Clues for the word "RETAINER"
We've had 41 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 56 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on October 21, 2025.
Definition of retainer
- n. - One who, or that which, retains.
- n. - One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
- n. - Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
- n. - The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
- n. - The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
- n. - A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee.
- n. - The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
Referring Clues
- Servant
- Attorney's request
- Orthodontist's fee?
- Orthodontist's creation
- Orthodontic need
- Up-front fee
- Orthodontist's device
- Orthodontic device
- Fee
- Mason's fee
- Dental device
- Venerable attendant
- Orthodontic option
- Legal tender?
- Money for Mason
- Attorney's fee
- Advance against future billings
- Upfront fee
- Orthodontic appliance
- Fee for a servant
- Family servant of long standing
- Eritrean (anag)
- Advance fee to reserve someone's services
- Servant's pay for help when needed
- Retire an infirm old family servant
- Old servant's not a giving type
- Long-standing servant
- Family servant of long standing - fee charged in advance
- One who keeps the fee
- One who hangs on to a fee
- Kind of servant one keeps
- Part-timers kept in check by Queen's servant
- Fee paid up front
- Lawyer's fee
- Fee paid in advance for trusty servant
- Work-for-hire agreement
- Orthodontal device
- Standing charge
- Feudal flunky
- Orthodontist's recommendation
- Legal fee
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - October 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 19, 2024
- New York Times - October 18, 2024
- Daily American - October 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 10, 2024
- Family Time - June 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 09, 2024
- Daily American - May 29, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 26, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 21, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 23, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 21, 2023
- Mirror Daily - March 20, 2023
- Daily American - October 13, 2022
- New York Times - November 12, 2021
- Daily Cryptic - October 21, 2017
- Guardian Quick - September 26, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - February 20, 2017
- LA Times Sunday - July 10, 2016
- LA Times - March 06, 2016
- Guardian Quick - November 23, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - July 12, 2015
- Universal - September 07, 2014
- Guardian Quick - February 08, 2013
- New York Times - November 03, 2012
- Guardian Quick - August 14, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 17, 2012
- And in 26 more crossword puzzles...