Clues for the word "PERIL"
We've had 102 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 490 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on August 18, 2026.
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 Easy - August 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 03, 2026
- LA Times - May 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - May 18, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - May 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - April 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 13, 2026
- Daily Quick - April 03, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 10, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 13, 2026
- LA Times - February 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 14, 2026
- 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
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