Clues for the word "ROCKY"
We've had 58 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 71 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 01, 2025.
Definition of rocky
- a. - Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
- a. - Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.
- a. - Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.
Referring Clues
- Uncertain
- 1976 Best Picture
- Having lots of ups and downs
- Not smooth
- Best Picture of 1976
- None too steady, as a relationship
- Stallone's boxer role
- Not at all smooth
- Less than smooth
- Best Picture winner of 1976
- The Italian Stallion in films
- Best Picture winner, 1977
- Unsteady
- Stallone film with five sequels
- 1976 Best Picture winner
- Tumultuous
- Bullwinkle's pal
- Difficult
- Stallone role
- Unstable
- Far from smooth
- Southpaw from North Philly
- Unsteady, as a relationship
- "The Italian Stallion" Balboa
- First sports movie to win Best Picture
- Stallone hero
- Like scree
- Film fighter
- Bullwinkle's flying squirrel friend
- The water was too ___ (guess from peter grosz about a news story of a cruise passenger's actual complaint)
- Trainer in "Creed"
- Stallone character
- ___ road (ice-cream flavor)
- Like much of Maine's coastline
- The Italian Stallion of moviedom
- "Gonna Fly Now" flick
- Unsteady boxer
- Unstable (like North American mountains?)
- Hard - unstable
- Like a road of tough character
- Weak film about boxing
- Unstable movie hero?
- Mountains - unstable
- Boulder-strewn and unstable
- Hard or easy to move
- Unstable - full of crags
- After shock, year becomes unstable
- Filmdom's "Italian Stallion"
- Toon raccoon
- Title film character who declares "Nobody owes nobody nothing"
- Unstable movie character?
- Stallone film
- A hero, hard yet shaky
- Stallone's boxer
- ___ Mountains (range through Colorado)
- Unstable movie hero?
- Up-and-down, as a relationship
- Movie with an iconic long shot?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 01, 2025
- LA Times - August 30, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 09, 2024
- LA Times - March 01, 2024
- New York Times - January 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 14, 2023
- USA Today - October 07, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - September 09, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - August 18, 2022
- USA Today - December 05, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - August 17, 2017
- LA Times - June 26, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 26, 2017
- Netword - March 28, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 21, 2017
- Netword - January 01, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - October 05, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - September 13, 2016
- Netword - September 04, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - January 29, 2016
- New York Times - January 24, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - November 25, 2015
- LA Times - December 26, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 21, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 08, 2014
- Washington Post - October 15, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 04, 2014
- New York Times - March 26, 2014
- And in 41 more crossword puzzles...