Clues for the word "RESIDUE"
We've had 57 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 137 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on January 26, 2026.
Definition of residue
- n. - That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
- n. - That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.
- n. - That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
- n. - Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
Referring Clues
- Dregs
- Cleanup target
- What's left
- Ashes, e.g.
- Whey, in cheese making
- Traces of gunpowder at a crime scene, e.g.
- It's left
- Leftover matter
- Remains
- Gunshot evidence
- Dregs, e.g.
- Leftovers
- Sediment
- Leftover stuff
- Distillation leftovers
- Traces of gunpowder, e.g.
- Soot or slag, say
- Ash, for example
- Leftover part
- Trace evidence at a crime scene, e.g.
- Leftovers I reused in a stew
- Rest cut short? One expected rest
- Remainder
- What is left
- Leftover dirt
- Odd desire to store uranium waste
- Have house outside university to get rest
- For the remainder, a fresh rise is expected
- New rise to be paid now? Remains to be seen
- 18 across makes soldier turn inside
- The remainder are sure to die horribly
- What's left over
- The rest have accommodation around university
- Strange desire to keep uranium waste
- Is hesitantly returning what's owed - this is left
- The rest having to board outside university
- Dregs live outside university
- Live outside university with the rest
- Some form of rise expected for the rest
- Form of rise appropriate for the remainder
- Unhealthy desire to retain uranium deposit
- All that's left is to have occupation outside university
- Remains of small house one expected
- Fireplace ash, e.g.
- Is left to regret being excluded from the side, perhaps
- Balance on turning is outstanding
- The remainder live around the capital of Uganda
- The balance of the new rise unpaid as yet
- Soot, e.g.
- The remainder get the negotiated rise owing to
- Save papers replacing copyright for what's left
- Leavings
- Evidence of a gunshot
- Leftover traces
- The remainder live around the youth centre
- Film that lasts a while?
- Leftover schmutz
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - January 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 14, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 21, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 21, 2025
- LA Times - May 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - April 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 12, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 18, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 23, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 17, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 10, 2024
- Daily American - October 03, 2024
- New York Times - September 26, 2024
- Your Life Choices - September 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 20, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 26, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 15, 2024
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