Clues for the word "PERIL"
We've had 102 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 469 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 18, 2025.
Definition of peril
- n. - Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
- v. t. - To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
- v. i. - To be in danger.
Referring Clues
- Situation for Pauline?
- Scylla or Charybdis
- Hidden rocks, to a ship
- Rocks ahead
- Worrier's worry
- Menace
- "___ at End House" (Christie mystery)
- Jeopardy
- Sword of Damocles
- Threat
- Danger
- Trepidation inducer
- It may lead to injury
- You should worry if you're in it
- Reason for insurance
- Iceberg, for some
- Life-or-death situation
- Storm, to a captain
- An undesirable thing to be in
- Risk
- Gathering storm
- Precipice, say
- Snake in the grass
- Grave risk
- Risk or danger
- Imminent danger
- Mortal danger
- Sword of Damocles, so to speak
- Problem for Pauline
- Hazard
- Pauline's problem
- You're in it if you cry 41-Down
- Source of possible harm
- Endanger
- "The Penultimate ___" (Lemony Snicket book)
- Harm's way
- Imminent risk
- Endangerment
- Risky business
- Danger, for Pauline
- Great danger
- Daredevils are often in it
- Serious danger
- Danger for Pauline
- Danger for Pauline
- What the hero faces, in a cliffhanger
- Risk exposure
- Action film heroes are often in it
- Breakers ahead
- Thin ice, say
- Thin ice, e.g.
- Iceberg to an ocean liner
- Serious risk
- Cause for alarm
- Distress
- Rising sea levels, e.g.
- Wind or fire, maybe, but not earth
- Trepidation cause
- Trouble for Pauline
- "___ at End House": Christie mystery
- Situation for Pauline
- Suspense film feature
- Great risk or danger
- Insurance trigger, to insurers
- Pauline's adventure
- Grave danger
- Exposure to harm
- Danger through, I left
- By the Italian, it's seen as danger
- On a rickety pier, a number are in danger
- Danger of the pier collapsing at Lima
- The danger of a topper - ill-balanced, etc
- Jeopardy category?
- Threat by Israel
- Apprentice following fairy into danger
- Spot for Pauline
- Danger of rising anger between political extremes
- Pier collapsing - 50 in danger
- Danger in place full of revolutionary anger
- Danger for 49
- Fairy lights initially bringing danger
- Avalanche, to a mountain climber, e.g.
- Dire risk
- Danger for each one left
- Danger for the Italian
- Threat by the Italian
- Risky situation
- There's risk for the raw beginner in making a pile
- Dire straits
- Danger, jeopardy
- Danger or jeopardy
- Supernatural being left in danger
- Booby trap, e.g.
- Thin ice, to a skater
- A beautiful creature left in danger
- Immediate danger
- Serious risk or danger
- Cause for caution
- Dire distress
- Climate change, e.g.
- Daredevil's stock-in-trade
- Danger of being left on the pier, maybe
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 24, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2025
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 16, 2025
- New York Times - July 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 20, 2025
- USA Today - February 08, 2025
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