Clues for the word "NUT"
We've had 311 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 924 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on December 05, 2025.
Definition of nut
- n. - The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
- n. - A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.
- n. - The tumbler of a gunlock.
- n. - A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
- v. i. - To gather nuts.
Referring Clues
- Loony bird
- Cashew, e.g.
- It fits under a head
- Screwball
- Fanatic
- Not your ordinary fan
- Fiend
- Weirdo
- Crackpot
- Protein source
- Zealot
- Fruitcake
- Eccentric
- Kook
- Plumber's piece
- Crank
- Yo-yo
- Bolt attachment
- Loony tune
- Big fan
- Wrench's target
- Hound
- Buff
- Enthusiast
- Macadamia, e.g.
- Aficionado
- Granola morsel
- Loon
- Bit of trail mix
- Zany
- Wack job
- Macadamia, for one
- Kind of case or shell
- Squirrel's find
- Wacko
- Pecan, for example
- Enthusiast, in slang
- Rubber room candidate
- Bolt securer
- Total expenses, informally
- Acorn, for example
- Word with lock or lug
- Waldorf salad tidbit
- Trail mix morsel
- Pecan or cashew
- Lug, e.g.
- Fan
- Operating expenses
- With 4-Down, pecan, e.g.
- Filbert, e.g.
- Cashew, for one
- Devotee
- Pecan or hickory
- Oddball
- Fancier and then some
- Diehard fan
- Hexagonal holder
- Bar morsel
- Cashew or filbert
- Acorn, essentially
- Hard fruit
- Bolt holder
- Filbert, for instance
- Kernel
- Pecan or macadamia
- Bar-counter snack
- Filbert, for one
- Almond, pecan or cashew
- It may be tough to crack
- Venture-launching cost, slangily
- Acorn, e.g.
- Odd character
- Word with "hickory" or "health"
- Companion for a bolt
- It gets cracked on purpose
- Shell kernel
- Wrench target
- Brazil, e.g.
- Brazil, for one
- Violin part
- Word with hickory or health
- Squirrel treat
- It may be cracked
- It's tough to crack
- Cost of business, informally
- Squirrel food
- More than an aficionado
- Hickory ___
- Cuckoo bird
- Pecan, e.g.
- Dry fruit
- Bolt's adjunct
- Bit in trail mix
- Wild and crazy guy
- Edible kernel
- Item in a squirrel's stash
- Cashew or pecan
- Acorn. e.g.
- Cheap hardware store purchase
- Total goofball
- Almond or cashew
- Hazel, for one
- Pistachio or pecan
- Maniac
- Macadamia or cashew
- Kook or cuckoo
- Partner of 44 Across
- Wack-job
- Shop fastener
- Flake
- Acorn
- Pistachio
- Pecan or almond
- Bonbon center
- Bolt partner
- Squirrel snack
- Squirrel's prize
- Bolt connector
- Bolt's partner
- Fruitcake bit
- Fruit-cake ingredient
- Squirrel's treat
- Hardware item
- Enthusi-ast
- Granola bit
- Litchi, e.g.
- Bolt fastener
- Huge fan
- Giant fan
- Almond, e.g.
- Extreme fan
- Almond or pecan
- Cashew or almond
- Pistachio, for one
- Squirrel's snack
- Granola bar bit
- Zealous type
- Acorn or pecan
- Big devotee
- Zany one
- Real fan
- Super fan
- Cashew or pistachio
- Tough ___
- Bar bit
- Energy bar bit
- One gone cray-cray, as it were
- Buff ___
- Bar bowl item
- Unpredictable sort
- Loony
- Almond, for one
- Brazil ___
- Pecan
- Hard-shelled seed
- Avid fan
- Item that can be tough to crack
- Brainteaser
- Operating expenses, in slang
- Frantic fan
- Fanatic fan
- Lunatic, slangily
- Madcap
- Hollow fastener
- Fruit served with a cracker?
