Clues for the word "PAT"
We've had 355 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1008 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on July 17, 2026.
Definition of pat
- v. t. - To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.
- n. - A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
- n. - A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.
- a. - Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely.
- adv. - In a pat manner.
Referring Clues
- Mastered perfectly
- Congratulations, of a sort
- One way to stand
- Mrs. Nixon
- To the point
- Show of support
- One way to get things down
- You can stand this!
- Way of standing
- Overly smooth
- Frisk, with "down"
- Butter portion
- Way to stand
- Irishman, informally
- Learned perfectly
- Massage part
- To a tee
- Game show host Sajak
- Butter serving
- Like some answers
- Excessively glib
- Gesture of affection
- Too simple
- Early 70's White House name
- Kind of hand
- Motion while saying "Good dog!"
- Butter square
- Rehearsed
- Well-rehearsed
- Reward, as a dog
- Soft touch
- Bit of butter
- Too rehearsed
- Vanna's partner
- Overly glib
- ___-a-cake
- Stroke
- Bit of congratulations
- Overly rehearsed
- Butter slice
- Too 3-Down
- You might not be able to stand this
- One way to get something down
- Butter unit
- A way to stand
- Back tap
- Unconvincingly facile
- 1960s-70s First Lady
- Square on a roll
- Square in a breadbasket
- Too glib
- Touch gently
- Back stroke?
- Butter bit
- Light touch
- Garrett who shot Billy the Kid
- Dollop
- Show appreciation for
- "April Love" singer Boone
- Billy the Kid slayer Garrett
- First Lady after Lady Bird
- Rock singer Benatar
- Light stroke
- Butter helping
- Unisex name
- Square meal part?
- Dab
- Sportscaster Summerall
- "___ the Bunny" (kids' book)
- Hit back?
- Androgynous "SNL" character
- Standard
- Word that's a synonym of its reversal
- Tricky Dick's wife
- "Heartbreaker" singer Benatar
- Lady Vols coach Summitt who is the winningest NCAA basketball coach ever
- Firm way to stand
- Singer Benatar
- Search, with "down"
- Unconvincing, as an alibi
- Perfectly
- Square of butter
- Debby's dad
- Bit of encouragement
- '60s First Lady
- Portion of butter
- Encouraging touch
- Touch lightly
- Morita of "The Karate Kid"
- Margarine serving
- Opportune
- Part 4 of advice
- Julia Sweeney character
- Best way to get it down
- Good way to get something down?
- Loving touch
- How some stand
- Frisk (with "down")
- Good way to get it down
- Caress tenderly
- Frisk (with "down")
- Lady Bird's successor
- Dog's reward
- Vanna's colleague
- Light hit
- Nice touch
- Margarine portion
- Sajak or Boone
- Sajak of "Wheel of Fortune"
- Contrived
- Nonverbal congratulations
- Butter measure
- Square on the table?
- Single serving of butter
- New England athlete, to fans
- Boone or Benatar
- Morita of "The Karate Kid"
- Apply 63-Across to this word in three pairs of answers
- Facile
- "The Prince of Tides" author Conroy
- Tap
- MacKenzie King's dog
- Answers, sometimes
- Yukon Premier Duncan
- Vanna's co-worker
- Congratulate nonverbally
- Affectionate touch
- Butter lump
- Bit of consolation
- Square on toast
- Apply makeup
- First lady, once
- Affectionate gesture
- Best way to get it down?
- Mr. Sajak
- Memorized
- Vanna's cohort
- Trite
- Sajak or Summerall
- Vanna's companion
- Greet Fido
- Vanna's co-hort
- Margarine square
- Gentle touch
- Sajak of TV
- Rocker Benatar
- Emcee Sajak
- Greet rover
- Touch with tenderness
- Word before or after "down"
- It might go on a roll
- Congratulations indicator
- Rover's reward
- Too smooth
- Bit of frisking
- Square for a roll
- Memorized to the letter
- Gentle tap
- [See 39-Down]
- Basketball coach Riley
- A way to get it down
- Touch tenderly
- "Wheel of Fortune" first name
- Overly practiced
- Glib
- Inventor's award
- Famous Prime Ministerial pooch
- Encouragement "on the back"
- Small butter unit
- Word that is its own synonym when spelled backward
- "Wheel of Fortune" host Sajak
- Like some poker hands
- Serving of butter
- Approving touch
- TV's Sajak
- Soft caress
- Greet one's dog
- Caress
- "___ the Bunny": touch-and-feel baby book
- First lady before Betty
- TV host Sajak
- Square spread on a slice
- Word that, spelled backward, can be a clue for itself
- Small butter portion
- Apt anagram
- Tap affectionately
- Coach Riley
- Benatar of rock
- On-the-back praise
- Familiar saint?
