Clues for the word "RIPE"
We've had 212 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 692 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on April 16, 2025.
Definition of ripe
- n. - The bank of a river.
- superl. - Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- superl. - Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
- superl. - Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- superl. - Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- superl. - Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- superl. - Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- superl. - Intoxicated.
- v. i. - To ripen; to grow ripe.
- v. t. - To mature; to ripen.
Referring Clues
- Properly aged
- Pluckable
- Full-fledged
- Ready
- Ready to be picked
- Ready for plucking
- Pickable
- Opportune
- Like a yellow banana
- Ready to eat
- Ready to pluck
- Like overused gym clothes
- Fully developed
- Red, as an apple
- It may precede old age
- Fully prepared (for)
- Ready to pick
- No longer green
- Seasoned
- Ready for picking
- Red, maybe
- Fully ready
- Between green and black, maybe
- Between green and black, say
- Stinky, as gym clothes
- Rather smelly
- Perfect for picking
- Ready for harvest
- Mature
- Foul-smelling
- Good to taste, or bad to smell
- Ready to be plucked
- Like a black olive
- Really smelly
- Like old age?
- Old age preceder?
- Like many old gym socks
- Smelly, as post-workout clothes
- Ready to be eaten
- Smelly
- Mellow
- Suitable
- Like a black blackberry
- Stinky
- Fit for picking
- Red, in many cases
- Ready to harvest
- Ready to retrieve
- Mature enough to harvest
- Ready to reap
- Matured
- Ready for the farm stand
- Auspicious, as time
- Entirely edible
- About to be picked
- Harvest-ready
- At fruition
- Good and juicy
- Fully matured
- Like unwashed gym clothes
- Good enough to eat
- Like edible fruit
- Finally good enough to eat
- Finished growing on the vine
- Ready enough
- Fully red, as a raspberry
- Ready to eat, as fruit
- Ready for the picking
- Ready now
- Very pluckable
- Like black olives
- Red and juicy
- Fully grown
- Mellowed
- Green's opposite
- Fit for pickin'
- Sufficiently aged
- Auspicious
- Yellow, as a banana
- Red, perhaps
- Prime for picking
- Finally edible
- Not green
- Ready for eating
- Fully aged
- Like a golden papaya
- Smelly, as underwear
- Justiciable go-with
- Like a soft avocado
- Harvestable
- With 120- and 86-Down, what centenarians live to
- Like some fruit
- Ready for harvesting
- Mature, as fruit
- Tempered
- Strong-smelling, say
- Like yellow bananas
- Ready (for)
- Mature on the vine
- What an issue must be before a court
- Aged
- Ready, as a raspberry
- No longer green, perhaps
- Ready to be harvested
- Like a red tomato
- Fully prepared
- Offensive-smelling
- Ready for the pickin'
- Preceder of old age?
- At the fitting stage
- With 26 Down, tapenade ingredient
- Ready to happen
- Like a soft persimmon
- Full-blown
- Ready for reaping
- Timely
- Like yellow 17-Acrosses
- Propitious
- Unlike green tomatoes
- Ready to get picked
- Good enough to eat, in a way
- Fully mature
- Well positioned (for)
- Ready for the reaper
- Like orange or red persimmons
- Having sat in the locker room way too long
- Completely developed
- Primed
- Mature, like fruit
- Fully grown, as an apple
- Like fruit that's ready to eat
- Mature, as an apple
- Like ready-to-eat fruit
- Good for eating
- Sticker word on an avocado, maybe
- Ready to pick off the vine
- Band ready for the big time
- Pickable Ben Lee song?
- Rocker ready for the big time
- Pickable Ben Lee album?
- Grumble not good - a bit indecent
- Fully ready to rebuild the pier
- After starter's put away, beef's ready
- Ready (to be eaten or used)
- Mature, so given rent and key
- Mature, in a way
- Somewhat smelly
- Odoriferous, say
- No longer needing the vine
- See 23
- Ready with rent rebate at last
- Having a foul 11-Down
- Completely red, as a raspberry
- Unlike a green banana
- Ready to be plucked from the vine
- 5 across is partly ready
- Advanced, as old age
- Ready on the vine
- Soft, as brie
- Now suitable for eating
- Full-grown
- Developed
- As good as it gets
- Fit for harvesting
- Like full-grown Empires
- Ready for harvesting and eating
- Ready to drop off the vine
- Like ready fruit
- Like thumped watermelons making a deep sound
- Begging to be picked
- Due for harvesting
- Like fruit that's ready to be picked
- No longer green, say
- Ready in the field
- As good as it's going to get?
- Like avocados ready for guacamole
- Yielding slightly to a gentle squeeze, as a peach
- Ready to bite into
- Completely ready
- Ready to pluck and eat
- Like a coconut that falls from its tree
- Fully grown, as a pineapple
- Like a golden yellow mango
- Ready to eat, in a way
- Ready for a fruit salad
- What comes before old age?
- Fully grown, as a grape
- Like a yellow lemon
- Fully grown, as a banana
- ___ old age
- Like a delicious grape
- Like a soft mango
- Like delicious grapes on a vine
- Red outside, maybe
- Like a yellow papaya
- Primed (for)
- Like a golden-yellow pineapple
- Ready, as a banana
- Quite stinky
- Like a yellow banana with spots
- Like a juicy, aromatic mango
- Like a banana you can eat right now
- Like an avocado with a slight give
- Ready, in a way
- Like a fragrant melon
- Like peaches in summer
- Like an avocado that's soft but not mushy
- Perfect for a salad, say
- Funky
- Like plump peaches, typically
- Malodorous
- ___ for the picking
Last Seen In
- LA Times - April 16, 2025
- LA Times - March 25, 2025
- New York Times - March 12, 2025
- Daily American - February 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2025
- New York Times - February 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 20, 2025
- New York Times - January 13, 2025
- New York Times - January 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 19, 2024
- New York Times - December 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 27, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 21, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 30, 2024
- USA Today - October 15, 2024
- Daily American - October 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 11, 2024
- Daily American - October 08, 2024
- USA Today - October 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 03, 2024
- Daily American - September 22, 2024
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