Clues for the word "PALES"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 93 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 02, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Loses luster
- More than flinches
- Loses color
- Is visibly frightened
- Sees a ghost, maybe
- Reacts to bad news, in a way
- Exhibits terror
- Fence pickets
- Shows fear, maybe
- Loses one's tan
- Shows fear
- Compares unfavorably
- Looks inferior
- Pickets outside a house?
- Blanches
- Looks inferior by comparison
- Etiolates
- Hardly measures up
- Looks bad, comparatively
- Gets lighter
- Turns chalky
- Grows ashen
- Shows fright
- Reacts to seeing a ghost, maybe
- Loses ruddiness
- Displays fear, maybe
- Hardly measures up in comparison
- Looks inferior, comparatively
- Is lesser (in comparison)
- Turns whitish
- Grows wan
- Doesn't measure up
- Lightens in color
- Compares poorly
- Shows fear, perhaps
- Grows weaker
- Gets whiter
- Whitens
- Becomes ashen
- ___ in comparison
- Turns sickly-looking in fencing
- Looks a bit sick due to quiet drinks
- Reacts to a spirit
- Turns white
- Is drained of color
- Exhibits fright, perhaps
- Becomes less important by comparison
- Goes white from fright
- Doesn't measure up, so to speak
- Lightens up?
- Is not so important, comparatively speaking
- Changes color in fright
- Seems less impressive, so to speak
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 02, 2026
- New York Times - September 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 13, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 19, 2025
- New York Times - December 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 01, 2024
- USA Today - August 21, 2024
- New York Times - March 01, 2024
- New York Times - February 10, 2024
- New York Times - December 26, 2023
- New York Times - October 08, 2023
- LA Times - July 30, 2023
- New York Times - July 11, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 06, 2022
- USA Today - October 05, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 13, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 06, 2022
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 18, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 26, 2017
- Chronicle of Higher Education - June 23, 2017
- New York Times - April 17, 2017
- USA Today - January 31, 2017
- New York Times - July 19, 2016
- USA Today - July 05, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 14, 2016
- LA Times - March 13, 2016
- Netword - January 19, 2016
- And in 63 more crossword puzzles...