Clues for the word "PROPER"
We've had 56 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 106 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 19, 2026.
Definition of proper
- a. - Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
- a. - Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
- a. - Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
- a. - Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
- a. - Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
- a. - Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
- a. - Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
- adv. - Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
Referring Clues
- Right
- Correct
- See 10-Across
- Capitalized, as a noun
- Prim partner
- Fitting partner
- Suitable
- Appropriate to the occasion
- Following etiquette
- Decorous
- Polite
- Like some nouns
- Seemly
- Seemly
- Fitting
- Fitting
- Fitting
- Fitting
- Fitting
- Decent
- Limited to the thing specified
- Like capitalized nouns
- Like Huck and Yosemite, nounwise
- Apt
- Right to support the Queen
- Refined
- Befitting
- Fit for sport and runs
- Suitable publicity covering most of 18, for example
- Right for a childless person
- Right to become rich, ignoring society
- Right page found by cowboy?
- Correct in behaviour
- Right to support monarch
- Appropriate
- Right in favour of exercises before runs
- Suitable publicity precedes short musical entertainment
- Right page found by cowboy with lasso?
- Suitable or appropriate
- Suitable supporter, it seems
- Orthodox
- "Appropriate for a salesman," take back
- Decent support at the weaker end
- Quite respectable
- Genuine; strait-laced
- Appropriate, as manners
- [See notepad]
- A professional childless person's right
- Like many capitalized nouns
- Prim and ___
- Due support for the monarch
- Well-mannered
- "Appropriate for a sales agent," take back
- Marked by rightness
- Like Polish, but not polish
- Correct or appropriate
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2026
- Mirror Mini - March 11, 2026
- New York Times - February 28, 2026
- Daily American - September 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 27, 2025
- Daily American - May 07, 2025
- Mirror Mini - March 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 05, 2024
- Family Time - November 18, 2024
- New York Times - October 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 23, 2024
- Family Time - September 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 12, 2024
- USA Today - June 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 22, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - October 04, 2023
- Daily American - September 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - June 29, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - May 27, 2023
- Daily American - May 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 23, 2023
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