Clues for the word "REFER"
We've had 115 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 487 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on July 23, 2026.
Definition of refer
- v. t. - To carry or send back.
- v. t. - Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.
- v. t. - To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
- v. i. - To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.
- v. i. - To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.
- v. i. - To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.
- v. i. - To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.
Referring Clues
- Send elsewhere
- Allude (to)
- Hand over (to)
- Send on
- Direct
- Direct (to)
- Allude
- Send for consultation
- Have a connection (to)
- Direct elsewhere
- Send for information
- Send (to)
- Make allusions (to)
- Not handle oneself, say
- Point (to)
- Direct, as for info
- Direct, as for information
- Send, backward and forward
- Direct for information
- Send to another doctor
- Attribute
- Call attention (to)
- Send, as to a specialist
- Send for a second opinion
- Send, as to another doctor
- Make an allusion (to)
- Mention, with "to"
- Pertain, with "to"
- Pertain (to)
- Direct attention
- Make mention of
- Give someone the business?
- Give someone the business
- Direct to a source
- Consult the dictionary, e.g.
- Namedrop, e.g.
- Send to another doctor, maybe
- Send elsewhere, as to a specialist
- Send to a specialist
- Direct attention elsewhere
- Pertain, with "to"
- Make allusions
- Send somewhere else
- Direct attention (to)
- Relate
- Send (to) for help
- Consult, with "to"
- Direct to a specialist
- Cite, with "to"
- Direct, as to a different doctor
- Recommend
- Send to a specialist, say
- Bring up
- Allude (with "to")
- Send someplace else
- Send elsewhere, as a patient
- Send, as for treatment
- Turn, with to
- Send, as a patient to a specialist
- Send, as to a second doctor
- Send to a different doctor
- Make allusion (to)
- Pass on
- Send (to) for a second opinion
- Apply
- Relate (to)
- Direct one's attention
- Allude to album title in interview
- Allude to former bandmate in interview
- Joint Head of Enterprise leaves for transfer
- Cite
- Appeal in two ways
- Allude to the right to get free, possibly
- Make allusion in freer style
- Allude to the right to free movement
- Have recourse to a sporting official
- Speak of returning, too
- Direct attention to umpire's hesitation
- Turn to (for information, authorisation etc)
- Hand over for consideration (to)
- Be relevant
- Be relevant (to)
- Point in either direction
- Toke finally taken from joint? Pass on to another
- Direct, as to a specialist
- Have recourse to the match official?
- Direct (to specialist)
- Hand over joint, but not Ecstasy
- Draw attention
- Allude, assign
- Pass either way
- Consult whistle-blower about returning
- Either way, consult
- Consult, as a thesaurus
- Look up, one way or the other
- Send for treatment
- Give someone the business?
- Make mention of (with "to")
- Speak of making a comeback, too
- Allude to the referee as a bit of a duffer
- Send (to) for treatment
- Allude in freer usage
- Pass along
- Mention
- Consult the man with the whistle?
- Submit
- Send elsewhere (to)
- Consult
- Send to someone else
- What a meta clue might do to itself
- ___ to (mention)
- Apply in freer usage
- Apply (to)
- Have recourse to the match official?
- Pass (to)
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - July 23, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 23, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 10, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - June 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 05, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 28, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 19, 2026
- New York Times - March 31, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 12, 2026
- LA Times - March 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 18, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - December 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 20, 2025
- LA Times - December 12, 2025
- New York Times - November 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 28, 2025
- Daily American - October 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 29, 2025
- New York Times - September 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 04, 2025
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