Clues for the word "PALE"
We've had 241 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 708 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 07, 2026.
Definition of pale
- v. i. - Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
- v. i. - Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
- n. - Paleness; pallor.
- v. i. - To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
- v. t. - To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
- n. - A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
- n. - That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
- n. - A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
- n. - A stripe or band, as on a garment.
- n. - One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
- n. - A cheese scoop.
- n. - A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
- v. t. - To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
Referring Clues
- Pasty
- Colorless
- Drained
- Not very bright
- Color deficient
- Bleached
- Blanch
- Whitish
- Lighten up?
- Like some imitations
- Needing some sun
- Visibly shaken
- Like some ales
- Achromous
- Not too bright
- Wan
- Not brilliant
- Feeble
- Blanched
- Far from ruddy
- Hardly tanned
- Looking scared
- Untanned
- Light
- Whiten
- Washed out
- Anemic-looking
- New at the beach, maybe
- Like 24-Across
- Ashen
- Prone to freckles
- Ghostlike
- Turn white
- White as a ghost
- Washed-out
- White as a sheet
- Like Death's horse, in Revelations
- In need of rouge
- Not deep in color
- Faint
- Lackluster
- Color-deficient
- Drained of color
- Like a ghost
- Like some ale
- Far from rosy-cheeked
- Far from tanned
- Blush opposite
- Cadaverous
- Dim
- "A Whiter Shade of ___" (Procol Harum hit)
- Beyond the ___ (outside the bounds of acceptable behavior)
- Show fright, maybe
- Show fear
- Looking shocked
- With 6-Down, it's "bitter" in England
- Ale designation
- Lacking color
- Hardly the picture of health
- Tanless
- Looking frightened
- Hardly robust-looking
- Lose color
- Devoid of color
- Bleached-out
- Hardly ruddy
- Adjective for ale
- Hardly rosy-cheeked
- Needing some color
- Prone to sunburn
- Like Death's horse in Revelation
- Like some champagnes
- Lacking in color
- Appear inferior by comparison
- Diluted with white
- Champagne descriptor
- Opposite of flushed
- "A Whiter Shade of ___"
- Fence stake
- Eastwood oater, "___ Rider"
- Looking sickly
- Wan and not tan
- Like Death's horse
- Lacking in vitality
- Picket
- Like one who's seen a ghost
- Having just seen a ghost, maybe
- Lacking luster
- Like Death's horse, in Revelation
- Beyond the ___ (inappropriate)
- Visibly terrified
- Muted
- Not very healthy-looking
- Beyond the ___ (improper)
- Seriously susceptible to sunburn
- "A Whiter Shade of ___"
- New at the beach, perhaps
- Not looking so good
- Enclosing fence
- Seem less important
- Hardly healthy-looking
- Not at all ruddy
- Far from flushed
- Like Eastwood's "Rider"
- Not looking well
- "Behold a ___ horse"
- Nearly colorless
- Not at all colorful
- Pallid
- Ale adjective
- Colourless
- Not rosy
- Sick-looking
- Trivial
- Seem trivial
- Whey-faced
- ___ ale
- Visibly shocked, perhaps
- Scared, maybe
- Far from flush
- Not that bright
- "___ Rider" (Eastwood western)
- Bleached out
- Susceptible to sunburn
- Not at all bright
- Ill-looking
- Peaked
- Light, colorwise
- Become drained of color
- Blah
- With 29-Down, hoppy brew
- India ___ ale
- Draft choice
- Compare poorly
- Fair-skinned
- Ale descriptor
- With 7-Down, bitter brews
- Ipa part
- Adjective for some ales
- Not tan
- Showing terror, perhaps
- Ghostly looking
- Ashy
- Light-hued
- Opposite of rosy-cheeked
- Sun-deprived
- Opposite of rosy
- Wan publican's first drink
- Turn gray
- Goth complexion
- Goth skin tone, often
- Dim - wan
- Procol Harum had a "Whiter Shade of" this
- Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade"
- Lightly coloured
- Feeble - wan
- How a dark horse doesn't appear to be at stake
- Whitewashed part of the fence?
- Looking wan, you need a quiet drink
- Light as a soft drink
- Delicate-looking friend, an egghead
- Looking washed out, having a quiet drink
- Sallow
- Susceptible to sunburn, perhaps
- Soft drink for the colourless
- The limit of Procol Harum's colour chart?
- Weak light
- Penny has beer and pasty
- Under pressure, drink - don't go beyond this limit!
- "___ Rider" (1985 Clint Eastwood movie)
- Not so rosy?
- Familiar eastern soft drink lacking colour
- Looking ill, perhaps a little extra initially
- Dim porter chasing piece of paper
- Whitish wooden post
- See 3
- Whiten part of fence
- With 65-Across, hoppy brews
- Light in color
- The "P" of 23-Down
- Beyond the ___
- With 75-Down, light-colored pub drinks
- Muted, as colors
- Whitish, wan
- U-turn from rosy
- Not at all vivid
- Turn ashen
- Unlike a beach bum
- Looking ill
- Like some 49-Acrosses
- Like many ales
- Light, soft drink
- Adjective for many ales
- Like a vampire's skin
- With 56-Across, hoppy brew
- With 52-Down, hoppy brews
- Lacking a tan
- Visibly frightened
- Likely to get sunburned
- Needing a stronger sunscreen
- Not bright
- Dull
- The "P" of IPA
- Minimally pigmented
- White from fright
- Deficient in color
- Adjective for "imitation"
- Not bright, as a color
- Fade
- Like Casper's complexion
- Part of 51-Across
- Part of IPA
- Tinted slightly
- Like washed-out colors
- White
- Without color
- Lightish
- Like beige and lilac
- Light-colored
- Waxen
- ___ Blue Dot
- Like not-too-bright moonlight
- Bloodless
- The "P" in IPA
- Whitewashed part of the fence?
- ___ in comparison
- Like pastel colors
- Very light-colored
- Word before "Blue Eyes" or "Blue Dot" in titles
- Lager descriptor
- Ale variety
- - ale
- Rosy? Not at all
- "___ Blue Dot" (historic photo of Earth)
- On the light side
- ___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph)
- ___ ale (light beer)
- Like muted colors
- With washed out colors
- Faint, like a color
- Ashen-faced
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 24, 2025
- New York Times - July 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2025
- Daily American - July 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 12, 2025
- LA Times - June 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 20, 2025
- New York Times - May 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 24, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 24, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 24, 2025
- USA Today - March 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 18, 2025
- Daily American - February 13, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 07, 2025
- USA Today - January 03, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 16, 2024
- And in 678 more crossword puzzles...