Clues for the word "RASP"
We've had 281 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 930 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on April 08, 2026.
Definition of rasp
- v. t. - To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.
- v. t. - Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.
- v. - A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
- v. - The raspberry.
Referring Clues
- Throaty utterance
- Heavy file
- Croak
- Horseshoer's need
- Farrier's tool
- Bronchitis symptom
- Harsh words
- Filer
- Carpenter's tool
- Smoother
- Irritate
- Hoof smoother
- File
- Woodworking tool
- Grate
- Barely speak
- Conical-toothed tool
- Coarse file
- Hoarseness
- Mobster's speech, maybe
- Heavy smoker's voice, maybe
- Tooth site
- Hoarse talk
- Blacksmith's file
- Sound gravelly
- Horseshoer's tool
- Hoarse speech
- Grating sound
- Sign of laryngitis
- Rough tool
- Prisoner's tool for escape
- Farrier's file
- Talk like a godfather
- Farrier's aid
- Not speak clearly
- Hoarse voice
- The Godfather's voice, e.g.
- Laryngitis symptom
- Godfather's voice, maybe
- Harsh sound
- Grate on
- Kind of file
- Talk like Harvey Fierstein
- Talk like Froggy of "The Little Rascals"
- Hoarse sound
- Scrape
- Speak with a rough voice
- Croaking sound
- Talk like Popeye
- Zester, basically
- File that can't be opened
- A file that can't be opened
- Sound like Satchmo
- Imitate Popeye
- Speak like a tough guy
- Rub roughly
- Talk like a tough guy
- Imitate Louis Armstrong
- Talk like a heavy smoker
- Stereotypical villain's voice
- Talk like a thug
- Sound grate?
- Scrape with a rough file
- Speak hoarsely
- Imitate Don Corleone
- Woodworking file
- Carpentry file
- Make a grating sound
- Rough file sound
- Sound hoarse
- Stereotypical thug voice
- Sing like Satchmo
- Irritating sound
- Abrasive sound
- Talk like a tough
- Rough file
- Coarse tool
- Hoarseness of voice
- Talk hoarsely
- Abrade with a tool
- Talk laryngitically
- Speak gratingly
- File you won't find in the computer
- Scratchy sound
- Speak roughly
- Blacksmith's tool
- Carpentry tool
- Sound like a heavy smoker, perhaps
- Gravelly voice
- Woodworker's file
- Blacksmith's implement
- Harsh vocal quality
- Frog-in-the-throat sound
- Tool for horses' hooves
- Not smooth-talk?
- Wood smoother
- Carpenter's file
- Scratch
- Woodworker's tool
- Coarse speech
- Tool for a horse's hoove
- Carpenter's coarse file
- Can't breathe
- Vocal quality
- Hoof-smoothing tool
- Sculptor's tool
- Sing like Nina Simone
- Sound rough
- Husky voice characteristic
- Joe Cocker sound
- Woodworkers tool
- Woodworker's standby
- Abrasive tool
- Grating tool
- Utter in a grating voice
- Emulate Don Corleone
- Rough talk
- Filing aid
- Croaking voice
- Speak like Don Corleone
- Lemon zester, basically
- Wood file
- Rough voice
- Grate upon
- Filing tool
- Frog in one's throat
- Scratchy voice
- Speak with a scratchy voice
- Speak with laryngitis, say
- Speak with a gravelly voice
- Wood shaper
- Metalworker's tool
- Sing like Tom Waits
- Throaty sound
- Stereotypical mobster's voice
- Grating voice
- Wood-shaping tool
- Alabaster shaper
- Coarse talk
- Abrade
- Vocal quality for Tom Waits
- Not be smooth-talking?
- Sound a little rough
- Gravelly voice feature
- Speak with a grating voice
- Woodworker's implement
- See 9-Down
- Hoarse voice quality
- File type
- Potential flu symptom
- Speak harshly
- Grate sound
- Speak like a tough guy, say
- Hoof-care tool
- Speak like Satchmo
- It has conical teeth
- Gravelly sound
- Laryngitis sound
- Sing like Joe Cocker
- Coarse sound or tool
- Laryngitic sound
- Mobsters speak with one in stereotypes
- Coarse sound
- Speak like Vito Corleone
- Scrape roughly
- Hoarse around?