- Stand ___ (take no cards)
- ___ on the back
- Reassuring touch
- Square on a muffin
- Part 4 of epigram
- Compliment "on the back"
- Butter quantity
- Boston footballer, for short
- Butter amount
- Stand ___
- Singer Boone
- Buttram of "Green Acres"
- Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward
- Too slick
- New England gridder, for short
- Inexact quantity of butter
- Pend.'s pal
- Well-practiced, as an answer
- Vanna's costar
- Actor Morita
- Butter piece
- Tap on lightly
- A ___ on the back
- ___ of butter
- Butter unit, in a restaurant
- Little bit of butter
- Vanna's coworker
- Mass of butter
- Vanna's cohost
- Hit lightly
- Tap gently
- Weezer drummer Wilson
- Mr
- "Best Shot" Benatar
- '80s icon Benatar
- Guitarist Metheny
- Train singer Monahan
- Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist ___ Smear
- '50s legend Boone
- "Fire and Ice" Benatar
- Affectionate gesture - postman
- Apt to churn a little butter
- Of Irish butter?
- Father Ted, initially, an Irishman
- He or she is always ready
- Apt to make a little butter
- Name a spare part for a historic model car
- Tap lightly
- Caress girl, hitting the mark precisely
- Simplistic
- Touch lightly - bit of butter?
- Unconvincing
- Suitable
- With 80 Across, "Love Is a Battlefield" rocker
- Androgynous character on Saturday Night Live
- Word after stand or down
- Overly facile
- Gentle stroke
- Touch fondly
- Congratulations, ___ on the back
- Father Ted's capital postman
- Mean to split up? Not quite
- Old man with time for affectionate gesture
- Riley or Robertson
- Of Irish butter?
- A ___ on the back (encouraging gesture)
- Card players can stand it
- The Germs guitarist Smear
- Host Sajak
- Light touch on the head
- Record-setting Lady Vols basketball coach Summitt
- "___ the Bunny" (classic book for babies and toddlers)
- Reverse dancing? Precisely
- "Love Is a Battlefield" singer Benatar
- Benatar or Boone
- Muffin topper
- Stroke lightly
- First lady Nixon
- Diminutive person always ready
- Tap, as a back
- Consoling touch
- Dad has half of it ready
- Mr. Boone
- Light blow
- Sajak who sells vowels
- Serving of butter, as might go on top of several answers in this puzzle
- Affectionate tap
- Small butter square
- "___ the Bunny" (touch-and-feel book)
- Reward for an obedient puppy
- Encouraging gesture
- Woman college basketball coach Summitt with an NCAA record 1,098 career wins
- How the satisfied stand
- Gender-neutral name
- ___ down (frisk)
- With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt?
- Mr. Morita
- A knock and an answer to "Who's there?"
- Ready to turn the tap
- Ready to centralise occupations
- Vanna's co-star
- "Stand" or "down" follower
- Prepackaged butter portion
- Word that's its own synonym in reverse
- Touch that's another touch backwards
- Actor O'Brien
- Comforting touch
- Light stroke or tap
- Touch of encouragement
- Square sliver of butter
- See 52-Across
- Spreadable square
- Touch on the back
- Butter needed for dad to finish breakfast
- Motion accompanying the words "There, there"
- NE player, to fans
- First Family member, 50 years ago
- One way to stand in poker
- Forename of a fatherly EastEnder
- Back stroke?
- Strike lightly
- Butter turns up in a staple diet
- A nice touch
- Butter portin
- Have down ___
- Comedian Paulsen
- Enough butter for a piece of toast
- Small amount of butter
- Frisk, as a suspect, with "down"
- Tom Brady, before he became a Buc
- How poker players may stand
- "Movement in Black" poet Parker
- Encouraging shoulder touch
- Basketball coach Summitt in the Hall of Fame
- Action done while saying "Good dog"
- Simple and glib
- With 74-Across, gesture of approval
- Down ___
- Gently touch, either forward or backward
- Comforting gesture
- Synonym of 1-Down that's 1-Down backwards
- "The Ms. ___ Show"
- Like a glib answer
- Nickname that drops "-ricia"
- Benatar in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Appreciative tap on the back
- Reward for a dog
- "Postman ___": BBC stop-motion animation series
- Stand - (hold firm)
- Down ___ (memorized)
- Rehearsed, say
- Unit of butter
- Touch of butter?
- Pancake topper
- Gesture of reassurance
- "There, there" accompanier
- Hall of Fame coach Summitt
- Touch lovingly
- Summitt in the Basketball Hall of Fame
- ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach
- ___ on the back (praise)
- Jazz guitarist Metheny
- Friendly touch
- Square on a waffle
- Sajak or Morita
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - July 17, 2026
- Your Life Choices - July 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2026
- Daily American - June 19, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - June 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 02, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 23, 2026
- LA Times - April 16, 2026
- New York Times - April 16, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 22, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 13, 2026
- New York Times - March 10, 2026
- LA Times - March 10, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 09, 2026
- New York Times - March 09, 2026
- LA Times - March 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 10, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 03, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 08, 2025
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