Clues for the word "PIT"
We've had 306 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 720 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 30, 2026.
Definition of pit
- n. - A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation
- n. - The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.
- n. - A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit.
- n. - A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
- n. - Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
- n. - A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
- n. - A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
- n. - The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.
- n. - See Pit of the stomach (below).
- n. - The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
- n. - Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.
- n. - An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
- n. - The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
- n. - A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
- v. t. - To place or put into a pit or hole.
- v. t. - To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
- v. t. - To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
Referring Clues
- Hollow
- Depression
- Orchestra's location
- Raucous card game
- Indy stop
- Commodities exchange area
- Plum's center
- Casino area
- It may be bottomless
- Stop for gas
- Place to refuel
- Place to stop for gas
- Part of a theater
- Mine
- Trading place
- Set (against)
- Fruit center
- Locale in a Poe story
- Orchestra area
- Barbecue site
- Peach center
- Peach part
- Indy 500 locale
- Band's place on Broadway
- Plum part
- Dogfight enclosure
- Word with boss or bull
- Cherry seed
- Stomach part
- Cockfight area
- Peach stone
- Gambler's place
- Stomach section
- Outdoor cooking spot
- Orchestra's spot
- Place for an orchestra
- Indy service area
- Refueling area
- Word before bull or boss
- Orchestra's place
- Pendulum partner
- Indy 500 area
- Set as rivals
- Cherry castoff
- Fruit discard
- Hole in the ground
- Hole
- Casino gaming area
- Racecar's stopping place
- Quarry
- Stone
- Avocado's middle
- Place for table games
- Moshing area
- Set in opposition
- Casino boss's area
- Racer's stopping place
- Casino section
- Poe's "The ___ and the Pendulum"
- Kind of boss
- Theater area
- Word in a Poe title
- Big hole
- Center of a peach
- Indy service center
- Trading area
- Place with snakes
- Poe setting
- Indy 500 zone
- Car-maintenance area
- Stock exchange area
- "The ___ and the Pendulum"
- Mosh ___ (rock concert area)
- Kind of boss or bull
- "The ___ and the Pendulum"
- Barbecue hole
- Place in a Poe title
- Orchestra's place on Broadway
- Area for exchanging commodities
- Seedy discard
- Fruit center, perhaps
- Barbecue oven
- Speedway area
- Poe story setting
- It can be bottomless
- Classic Parker Brothers card game
- Indy 500 service area
- Deep hole
- Indy area
- Word with "bull" or "stop"
- Deepest part, as of one's stomach
- Boss's domain, perhaps
- Cherry stone
- Barbecue spot
- Orchestra's area
- Pendulums place
- Gambling area
- Poe's "The ___ and the Pendulum"
- Poe's pendulum setting
- Kind of bull or boss
- Excavation
- Feature of a class of fruit called drupes, which can be found inside 17-, 27-, 53-, and 63-Across
- Peach's center
- Casino room with tables
- Poe chamber
- Where to mosh
- Stomach area
- See 62-Down
- Quarry, e.g.
- Poe title word
- Orchestra locale
- Foxhole
- Prepare cherries for pie, e.g.
- Trading spot
- Pendulum's place?
- Stone in a peach
- Trench
- Chasm
- Coal source
- Abyss
- Orchestra setting
- Deep chasm
- Pendulum's place
- 4-Down has one
- Pendulum site?
- Pendulum site
- Pendulum locale
- Pendulum setting
- Cherry core
- Deep mine
- Fruit stone
- Plum center
- Fruit seed
- Cherry part
- Mining shaft
- Colliers' workplace
- Orchestra place
- Animal trap
- Place in contention
- Part of a date that might lead to future dates
- Racetrack stop
- Traders' place
- "The Money ___" (Hanks/Long classic)
- Stomach part?
