Clues for the word "REF"
We've had 484 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1167 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 28, 2026.
Referring Clues
- N.B.A. official
- Call, in a way
- Third man in the ring
- Make the calls
- Game official
- Person who whistles
- One in a corner?
- Ump
- Striped shirt wearer
- Flag thrower
- One with a match?
- Whistle blower
- Fight figure
- Foul caller
- One who cries foul?
- Field marshal?
- Play analyzer
- Striped official
- Call
- Penalty declarer
- Make calls
- Official
- Webster's or Bartlett's
- Zebra
- Ring leader?
- Gridiron official, for short
- Whistle-blower
- Coin flipper
- Call, as a game
- Sports "zebra"
- Whistle-blower?
- Officiate
- Ring figure, familiarly
- One who may O.K. a KO
- Expert on the rules
- Whistle blower, for short
- Gridiron official, briefly
- Officiate, briefly
- Person in a zebra-striped shirt, informally
- B-ball official
- Ring figure
- One whistling at athletes
- Fight stopper, at times
- Whistle-blower on a court
- TKO caller
- Call the shots?
- Dict., e.g.
- One making calls
- Whistler, at times
- Official, informally
- Hoops official
- Fairness determiner
- Fight adjudicator, for short
- One who works while others play?
- Official with a whistle
- Person in stripes
- Gridiron figure
- Gridiron "zebra"
- Ump's gridiron counterpart
- 1-Down official
- Whistler on a court
- Signaler on the field
- NFL "zebra"
- NBA official
- Ring official
- Whistle blower?
- Field marshal
- Ring counter
- Rulebook expert
- Ring VIP
- Boxing official
- Striped whistleblower
- Sports official, briefly
- Penalty caller
- KO caller
- TKO official
- Court arbiter
- Sports judge
- Gridiron official
- Call the shots
- NFL official
- Boxing ring official
- One who may OK a KO
- Flag flinger
- Flag tosser
- Court official
- TD caller
- Garden whistler?
- Whistling zebra?
- Two-minute warning giver
- Arbiter with a whistle
- Jump ball tosser, for short
- One who puts his hands together over his head for safety's sake?
- Technical caller
- Clipping caller
- Work on a gridiron
- Occasional beanbag tosser
- Turf zebra
- Yellow card issuer
- T caller
- One who may cry foul
- Gridiron zebra
- Three-second violation caller, for short
- Flagman?
- One who gives a standing eight count
- T man?
- Ump's counterpart
- Field zebra
- Replay reviewer, at times
- Ring judge
- Clock stopper, at times
- Certain official
- Court decision maker
- NFL mike wearer
- Zebra on a field
- Rules enforcer
- Ring leader
- Wearer of stripes
- Foul caller on the court
- Field arbiter
- Ump's cousin
- Basketball official
- Hockey official
- Football official
- Rink official
- Round figure?
- Race official
- Decide on close ones
- Basketball judge
- Ump's relative
- Volleyball VIP
- Ring figure, for short
- Icing decider
- Dict., for one
- Wrestling official
- One in the middle of a fight
- He'll let you know if you're out of bounds
- TKO decider
- One whistling at athletes?
- Court judge, briefly
- Ump parallel
- Short whistle-blower
- Court figure?
- Ump's kin
- One who cries foul, briefly
- "Offside" official, for short
- He may OK a KO
- B-ball arbitrator
- Whistle blower, in basketball
- Caller of 39-Across
- Make some calls
- Court arbiter, briefly
- TD verifier
- Striped decision maker
- Rink whistle-blower, briefly
- Official whistle blower, briefly
- Ring or rink figure, briefly
- Paid whistle-blower, for short
- Official decision maker
- Sports official
- Mat slapper
- NFL whistle blower
- Whistle blower, in brief
- "The Marriage ___" (NBC show)
- Game official, for short
- Wrestling official (Abbr.)
- NFL employee
- Lib. section
- 113 Across official
- Basketball official (Abbr.)
- Two-legged zebra
- Expert on plays
- Ump relative
- Boxing ring official (Abbr.)
- Official on the field
- Flag bearer
- O.E.D., e.g.
