Clues for the word "PITCH"
We've had 78 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 95 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of pitch
- n. - A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
- n. - See Pitchstone.
- n. - To cover over or smear with pitch.
- n. - Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- v. t. - To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.
- v. t. - To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.
- v. t. - To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.
- v. t. - To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
- v. t. - To set or fix, as a price or value.
- v. i. - To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- v. i. - To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
- v. i. - To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon.
- v. i. - To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.
- n. - A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
- n. - That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- n. - A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
- n. - Height; stature.
- n. - A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- n. - The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.
- n. - The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.
- n. - The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- n. - The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.
- n. - The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
- n. - The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.
Referring Clues
- Spiel
- Throw
- Sell, as an idea for a TV show
- Throw from the mound
- Sales talk
- See 51-Down
- Work on a mound
- High-pressure talk
- Salesperson's specialty
- Plunge forward
- Chorister's concern
- Work on the mound
- Fling
- Saleman's spiel
- See 59-Across
- Sinker, e.g.
- Sales spiel
- Hurl
- Toss
- Slider, e.g.
- Sound quality
- Selling technique
- Hull sealer
- Sinker or two-finger fastball, e.g.
- Proposal to prospective client or backer
- Tuner's concern
- Place on a scale?
- Bit of marketing
- Take the mound
- Singer's concern
- Roofing material
- Work from the mound
- Throw to a batter
- Throw a fastball, for example
- Throw fastballs
- Throw black stuff
- Every musician wants it perfect
- Throw - bitumen
- Does it tend to darken the cricket field?
- Black spot for a street trader?
- The importance of receiving Tory manifesto
- Black market trader's location
- Quietly desire something black
- Quiet desire to have a fling?
- Fling with frequency
- Cast found in play area
- Sales attempt
- Tone - football field
- Level playing field
- Field of play
- Spurs No 2 has long throw
- Diamond delivery
- Cast in play area
- Set up sales talk
- Sales talk in play area?
- Knuckler or slider
- Baseball throw
- Hit the wicket, as the ball may do
- Note sung
- Frequency
- Buy lines?
- Sinker, slider or spitball
- Throw a breaking ball
- Try to sell
- Home delivery?
- Play baseball with frequency
- What a bouncer will do, shortly
- Topic for a voice coach
- Cast
- Does it tend to darken the cricket field?
- Black spot for a street trader?
- Salesperson's spiel
- Word before or after perfect
- Perfect ___ (musical ability)
- Marketing spiel
- Quiet desire to have a fling?
- Sinker, slider or curveball
- Concern for a singer or a salesman
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 18, 2025
- USA Today - March 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 05, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 27, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 22, 2024
- LA Times - May 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 21, 2023
- USA Today - October 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 17, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 18, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2023
- New York Times - January 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 16, 2022
- USA Today - December 09, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - September 05, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 27, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 01, 2022
- New York Times - June 26, 2022
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