- Certainly not returned in revenge
- In no case
- Certainly not nerve shattering!
- In one version, a firm denial
- "Not happening"
- Neutral, always, yet it's negative!
- Lady Guinevere's indignant refusal
- No way, Jose!
- Refusal to raise much revenue
- Not even upset at the bitter end
- "Like THAT'S gonna happen!"
- “Forget it!”
- Not always on the first of November
- Not neutral on all occasions
- When to give in, per Churchill
- Shout of disapproval
- "___ My Love"
- In one version, Peter Pan's land
- ___-ending
- ___-say-die
- "___ have I ever ..."
- Not even adjusted, yet right
- "Henceforth I ___ will be Romeo"
- It means refusal, always
- At no point
- Not very firmly?
- "You can't make me!"
- Happening not even once
- "Give up?" comeback
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 12, 2026
- Mirror Mini - January 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2026
- LA Times - January 13, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 10, 2025
- LA Times - November 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 09, 2025
- Daily American - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 14, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 05, 2025
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