- Wackadoodle
- Devoted fan
- Tough thing to crack
- Brazil ___
- Source of a common allergy
- Filbert or cashew
- Baklava morsel
- Fruitcake ingredient
- See 78-Across
- Hard-shelled fruit
- Crunchy snack
- Butter preceder or follower
- Aficionado, informally
- Superfan
- Word with "case"
- Bar nosh
- Biscotti tidbit
- Rabid fan
- Pistachio or macadamia
- Bolt go-with
- Kind of kernel
- Trail mix bit
- Energy bar morsel
- Morsel in tavern mix
- Acorn, for one
- Bit of hardware
- ___ butter
- Bolt's mate
- Pecan, for one
- A cashew is one
- Almond, pecan or pistachio
- Bit of squirrel food
- A pistachio is one
- What a squirrel searches for
- A pistachio
- Common ingredient in granola
- Black Flag "Loose ___"
- Crazy frontman
- '94 Tesla album "Bust a ___"
- XTC "Fruit ___"
- Head (slang)
- Squirrel ___ Zippers
- Almond, for example
- Fruit
- Head that may be turned
- Bonce
- Union head
- Head screwed on?
- Brazil, for instance
- It has its bolthole!
- A screwy character?
- Minute piece of food?
- Only something short will go in its shell
- Pistachio, say
- Fanatical enthusiast
- Enthusiast (slang)
- Head teachers
- Hard dry fruit - enthusiast
- Food which might be bolted
- Pecan or pistachio
- Brazil or pecan
- Brazil is one
- Snickers tidbit
- Screw-loose type
- Ding-a-ling
- Crazy person
- Seed
- The head, eccentric type
- Mechanical fastener
- Bolt surrounder
- Pistachio or pecan, for example
- Pine or cashew
- Acorn or brazil
- Word that can follow "Brazil" or "hickory"
- ___ butter (bread spread)
- Morsel in a squirrel's stash
- Waldorf salad ingredient
- What butter may be made from
- Bar mix morsel
- Dry one-seeded fruit
- Food to crack
- Beer ___
- Something cracked up as a bit of a stunt!
- A good thing for seedy teachers?
- Commonly hexagonal hardware
- Snickers-bar crunchy
- Eccentric teachers' union
- Bar-bowl morsel
- Avid fan, slangily
- An eccentric with a bolt hole?
- One might be tough to crack
- Head of the teachers' union?
- Hard fruit of a plant
- It may have a bolt hole
- See 38-Across
- If you eat it, don't bolt it
- Pistachio, for example
- Fruit with an edible kernel
- Bolt’s partner
- Bean that may well feature in a vegetarian's diet
- Obsessive fan
- Planters bit
- It may be cracked or roasted
- Pecan tree seed
- Filbert or pecan
- Squirrel food tidbit
- Something to eat but not bolt
- Sports ___
- Snack item
- Threaded fastener
- Macadamia ___
- He's crazy for vegetarian food
- Praline morsel
- Hard ___ to crack
- Almond or macadamia
- Cashew, for example
- A macadamia is one
- Pistachio or cashew, e.g.
- Head screwed on?
- Hexagonal bit of hardware
- Macadamia or almond
- Bolt's counterpart
- Wing ___
- Gorp morsel
- Head teachers' union?
- Macadamia or pecan
- Almond or pistachio
- A fan who's tough to crack
- An eccentric union?
- Minute piece of food?
- Pistachio or almond
- Almond or acorn
- Acorn or cashew
- Crack it to eat the insides
- Common allergen
- Karuka or pecan
- Pecan or acorn
- Trail mix morsel that is technically a fruit
- Sacha inchi or acorn
- Pecan or filbert
- Walnut or pecan
- Tidbit in 6-Across
- Pistachio, e.g.
- You'll crack this one in less than a minute
- Overzealous sort
- Corn ___ (snack misnomer)
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - December 05, 2025
- New York Times - November 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 19, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 21, 2025
- New York Times - October 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 30, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 09, 2025
- LA Times - August 05, 2025
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2025
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