Clues for the word "PERCH"
We've had 83 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 150 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 19, 2026.
Definition of perch
- n. - Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
- n. - Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
- n. - A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
- n. - A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
- n. - In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
- n. - In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
- n. - A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- v. i. - To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
- v. t. - To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
- v. t. - To occupy as a perch.
Referring Clues
- Toehold?
- Bar for a bird
- Stool, in a manner of speaking
- Fowl pole?
- Sit on it
- Vantage point
- Bar in a cage
- Twig, to a bird
- Roost
- Sit, like a parrot
- Elevated seat
- Sit
- Sit, like a sparrow
- Toehold for Tweety
- Bust of Pallas, to Poe's raven
- Bony food fish
- Sit, like a wren
- Spiny-finned fish
- Birdcage accessory
- Parakeet seat
- Feeder feature
- Stool, perhaps
- Birdcage feature
- Stick in a cage
- Roost
- Canary cage feature
- Canary cage fixture
- Roosting spot for 21-Across
- Telephone wire, for a bird
- Birdcage bar
- Where a canary sings
- Pirate's shoulder, stereotypically
- Birdcage fixture
- Bird cage feature
- Bar in a canary's cage
- Rooster's roost
- Birdcage swing, e.g.
- Lake catch
- Freshwater food fish
- Bird's rest, or freshwater fish
- Robin's branch
- *Birdcage feature
- Bird house feature
- Rod, pole or - fish
- Resting place for fish
- (Fishy) pole where bird sits
- A seat in the upper chamber
- Sit and fish
- There's a seat for each honoured companion
- High seat
- A rod for fresh-water fish
- Rod on which bird roosts
- Bird's seat - fish
- Fish for birds
- Fish for bird
- Where bird found fish
- Fish
- Rod
- Fish with bird on top
- Take a rest from fish
- Land fish
- What a bird might do to get fish
- Sit and solve selfless cipher
- Fish with rod
- Resting place
- Rod is an old unit of measurement
- Lake fish
- Sit in the upper chamber
- Fish 'caught' nine times in this puzzle
- Fish's resting place
- Bird's seat
- Sit in a proper chair
- Pirate’s shoulder, at times
- Rest (on)
- Seat in the upper chamber
- Fowl pole?
- Spot to look down from
- Freshwater fish
- Catbird seat?
- Parakeet's pole
- Place to roost
- Stool at a counter, e.g.
- Bar in a birdcage
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 16, 2025
- Daily American - December 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 03, 2025
- LA Times - May 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 03, 2025
- New York Times - January 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 28, 2024
- Daily American - October 06, 2024
- USA Today - September 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 01, 2024
- LA Times - December 27, 2023
- Daily American - December 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 24, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 15, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 10, 2023
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