- Ruling official
- Ump's football counterpart
- Play reviewer
- Ump kin
- Field official
- The third man in the ring, briefly
- Paid whistle blower
- Flag thrower, at times
- One who might call holding
- Violet Palmer was the first female one in the NBA
- Official in a striped shirt
- Call the game, briefly
- Blow the whistle, say
- "Offside" official
- One may determine if a line has been crossed
- Maker of calls
- Field worker
- Gridiron judge
- Spacey movie with "The"
- Call maker
- Yellow-flag carrier
- Fight stopper, maybe
- Figure at every Super Bowl
- Athletic arbiter
- Sports arbiter
- March Madness arbiter, for short
- Worker among players
- Game caller
- Field judge
- Play judge
- Boxing official, for short
- Arbiter
- Gridiron decider
- Gridiron arbiter
- KO counter
- Ring arbiter
- Book like a dict. or ency.
- Shot caller
- Arbitrator
- Bout arbiter
- Fight arbiter
- Person calling the shots
- Official on the field (Abbr.)
- Down-for-the-count counter
- One who cries foul
- Court figure
- Interference detector?
- Ring off.
- Flag carrier
- Touchdown caller
- Island protector
- 95 Across decider
- Target of fans' scorn
- He may OK a TKO
- Match arbiter
- Call a game
- One who knows what it means to travel
- Call maker (Abbr.)
- Fault caller
- Officiate a football game, informally
- Striped man on a basketball court
- Volleyball official
- Call the game?
- Zebra on the court, briefly
- Make the call
- Wrestling official, briefly
- OED's category
- Play critic?
- Whistle-blower in a striped shirt
- Gridiron enforcer
- Authority on a field
- One crying foul
- Bartlett's, e.g.
- Instant replay watcher
- Expert on hard-hitting plays
- Penalty kick awarder
- Guy on the sideline, familiarly
- Whistle-blower on ice
- Game warden?
- TKO signaler
- Yellow-card issuer
- Short mediator
- Football figure
- Reviewer of plays
- Slo-mo studier
- Striped-shirt wearer
- Field judge, for short
- Touchdown caller, for short
- Football official, for short
- One counting to 10, maybe
- Penalty flag thrower
- One who whistles while he works
- Football flagger
- Call, as a basketball game
- Fight night sight
- Pregame coin flipper
- Professional whistle blower
- Court charge caller
- One calling the shots?
- One calling the shots, for short?
- Call a basketball game
- Zebra at a Lions game, say
- Zebra on a court
- Boxing arbiter
- Arena arbiter
- Make calls on the court, briefly
- Ruling body?
- Ice-hockey arbiter
- Red or yellow card issuer
- Baseball : ump :: football : ___
- Decide who is out of bounds
- Match official
- Red card issuer, for short
- Field figure
- Ring master?
- NBA employee
- World Cup official
- Basketball arbiter
- NBA VIP
- NFL off.
- Call the game
- Call, as a game, briefly
- Tosser of a jump ball
- Soccer official, for short
- NBA whistle blower
- Hockey judge
- Arena figure
- Ring official, for short
- Coin flipper at the Super Bowl, informally
- Sports monitor, for short
- One crying foul?
- Frequent whistle blower
- Certain whistle blower
- One may cry 'Foul!'
- Person with a whistle
- KO verifier
- Slo-mo reviewer
- Volleyball arbiter
- Third person in a ring
- Sports arbiter, for short
- Sports offic.
- Whistler between baskets
- KO or TD caller
- Ring official (Abbr.)
- Boxing decision maker
- Boxing or wrestling official
- NFL official (abbr.)
- He calls the shots
- Pro Bowl worker
- Whistle-blower in Hereford
- He rules over balls
- Court judge
- Umpire
- Bout ender, at times
- Whistleblower (abbr)
- Say no to iron getting turned into 11
- See 14
- One in the forefront of football?
- He runs around, whistling
- Fire-fighting official?
