Clues for the word "OBLIQUE"
We've had 23 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 43 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on July 13, 2026.
Definition of oblique
- a. - Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
- a. - Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
- a. - Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- n. - An oblique line.
- v. i. - To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
- v. i. - To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Referring Clues
- Not straightforward
- Catty-cornered
- Indirect
- Inclined
- At a glance
- Angle that just isn't right
- Like some references
- Slanting
- Indirect - devious
- Inclined to be devious
- Require question for government to be slanted
- Angled
- Indirect - evasive
- Round, with brains in colour, not straight
- Slash brains? There's nothing Tory about that
- Slanted
- This angle cannot be right
- Backhanded slash
- A cold, say, is not straightforward
- Inclined to have zero intelligence in the Navy?
- Hardly straightforward
- Elliptical
- On a slant
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - July 13, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 30, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 10, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 23, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 30, 2023
- Daily Quick - February 17, 2023
- Daily Quick - November 30, 2022
- Daily Quick - July 12, 2022
- Daily Quick - November 10, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - October 27, 2017
- Daily Quick - October 23, 2017
- Daily Quick - June 30, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - April 04, 2016
- Guardian Quick - November 20, 2015
- New York Times - November 08, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 12, 2014
- Washington Post - March 07, 2013
- USA Today - September 11, 2012
- Netword - September 01, 2012
- New York Times - May 06, 2012
- Guardian Quick - April 03, 2011
- Guardian Everyman - August 08, 2010
- New York Times - April 23, 2010
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 06, 2010
- Washington Post - December 12, 2009
- And in 13 more crossword puzzles...