Clues for the word "PUG"
We've had 89 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 173 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on February 20, 2026.
Definition of pug
- v. t. - To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
- v. t. - To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.
- n. - Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
- n. - A pug mill.
- n. - An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck.
- n. - A name for a monkey.
- n. - A name for a fox.
- n. - An intimate; a crony; a dear one.
- n. - Chaff; the refuse of grain.
- n. - A prostitute.
- n. - One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
- n. - Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Referring Clues
- Dog with a curled tail
- Lap dog
- Not the handsomest dog
- Wrinkle-faced pooch
- Dog with a tightly curled tail
- Dog with a flat snout
- Palooka
- Wrinkly-faced dog
- Wrinkled dog
- Small dog
- Boxer
- Toy breed of dog that originated in China
- Wrinkly-faced canine
- Dog with a wrinkly face
- Wrinkly breed
- Toy with a wrinkly face
- ___-nosed
- Wrinkly faced dog
- Broad nose
- Wrinkly faced canine
- Wrinkly pooch
- Small toy dog
- Short-snouted pooch
- Small, short-haired dog
- Bulldog's cousin
- ___-nosed
- Dog of Asian origin
- Flat-nosed dog
- Curly-tailed dog
- Pooch
- Type of dog
- Snub-nosed dog
- Wrinkled-face pooch
- Prizefighter
- Prize-fighter
- Nose variety
- Wrinkly dog
- Chinese dog
- Pooch with a wrinkly face
- Flat-nosed pooch
- Dog breed
- Boxer, informally
- Wrinkly toy
- Curly-tailed pooch
- Toy dog breed
- Lap dog breed
- Bulldog cousin
- Bulldog-like toy
- Wrinkly little dog
- Curly-tailed canine
- Jowly canine
- *___ nose
- Robert Mitchum on "War and Remembrance"
- Boxer, or boxer alternative
- Dog favored by Victoria
- Slangy boxer
- Asian dog
- So-ugly-it's-cute pooch
- Short-haired dog
- Dog with a snub-nose
- Breed of dog
- Canine
- Flat-faced dog
- Diminutive dog
- Short-muzzled dog
- Little dog
- Dog breed with short snout
- Dog turning up at Gateshead?
- Queen Victoria's Olga or Pedro
- Wrinkly-faced pooch
- Small but muscular dog breed
- Small canine
- Toy breed
- Dog
- Dog or boxer
- Pooch with a curly tail
- Dog, a bit ugly on the quiet?
- Turn up at long last with a dog
- Wrinkly-faced pet
- Pooch with wrinkles
- Toy type
- One parent of a mixed-breed "poxer"
- Flat-faced dog breed
- Doug the ___ (celebrity dog)
- Pooch with a turned-up nose
- Wrinkly pup
- Smoosh-faced dog
- Dog turning up at Gateshead?
- Wrinkle-faced dog
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - February 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 26, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 25, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 31, 2024
- LA Times - November 07, 2024
- New York Times - November 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 12, 2024
- LA Times - September 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 22, 2024
- Mirror Mini - February 17, 2024
- New York Times - January 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 08, 2023
- LA Times - November 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2023
- USA Today - September 21, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 13, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 03, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 31, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 24, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 16, 2023
- Mirror Mini - February 17, 2023
- Family Time - January 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 25, 2023
- And in 143 more crossword puzzles...