- Whistle blower on a basketball court
- Bowl game whistler
- Football's whistler
- Worker with a whistle
- Play policer
- Whistler on a field
- Football field figure
- TKO declarer
- Ump's colleague
- Card holder, at times
- Boxer separator
- Bk. used for look-ups
- Fight stopper, perhaps
- Football arbiter
- Foul-calling official, for short
- Judge of hoops
- Ringmaster?
- UFC fight official, for short
- Third man in the ring, informally
- Not a team player
- Flagrant caller
- Basketball official, for short
- Hockey official, for short
- Call a travel
- Traveling caller
- Ring leader?
- NHL official
- Goaltending caller
- Video replay user
- Lions' zebra
- Stadium zebra?
- Hard court judge?
- Official with a whistle, informally
- Diminutive whistler
- One is on top of recording every foul
- Wearer of stripes on a court, informally
- Slo-mo replay reviewer
- Call on the field
- Sports "zebra," for short
- Official in a striped shirt, for short
- Rink judge
- Infraction catcher
- Soccer official
- He may whistle again, loudly
- He makes the call
- Official with a whistle, for short
- Call, as a soccer game
- One issuing red cards, for short
- Zebra with a whistle
- NBA game "zebra"
- Firefighting official?
- One to whom you might say "Boo!"
- Sports replay reviewer
- Play critic?
- NBA game VIP
- Penalty flag tosser, for short
- Game caller, shortly
- Foul arbiter, for short
- Two-tone shirt wearer
- One sometimes accused of being blind
- Call goaltending, e.g.
- NBA or NHL official
- One watching the Hawks like a hawk
- Red card wielder
- Televised coin tosser, often
- Umpire?
- One often accused of blindness
- Official in stripes
- Pro whistleblower
- WNBA official
- Official avoiding punches
- Zebra, slangily
- Person separating boxers
- Play watcher, of a sort
- Whistleblower?
- NFL arbiter
- To whom two yellows can mean a red?
- NWSL official
- VIP on a soccer field
- Brazilian jiujitsu official, for short
- Epee official, for short
- Washington Wizard's judge
- NBA Bubble official
- Arena arbiter, informally
- One whistling while working in the Garden?
- Sports official, informally
- Super Bowl arbiter
- Officiate, informally
- WFA flag-thrower
- Whistler in an arena
- Target of the heckle "What game are you watching?!"
- One making a call
- MMA official
- Red flag tosser
- One enforcing traveling rules
- One who whistles while working
- Lacrosse official, for short
- One tweeting about football?
- NWHL official
- One whistling often
- Dodgeball official
- Official who calls fouls
- Roller derby skater with a whistle
- One of two on the ice at an NHL game
- One with a whistle ... who sometimes 1-Across?
- One who whistles while working?
- Court figure, informally
- Authority in the field, informally
- Officiate a lacrosse game
- One calling a "T"
- NLL official
- One in the forefront of football?
- Call the shots?
- Expert with flags, perhaps
- Card holder, maybe
- Soccer card holder
- Caller of fouls
- Field worker?
- Soccer official, informally
- Rugby official
- Whistle blower?
- Whistle-wearing official
- Can he whistle for his money?
- One making calls, informally
- Fire-fighting official?
- One who makes sure fighting between the Sharks and the Jets doesn't get out of hand?
- One who keeps order on the court?
- Flag thrower, informally
- One you might beseech to get glasses
- Foul caller, for short
- NHL whistle blower
- NFL flag thrower
- Stadium whistle-blower
- One wearing stripes
- Traveling caller, perhaps
- Pro coin flipper
- Official with a red card
- Sports figure who throws flags
- NBA foul caller
- Make calls on the court
- Make some calls?
- Court marshal?
- One wearing a striped shirt, informally
- Whistle blower or flag thrower
- At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!"
- Someone who might issue a travel warning?
- Field expert
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 28, 2026
- New York Times - January 18, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 07, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 31, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 27, 2025
- New York Times - December 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2025
- New York Times - December 16, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 06, 2025
- LA Times - December 01, 2025
- LA Times - November 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 17, 2025
- New York Times - November 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 11, 2025
- LA Times - November 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 09, 2025
- LA Times - October 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 21, 2025
- Daily American - August 21, 2025
- New York Times - August 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 21, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 19, 2025
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