Clues for the word "POSSUM"
We've had 50 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 72 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 12, 2026.
Definition of possum
- n. - An opossum.
Referring Clues
- "Playing" critter
- Pogo, for one
- Play ___ (feign sleep)
- Pogo is one
- Dead player?
- Animal that might play dead
- Play ___: feign sleep
- Pretend to be asleep (with "play")
- It might play dead
- American marsupial, commonly
- Nocturnal marsupial
- Nocturnal arboreal marsupial
- Pogo of the comics, for one
- Play ___: feign sleep
- American marsupial
- Play ___ (to pretend)
- Death-feigning critter
- Pretend to be asleep or dead (with "play")
- Woods critter
- Play ___ (feign unconsciousness)
- Play ___ (feign death)
- Certain marsupial
- Play ___ (feign death to trick a predator)
- Animal frequently seen as roadkill
- Australian marsupial
- "Watch the Girl Destroy Me" ___ Dixon
- One can play it still
- Dame Edna's term for us Poms
- Beast of Oz whose subject was cats
- As played when working out sums at the office?
- Antipodean creature found moving by us poms
- American marsupial (that plays dead?)
- Marsupial - play it to feign sleep
- Marsupial
- Thick-furred marsupial
- Australasian marsupial
- Aussie native sees Ashes rival clasping vessel, foremost of urns
- Aussie native takes vessel with uranium to inject into sporting rival?
- Tree dweller's westbound US ruffle work
- The Australasian phalanger
- Marsupial play?
- Marsupial with power, very large problem
- Brit takes headless cat back in to tree-dweller
- Marsupial, familiarly
- What an Aussie might play for us poms?
- Critter that might play dead
- American marsupial, familiarly
- As played when working out sums at the office?
- Virginia marsupial
- Play ___
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 12, 2026
- LA Times - October 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 22, 2026
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 31, 2025
- USA Today - August 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 27, 2023
- LA Times - April 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 11, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 02, 2017
- Guardian Quick - January 12, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - October 02, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 09, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 19, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 31, 2015
- Universal - December 30, 2015
- USA Today - October 28, 2015
- Universal - July 03, 2015
- New York Times - June 08, 2015
- Rock n Roll Crossword - March 29, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 19, 2014
- LA Times - July 07, 2014
- Universal - March 04, 2014
- New York Times - January 11, 2014
- Netword - November 26, 2013
- Universal - October 14, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - September 25, 2013
- And in 42 more crossword puzzles...