Clues for the word "PETER"
We've had 339 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 551 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph crossword on April 08, 2025.
Definition of peter
- n. - A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
- v. i. - To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.
Referring Clues
- Fictional rabbit
- Detective Lord ___ Wimsey
- Westernizer of Russia
- One of Tom's rivals
- Martyr to Nero
- Nursery rhyme boy
- Man of Principle
- Die (out)
- "___ and the Wolf"
- One of the Fondas
- Nursery rhyme boy whose name is repeated
- Last Supper attendee
- Shelley's "___ Bell the Third"
- Finch of "I Thank a Fool"
- Great name?
- Pianist Nero
- ___ Gabriel, a bandmate of Phil Collins in Genesis
- Role in "The Robe"
- Ueberroth or Ustinov
- "___ Pan"
- Pumpkin eater of the nursery
- Blue ___ (ship's flag indicating imminent departure)
- Composer Warlock
- Title character of a Prokofiev favorite
- Fizzle, with "out"
- Russia's ___ the Great
- Actor Finch, who spoke the line referenced in 23-Down
- Flying Pan
- Paul and Mary's partner in folk music
- Graves of "Mission: Impossible"
- One of the "Brady Bunch" kids
- Man of Principle?
- "Quo vadis?" speaker
- Fizzle (out)
- Lose steam, with "out"
- Name repeated in a nursery rhyme
- He denied Jesus three times
- Pianist Serkin
- Boy in a Prokofiev piece
- Prokofiev character
- With 31-Across, author of the quote
- "Sledgehammer" singer Gabriel
- Apostle Andrew's brother
- Coyote or Finch
- Moniker before the first word in 17-, 28-, 47-, and 63-Across
- Pumpkin-eater of rhyme
- Piper the picker
- First pope's name
- Pop artist Max
- "Smilla's Sense of Snow" author Hoeg
- Actor Lorre
- One-time baseball commissioner Ueberroth
- Prokofiev's wolf catcher
- With 6-Down, dwindle to nothing
- One of the Farrelly brothers
- Artist Max
- Fade (out)
- Prokofiev title boy
- Baseball commissioner after Bowie
- P.D.Q. Bach creator Schickele
- Boy in "The Snowy Day"
- Nero at the piano
- MacNicol of "Numb3rs"
- Man with a principle
- '90s "Biography" host Graves
- Friend of Wendy
- With 87-Across, "Casablanca" actor
- One of the Apostles
- Pumpkin eater of rhyme
- Wane, with "out"
- Last Supper diner
- "Great" one
- Actor O'Toole
- ___ Pan (Captain Hook adversary)
- Fizzle, with "out"
- Rabbit of kid lit
- "Great" emperor
- Major apostle
- Diminish, with "out"
- "Jaws" author Benchley
- Dwindle to nothing (with "out")
- Pumpkin lover
- Nursery rhyme character whose name is repeated
- Pumpkin lover of rhyme
- One of a New Testament twelve
- Aka Simon
- Sellers of Hollywood classics?
- Spider-Man Parker
- Noted pumpkin eater
- "Jaws" author Benchley
- Pickled-pepper picker
- Wane, with "out"
- With 128-Across, performer nominated for 112-Across (he didn't win any) in all of the answers to starred clues
- A Fonda
- Exhaust, with "out"
- Wendy's friend
- He sang about a magic dragon
- Dwindle to nothing (with "out")
- Diminish, with "out"
- "Great" one
- ___ Pan (Captain Hook adversary)
- First pope
- "Great" emperor
- With 45-Across, rival of Skippy and Jif
- Ontario's ______Demeter
- One of the Benchleys
- Piper of rhyme
- Wendys pal
- Ustinov of "Topkapi"
- Fudge's brother in Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"
- Ustinov who played 1-Across
- '80s baseball commissioner Ueberroth
- Potter's rabbit
- Newspaper Jennings
- Wolf catcher of classical music
- Partner of Paul and Mary
- Actor Fonda
- Rabbit of story
- Early czar
- Wendy's pal
- Friend of Wendy
- Prokofiev hero
- Wendy's flying friend
- Newsman Jennings
- Writer Benchley
- 'Great' czar
- First name of 2-Down
- Gatekeeper on high
- An Apostle
- Early czar
- Dwindle to nothing, with 'out'
- Falk or Fonda
- One of a New Testament 12
- Potter rabbit
- Actor Coyote
- Detective Gunn of TV
- Heavenly gatekeeper St. ___
- Friend of Wendy, John and Michael
- ___ Parker, aka Spider-Man
- Director Weir
- Director Jackson
- Piper of children's verse
- Dwindle, with "out"
- One of the Greats
- With 29-Down, nursery rhyme starter
- Actor Gallagher
- Max the artist
- By tradition, no pope chooses this name
- One of the Brady Bunch
- Composer Tchaikovsky
- Pepper picker Piper
- Ustinov or Ueberroth
- Patron saint of fishermen
- Singer Frampton
- One of the Wailers of Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Actor Falk
- Disciple of Christ
- One of Hollywood's Farrelly brothers
- Film director "Weir"
- Anchorman ___ Jennings
- Pan on Broadway
- CBC's Mansbridge
- Hero in a Prokofiev work
- ___ Pan
- Fizzle (with "out")
- ___ Gabriel, original singer for Genesis
- Novelist Benchley
- Sellers of many films
- Novelist De Vries
- Name repeated before "pumpkin eater"
- Falk of "Columbo"
- One of the Brady boys
- Actor Finch
- Saint at a gate
- Piper the pepper picker
- ______ Woodcock (Ontario serial Killer)
- Singer Cetera
- Pan in the air
- Biblical guy
- Pan flying
- Patron Saint of people saved
- He denied Christ three times
- Grimes of opera
- A Beatrix Potter rabbit
- Fonda or Falk
- Piper or Pan
- The pumpkin eater of nursery rhymes
- Pumpkin-eater of nursery rhymes
- Sellers of movies?
