Clues for the word "RIPE"
We've had 213 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 723 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on December 26, 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
- Like dark green avocados
Last Seen In
- LA Times - December 26, 2025
- Daily American - December 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 03, 2025
- New York Times - November 16, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 11, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 10, 2025
- New York Times - November 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 01, 2025
- New York Times - September 08, 2025
- New York Times - August 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 15, 2025
- Daily American - July 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2025
- New York Times - June 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 23, 2025
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