Clues for the word "RIPEN"
We've had 129 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 385 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on April 15, 2026.
Definition of ripen
- v. i. - To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
- v. i. - To approach or come to perfection.
- v. t. - To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
- v. t. - To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
Referring Clues
- Come of age
- Get ready to be picked
- Turn yellow, maybe
- Age
- Mature
- Turn red, perhaps
- Gain succulence
- Yellow, perhaps
- Flower
- Become harvestable
- Turn color, maybe
- Come of age?
- Turn red, maybe
- Turn red, as a strawberry
- Turn red or yellow, say
- Turn red, as an apple
- Reach maturity
- Soften, often
- Become edible
- Get ready to eat?
- Turn from green to red
- Turn red, as a tomato
- Approach harvestability
- Mature on the vine
- Bring to perfection
- Become more tasty
- Mellow
- Mature, as fruit
- Turn red, in some cases
- Come to fruition
- Get mellow
- Approach maturity
- Become ready to eat
- Grow to maturity
- Become mature
- Get mellower
- Become edible, in a way
- Lose greenness
- Turn sweet and juicy
- Achieve peak flavor
- Get red, perhaps
- Attain maturity
- Become edible, e.g.
- Become more mature
- Go from green to red, often
- Become ready to harvest
- Turn red, as tomatoes
- React to mold, perhaps
- Approach perfection
- Get fully ready
- Go from green to red, say
- Mature, as a mango
- Become ready to reap
- Become ready to pluck
- Age on the vine
- Get soft
- Gain maturity
- Age on a vine
- To mature, as fruit
- Turn yellow, as a banana
- Reach perfection
- Mature in the orchard
- Bring to maturity, on the vine
- Grow on the vine
- Turn red, say
- Go from green to red, perhaps
- Mature on a vine
- Grow mature
- Become ready to pick
- Mature like a mango
- Become ready for picking
- Go green, maybe
- Grow red, say
- Achieve peak juiciness
- Develop fully
- Season
- Decide not to go green?
- Get red, maybe
- What flourishing careers do
- What raw talent needs to do
- "Just can't ___ underwater" Panic! at the Disco
- What burgeoning careers do
- Come to maturity
- Mature - or mature to a point
- Develop and rent space
- Get ready to eat, perhaps
- To mature
- Flourish in US state prison
- Get ready for 2
- Mature divinity writer
- Change color, perhaps
- ... to develop rook first, then knight, following training
- Mature female swan found on river island
- Grow older in state prison
- Develop some Maori penfriends
- Mature Rhode Island writer
- Brown, perhaps
- React to mold, as cheese
- Mature, as a peach
- Become red, like tomatoes
- Redden, perhaps
- Reach maturity and readiness to scoff?
- Mature player originally employed by French FA
- Become edible, as a fruit
- Approach peak flavor
- Change from green to red, maybe
- Reach the peak of flavor
- Turn yellow or red, say
- Reach peak flavor
- Mature scripture writer
- Mature lone pirate's content in retirement
- After the year's end, a pine can mature
- Approach the picking point
- Maturate
- Become edible, as fruit
- Get ready to eat?
- Become less sour, say
- Get ready to pluck
- To reach perfection gives a writer a bit of a thrill
- Become yellow, like a banana
- Age, as fruit
- To mature, a bit of a writer needs a pen
- Become mature, with reprobate ways
- Sweeten on the vine
- Become less green, maybe
- What avocados don't do until they're picked
- It takes time to do so during a trip en masse
- Mature, like fruit
- Turn from green to yellow, as a banana
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 26, 2026
- Mirror Mini - March 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 05, 2026
- Daily American - February 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 08, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 06, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 11, 2025
- LA Times - July 10, 2025
- Daily American - June 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 21, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 20, 2025
- LA Times - April 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 31, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 28, 2025
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