- Pumpkin eater in rhyme
- Queen Elizabeth follows favourite saint
- Saint at the Pearly Gates?
- Rabbit of books
- Famed pumpkin eater
- Rabbit of literature
- "The Hobbit" screenwriter Jackson
- The Monkees' Tork
- Criss of Kiss
- Drummer Criss of Kiss
- Fleetwood Mac founder Green
- Bluesbreaker Green
- ___ Green Splinter Group
- Time to look outside cell
- Fondle that woman, husband's away so it's safe
- Name that blue flag
- Run out and look around the end of the street
- The first bit of pretentiousness upsets him
- The Great Tchaikovsky, for instance?
- Great man to run out!
- Tsar who had to look out for trouble starting
- Name one's favourite royal
- See 8
- Beatrix Potter's great character?
- Boy's name - maybe blue
- Run out and look around for a tin opener
- For a man, it's halved in equal shares
- Run out and take a squint around the end of the street
- Apostle - saint - first Pope?
- Name a borough
- Chap run out?
- Boy's name
- Trumpeter's name
- When blue, does he flag significantly?
- The man run out
- Saint who had to look out for trouble starting
- He has to look out for trouble starting
- He's safe
- He'll look out for a tin opener (in the safe?)
- Blue boy?
- He'll take a squint round the road junction
- Nominally favourite concert piece
- Man's name
- Boy's name - safe
- Keeper of hotel safes, formerly
- Safe name for a boy
- Safe accommodation detached from college
- 16 down's tripe merges into a catastrophe
- Look round the stereotypically Yorkshire cell
- Boy come to nothing when out
- Safe time to look around
- Saint recognized as the first Pope
- ___ Cottontail
- Fonda or Ustinov
- "Upon this rock" apostle
- Hockey Hall of Famer Forsberg
- Fade away, ___ out
- Need part transposed to right key for singer
- ... safe leader, say, rising to a height of incompetence, as a rule
- Dwindle away to nothing
- Leader of the Apostles
- 10 to dwindle
- Nag driving son away
- Posh neighbour, utter dope, moving
- Dwindle
- Sellers of movies?
- To some trumpeters, it means 'Rock'
- Henry's son
- Actor Dinklage
- Actor Ustinov
- Blue boy?
- Queen follows favourite saint
- He has to look around for a perfect ending
- Pan of fiction
- A name for sham woollen fabric?
- Stuyvesant or Minuit
- Is he out to terminate the supply?
- Does he get out due to exhaustion?
- "Family Guy" patriarch
- Saint's name
- Name a favourite piece of verse
- Beatrix Potter character
- He's among the trumpeters, having no ability to strum
- Pan resistant to aging
- Pan in Neverland
- With 18-Across, R.E.M. guitarist
- He needs to look around for a short time
- Popular peck picker
- Rocker Frampton
- See 1
- Mr. Jennings
- Max of pop art
- Dinklage of "Game of Thrones"
- "Show Me the Way" singer Frampton
- Pepper-picking Piper
- His little darling has a shorter tail
- Diminish slowly
- He assumes a lordly look upon losing heart
- Saint at the Pearly Gates?
- Alliterative Pan or Parker
- The man run out?
- Sellers, perhaps, taking a look around the East End
- Lose strength
- ___ Pan (Neverland flyer)
- He has his favourite period piece
- Cetera of Chicago
- Apostle's name
- He'll take a look around the West End
- 2020 Bachelor Weber
- Mr. Lorre
- Blue boy of flagging significance?
- Lorre or Falk
- "The Tale of ___ Rabbit"
- See 25-Across
- Fictional Pan
- He has a favourite piece of verse
- Run out and look around for central heating
- His friends may deprive him of his ultimate right
- Kid-lit rabbit
- Name a favourite monarch
- Pan for rabbit?
- He has to look out for the best conclusion
- "___ Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
- He'll have a good look around the West End
- Piper who picked a peck of pickled peppers, in a tongue twister
- Parker aka Spider-Man
- The Great Tchaikovsky, for instance?
- A name to look out for around the West End
- Beatrix Potter's great character?
- ___ out (dwindle)
- Reggae legend Tosh
- "Great" man
- Great tsar's favourite operatic piece
- ___ Rabbit
- Tosh of reggae
- Pan or Piper
- Rabbit of picture books
- Chap run out?
- "Game of Thrones" actor Dinklage
- When blue, does he flag significantly?
- Man run out?
- Picker of a peck of pickled peppers
- Look around for a short time, nominally
- HIV/AIDS activist Staley
- He'll look out for a tin opener (in the safe?)
- Pan handle?
- Filmmaker Jackson
- "Fargo" actor Stormare
- Name of one of those corgis Queen Elizabeth had?
- Falk or Finch
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 19, 2025
- Daily American - March 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2025
- Daily American - February 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 29, 2024
- Daily American - November 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2024
- Mirror Mini - November 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 16, 2024
- Daily American - September 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 19, 2024
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