Clues for the word "RECESS"
We've had 134 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 264 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on December 06, 2025.
Definition of recess
- n. - A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
- n. - The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
- n. - Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
- n. - Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
- n. - A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
- n. - Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science.
- n. - A sinus.
- v. t. - To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
- n. - A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Referring Clues
- Alcove
- Break
- Niche
- Time out
- It's a relief
- Play time
- Day break?
- Judge's declaration
- Nook
- Grade school break
- Playground period
- School break
- Time for kickball, maybe
- Judge's announcement
- Playtime at school
- Trial separation?
- Grade-school break
- Trial break
- Grade schooler's break
- Suspend a sitting
- Gap
- Feature of a bay window
- When kids get a break
- School kid's breather
- Playground time
- When to give a kid a break
- When some dodge a ball
- Break between classes
- School time when kids aren't studying
- Break for students
- Senate break
- Time to hit the playground
- Court break
- School day section with a lot of screaming
- Time for dodgeball, maybe
- One may be called in court
- Break in the proceedings
- Play break
- Class break
- Tots' break time
- Learners' break
- Pupil's break
- Pupils' playtime
- Schoolyard playtime
- Break in the case?
- Break for young students
- When dodgeball may be played
- Classroom break
- Spring break
- Break at a 63 Across
- Courtroom break
- Adjourn briefly
- Temporary break
- Adjournment
- Favorite "subject" for many an elementary schooler
- First-grade time out?
- Set back
- Time for a break
- Playtime
- Second-grader's time out?
- Grade-school playtime
- Grade-school outside break
- School interlude
- Play period
- Cove
- School play break
- No time for secrets when forced to take a break
- School playtime
- Muse song about courtroom break?
- Hawk Nelson song about courtroom time-out?
- Small area off the main area
- Alcove - holiday
- Break - niche
- Niche for Time Out?
- Official holiday break
- Break for depression
- Break from proceedings
- Holiday in secluded spot
- Time off for parties in secluded spot
- Holiday for politicians
- Closure of Parliament during a vacation
- Interval Bay?
- Niche - holiday
- Politicians' holiday
- Sporting chance?
- Quiet place for a school break
- "The Hole in the Wall" for a break
- Papers not beginning to cover city break
- (Political) holiday
- Most of economic problem comes when parliament isn't sitting
- Secluded place for a holiday
- A break in the depression
- Holiday nook?
- Niche for holiday?
- Holiday hideaway
- Break from depression
- Oriel"s vacation
- Time out in a bay
- Niche, alcove
- Secluded spot for a break
- Short break
- Concerning former tax break
- Holiday period in a secluded spot
- Break in bay
- Soldiers' former tax break
- Holiday in bay
- Holiday in a secluded spot
- Engineers' former tax break
- Suspension of business in bay
- Time off in bay
- Depression? You need a holiday(6)
- Holiday depression
- Intermission
- Swing time?
- Knock off the alcove
- Legislative break
- Holiday bay
- Inlet, for instance
- Court suspension
- House break
- Trial separation?
- Playground time at school
- School day interlude
- Elementary school break
- Court break point
- Students' play period
- Playtime in school
- Kindergartner's playtime
- Playtime in grade school
- Time for schoolyard games
- Pause to play?
- Break that may be indoors in Arizona
- Elementary schooler's break
- Fun time at school
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 25, 2025
- Daily American - November 02, 2025
- Daily American - October 15, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 27, 2025
- Daily American - July 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 08, 2025
- Daily American - April 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2025
- Daily American - March 19, 2025
- Family Time - March 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 10, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 02, 2024
- USA Today - October 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 18, 2024
- USA Today - September 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 21, 2024
- New York Times - July 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 29, 2024
- LA Times - May 16, 2024
- USA Today - April 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 12, 2024
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