- Moshing site
- Avocado's center
- One may be shaved, though shaving the other also is standard practice
- Orchestra site
- Orchestra's locale
- Coal mine
- Nectarine core
- Cherry center
- Hog roasting locale
- Deepest part
- Nectarine center
- Excavation hole
- Trading-floor area
- Seed
- Service station of a sort
- "the snake ___"
- Cherry middle
- Casino workers' area
- Where to gas up at the track
- Commodity-trading card game
- Cherry discard
- Race car's stop
- Word before boss or bull
- Peach seed
- Gouge
- Service area for Jeff Gordon
- Avocado center
- Mine shaft
- Casino or racetrack area
- Quarry site
- Peach core
- Orchestra area in a theater
- Mine, e.g.
- Garage area
- Colliery
- Mango discard
- Olive center
- Frank Norris novel, with "The"
- Slob's home
- Orchestra section
- Race car's service area
- Avocado discard
- Guacamole maker's discard
- Cavity
- Plum discard
- Racetrack area
- Cherry's center
- It's in the middle of a cherry
- Part of a cherry
- Pendulum's counterpart
- Pluot center
- Place for the orchestra
- Center of a cherry
- Deep hole in the ground
- You mosh there
- Mosh locale
- Dead Milkmen lyric "In the bottom of the bottomless ___"
- Where you mosh
- "Sleepyhead" Passion ___
- "The Reeling" Passion ___
- See 9
- Hellhole?
- Place for a driver to stop
- In the theatre, it's next to the piano
- Where miners take it quietly?
- A part in that theatre of mine!
- Coppers take it to be a low place
- Coal hole?
- Mine can be where the orchestra plays
- Wherein tip-up seats could be appropriate
- Low place haunted by orchestral musicians?
- Avocado leftover
- Set and match
- Theater section
- The hole an orchestra may be in
- Orchestra's place, sometimes
- Type of boss or bull
- Miner's quarry
- Mining area
- Dog, ___ bull terrier
- Coalmine
- 17's not on if made in Grand Prix at 26 down
- Large hole
- Inedible part of a nectarine
- Constant time is mine
- Hard part of a peach
- Place for an Indy crew
- After a poor start, it may yield coal
- Nectarine discard
- Mango seed
- Mine's in hospital
- Orchestra ___
- Peril in a Poe title
- Sizable hole
- 75 Across story setting
- Mango leftover
- A stone mine?
- Prune center
- Peach throwaway
- It's a hole, but a driver might stop there
- Tip-up seat location?
- Hard core
- Capital centre for mining
- Place for a tire change
- "Bottomless" hole
- A mine
- Tip into a hole
- Mango's center
- Stone thrown out
- Mango remnant
- Ball ___ (play area)
- In a hospital, it's part of the theatre
- Auto shop feature
- Word before "stop" or "viper"
- Date center
- Tire-changing spot
- Where drivers retire?
- Olive seed
- Where an auto racer retires?
- A mine with seats in?
- See 51-Across
- Deepest part, as of the stomach
- Where Jabba keeps his rancor
- Compost bin remnant
- Word after "ball" or "bottomless"
- Nectarine's center
- Cherry or peach seed
- Where miners take it quietly?
- Location of the orchestra
- Coal hole?
- Orchestra's place, or cherry part
- Orchestra space
- Olive discard
- Fruit detritus
- Start to fall?
- Center of an olive
- With 5-Across, times for tire changes in NASCAR
- Peach or cherry center
- ___ stop (chance to refuel)
- Lychee center
- Word before bull or after ball
- Underground part of a hospital
- Place to retire in a hurry?
- Part discarded from a peach
- Center of a jujube
- Low place haunted by orchestral musicians?
- Thing in an avocado
- Orchestra home
- Compost bin bit
- Fire place?
- Stone fruit center
- The "stone" in the middle of a stone fruit
- Center of a 63-Across
- Conductor's place
- Hardest part of a date?
- Middle of a date
- Word after "ball" or "mosh"
- Preparation for a luau
- Something found in a plum, but not a pear
- Place to retire?
- Center of a drupe
- A mine with seats in? (3)WASACOLUMNBREAK
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 27, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 24, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 23, 2025
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- Penny Dell Daily - December 01, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 20, 2025
- LA Times - October 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 11, 2025
- New York Times - July 25, 2025
- New York Times - July 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 03, 2025
- New York Times - July 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 30, 2025
- New York Times - May 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 23, 2025
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- Evening Standard Easy - April 02, 2025
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