Clues for the word "PAIR"
We've had 258 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 726 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on December 14, 2025.
Definition of pair
- n. - A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]
- n. - Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
- n. - Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
- n. - A married couple; a man and wife.
- n. - A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
- n. - Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.
- n. - In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
- v. i. - To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.
- v. i. - To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- v. i. - Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
- v. t. - To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
- v. t. - To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- v. t. - To impair.
Referring Clues
- Hosiery purchase
- Twosome
- Poker holding
- Brace
- Au ___
- A three-of-a-kind beats it
- Match
- Part of a full house
- Two socks
- Complement of socks
- Duet
- Unexciting poker holding
- One and one
- Weak poker hand
- Eyes or ears
- Low poker holding
- Two queens, e.g.
- Marriage requirement
- 69-Across component
- Ice dancing team
- Poker holding lower than three-of-a-kind
- Tabloid topic
- Full house holding
- It's not much to show
- Entry in an ice-skating competition
- Ark complement
- Two of a kind
- Four and four, say
- Texas Hold 'em holding
- See 25-Down
- Unexciting poker hand
- Socks set
- It beats nothing
- Low poker hand
- Two threes, for one
- Poker match
- Low-ranking poker hand
- Couple
- Ark-boarding unit
- Hand holding?
- Duo
- Do a laundry chore
- Skating duo
- Full house part
- Ark unit
- Aces, perhaps
- Set of two
- Au ___: home helper
- Small set
- Hosiery item
- Matched set
- Two that match
- Pants purchase
- Set of socks
- Small matched set
- 40% of a full house
- Make a match
- Modest hand
- Two jacks, e.g.
- Poker holding, perhaps
- Ark set
- Socks purchase
- One and the other
- Monogamy quorum
- Texas hold 'em holding, perhaps
- Two twos, e.g.
- Tabloid topic, often
- It beats nothing in poker
- Socks, e.g.
- They go together
- It's better than ace-high
- It beats nothing, in poker
- Shoes or socks
- Two matching things
- Card combo
- Au ___: home helper
- It may be held by a folder
- Two boots
- Two twos
- Two twos, say
- Duo
- Jacks, e.g.
- Healthy hold 'em holding
- Part of a poker full house
- Skating group
- Poker hand
- Twins, e.g.
- Dancers, often
- Two fives, for one
- Modest poker hand
- Socks complement
- Bring two objects together
- Set of skates
- Tango requirement
- Socks selection
- Skating team
- Match (up)
- Queen-high beater
- Mom and dad, e.g.
- Two tens, for one
- Two 10s, e.g.
- Shoe-store buy
- Good starting hand in Texas Hold 'Em
- Modest poker holding
- Matching ___
- Skating competition entry, maybe
- 10-10 or Q-Q
- Nonpolygamous grouping
- Poker opener, perhaps
- Three-of-a-kind beats it
- One couple
- Meager hand
- Put together, as socks
- Twins or matching socks, e.g.
- It may be matched
- It might be held by a folder
- One plus one
- Scissors minimum
- Tango team
- Twins or socks, e.g.
- Lowest poker hand
- Ace-high beater
- Match, as socks
- Lowly poker hand
- Similar set
- Hose purchase
- Scissors need
- Two twos, for one
- Hand that beats ace high
- Two turtledoves, e.g.
- Poker duo
- It beats an ace high
- "Dancing with the Stars" team
- Full house component
- Hold 'em holding
- Good "pocket" holding in Hold 'em
- Two sevens, e.g.
- Two twos but not three threes
- Bluffer's poker hand, perhaps
- It beats ace-high
- Yoke complement
- You and me, say
- Match with
- Put two together
- Au ___: live-in nanny
- Unlikely poker winner
- Twins
- Against
- A ___ of socks
- Socks unit
- Couple sounding trim
- Boxer shorts quantity, even though it's just one
- Unit of pants
- Poker couple
- Hall and Oates, for example
- Pink Floyd "A Nice ___"
- Trent Reznor "A ___ of Doves"
- Pogues "A ___ of Brown Eyes"
- The Pogues "A ___ of Brown Eyes"
- Mate
- Three, four, or five, say - over one or two
- Circumference of semicircle enclosing a couple
- Couple - wed
- Norm is out of line where this couple's concerned
- Shameful spectacles at Lord's or the Oval
- As usual, "round about one" means two
- Match's quiet atmosphere
- I knock back about a couple
- Soft music for a duet
- Piano melody for two
- Two together
- Two of a similar type
- No runs at all in match
- Piano tune as duet
- Mean to accommodate one or two
- 2 cut by the ear
- Piano music - a duet
- Duet for piano with melody
- Hand in piano tune
- Sock set
- Hold 'em hand
- Stick together
- Put together
- 2 - 1 to enter score, of course
- Fruity-sounding couple
- A couple's quiet manner
- Mate's quiet voice
- Husband and wife in tune on piano
- Soft music for 2
- A quiet melody or two
- Penny's bearing twins!
- This couple twice said to trim fruit tree
- Piano melody - or duo
- "A ___ of star-crossed lovers"
- ___ of gloves
- Glove purchase
- Couple stealing gold from home helper
- To the batsman, disastrous spectacles
- Look on page two
- A couple of ducks
- Two aces or jacks
- Two queens, say
- Trousers minimum
- Link (up)
- Payless purchase
- Couple, or 64-Across' hand
- Figure skating duo
- Beach volleyball team
- Two aces, say
- Piano music for a duo
- Figure skating team
- Puma purchase
- Strong "pocket" holding in Hold 'em
- Pliers unit
- Set of two things
- Scissors unit
- Match power with attitude
- This and that, say
- Low hand
- Couple of ducks making spectacles of themselves?
- Quiet mannered couple?
- Unexciting Yahtzee roll
- Many glasses are sold as one
- Single piece of underwear, paradoxically
- Piano tune with cymbals, say!
- It beats a high card
- Two kings, perhaps
- Set of tabi
- Shoe store purchase
- Two aces, e.g.
- You and I make one together
- Two queens or two sevens
- Match sock to sock
- Piano music needed for the duet
- Two kings or two queens, e.g.
- Connect, as two devices
- Couple of queens or tens
- Dice in Monopoly, e.g.
- Synonym of "brace"
- Trio minus one
- Salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly
- Matching socks are this
- Matching duo
- Connect, as a Bluetooth device
- Sync with Bluetooth
- Kings or queens, say
- To the cricket openers, disastrous spectacles
- It beats a high card but nothing else
- Humble poker hand
- Two deuces, say
- Poker hand that beats a high card
- Unexciting holding in poker
- Matching twosome
- Meh poker hand
- Connect via Bluetooth, say
- So-so poker hand
- Humble hold 'em holding
- AA or JJ, e.g.
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - December 14, 2025
- Daily American - November 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 26, 2025
- New York Times - November 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 14, 2025
- Daily American - October 03, 2025
- New York Times - September 28, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 04, 2025
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
- Daily American - July 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 19, 2025
- LA Times - June 05, 2025
- LA Times - May 27, 2025
- LA Times - May 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 27, 2025
- Daily American - April 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 21, 2025
- LA Times - April 20, 2025
- New York Times - April 15, 2025
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