- Be a little hoarse
- Speak abrasively
- Carpenter's roughing tool
- Gravelly utterance
- Sing like Louis Armstrong
- Talk like Dirty Harry
- Talk like Satchmo
- Talk like Don Corleone
- Get-out-of-jail aid, maybe
- Clichéd gift for a prisoner
- Louis Armstrong vocal feature
- Rough-surfaced file
- Harsh noise
- Speech of a stereotypical mobster
- Frog in the throat
- Sign of a sore throat
- Scraping tool
- Sound like Popeye
- Utter roughly
- Harsh file
- Sound like a heavy smoker
- Grate a little fruit
- Sound like a ten-pack-a-day smoker
- Coarse rough file
- Wood smoothing tool
- Coarse hand tool
- Wood shop file
- File with a rough surface
- Sore-throat sound
- Catch on topless grate
- Speak harshly, administering raps
- An artist's sharp-ended tool
- Following the Gunners, some spectators sound rough!
- Knock out the head of security with a tool
- Harsh noise - file
- Jar for a kind of berry
- Utter gratingly
- Croaky voice
- Inexperienced chalk user's sound
- Emulate Vito Corleone, in a way
- Woodworkers aid
- Because, in a manner of speaking, it sounds harsh
- Noise made by king cobra
- Shop tool
- Scrape with a file
- Talk like the Godfather
- Tool for working a spar
- Hoarse-sounding voice
- Emulate Janis Joplin
- Farrier's abrasive tool
- Abrading tool
- Speak harshly of something coarse of its kind
- Sore throat sign
- Carpenter's scraper
- Worker's file
- 33 Across sound
- ___ Berry , or woodworkers' tool
- Stereotypical gangster's voice
- Hoof-smoothing file
- Sound a bit laryngitic
- Emulate Tom Waits
- It might be used before sandpapering
- Speak harshly of Romeo - the snake!
- Speak scratchily
- Janis Joplin vocal quality
- Coarse grating noise
- Talk like a stereotypical gangster
- Abrasive vocal quality
- Talk like a stereotypical mobster
- Satchmo's vocal quality
- Harsh grating noise
- Popeye trademark
- Talk like a tough, say
- Tool for roughening
- Frog-in-throat sound
- A tool, say, roughly speaking
- Farrier’s file
- Rough talk?
- Hoarse laugh
- Husky voice
- Utter harshly
- Border on laryngitis
- Harsh voice quality
- Vocal hoarseness
- Pacino's voice, at times
- Utter lack of sparkle, possibly!
- Rough voice quality
- Grind
- Grating voice quality
- Stone-shaping tool
- Carver's tool
- Feature of Awkwafina's voice
- Speak with a hoarse voice
- Speak like Clint Eastwood
- Lozenge target, maybe
- Frog sound?
- Woodworking tool similar to a kitchen zester
- Large file
- Vocal feature
- Hoarse quality
- Hoarse tone
- Hoarse vocal quality
- Tough talk?
- Feature of Whoopi Goldberg's voice
- Feature of Janis Joplin's voice
- Feature of Louis Armstrong's voice
- Vocal quality after a long speech, perhaps
- Scratchy-throated voice
- Filing tool for a carpenter
- Quality of a hoarse voice
- Filing tool for a woodworker
- Scratchy tone
- Quality of a scratchy voice
- Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe
- Wood-shaping hand tool
Last Seen In
- New York Times - April 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 10, 2026
- Daily American - March 06, 2026
- Daily American - February 09, 2026
- New York Times - February 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 07, 2026
- New York Times - February 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 25, 2026
- LA Times - January 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2026
- New York Times - January 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 01, 2025
- Daily American - November 29, 2025
- New York Times - November 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 12, 2025
- LA Times - September 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2025
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