Clues for the word "RUG"
We've had 173 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 502 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on February 19, 2026.
Definition of rug
- a. - A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
- a. - A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
- a. - A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
- v. t. - To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Referring Clues
- Toupee, slangily
- "Lid"
- Burn source, sometimes
- Floor piece?
- It may be cut
- Toupee
- Persian, e.g.
- Carpet alternative
- Alternative to a bare floor
- Room furnishing
- One may be overhead or underfoot
- Floor covering
- Prayer ___
- Oriental ___
- Shampoo target
- Carpet
- Cheap hairpiece
- Word after prayer or scatter
- Cover for a cueball
- Hairpiece, slangily
- Slow bear's fate, perhaps
- Shag, e.g.
- Rat's place?
- See 41-Across
- Praying surface
- Cueball cover
- Stair runner, e.g.
- Comb-over alternative
- Hair apparent?
- Persian product
- Floor cover
- Snug bug's locale
- Cover for a cue ball
- Combover alternative
- Area or throw, e.g.
- It may be underfoot
- Saxony, for one
- Toupee, in slang
- Hairpiece
- It may be rag or shag
- Shampooing candidate
- Bearskin ___
- Throw on the floor?
- A hooker may make one
- Throw on the floor
- Snug bug's spot
- It may have a nap on the floor
- A dancer cuts it
- Azerbaijani export
- Bald patch coverer
- Weaver's creation
- Bad hairpiece
- Obvious hairpiece
- Bug's place?
- See 99-Across
- Oriental, e.g.
- Comb over cover-up
- One may be slangily overhead or literally underfoot
- Piece on one's head
- Wall-to-wall, for one
- Navajo product
- Spare hair
- It may be Persian
- Snug bug's place
- Throw or runner
- Cover for the follically challenged
- Bearskin, maybe
- Kilim or Kirman
- Turkoman, e.g.
- Word after scatter or throw
- Persian on the living room floor
- Small carpet
- As snug as a bug in a ___
- Navajo creation
- Kirman, for one
- Area ___
- Head covering
- Decorator's suggestion
- Smallish carpet
- Little carpet
- Lap robe, in London
- Thing cut by old dancers?
- Wall-to-wall, e.g.
- Throw ___
- Throw___
- It's floored
- It may be under the sofa
- Shag or plush, e.g.
- It covers the floor
- Bad toupee
- Sweeping under site
- Thing to vacuum
- Shampoo target, sometimes
- Persian or Oriental
- Mini carpet
- Reunion rocker might wear one, slang
- Mat
- Frugal aid to keeping warm?
- Is putting one across your knees a bit of a struggle?
- Travelling companion from Bruges?
- Mat - blanket
- Throw in the house
- Thick mat
- It'll keep you from getting cold feet
- Pate covering
- Floor (or lap) covering
- Pate cover
- It may be pulled out from under
- It just lies around
- One that might be taken outside and beaten?
- Kashmir tourist purchase
- Bit of floor decor
- Runner in a hallway, e.g.
- Small blanket
- Woolly mat
- Bad toupee, in slang
- Persian creation
- ___ rat (slangy toddler)
- Bearskin ___ (rustic floor covering)
- Floor mat
- Welcome mat
- Hallway runner
- Shag or throw
- This crossword's cover-up
- Ground cover?
- It may be swept under?
- Runner in the house
- Floor coverer
- Something to shampoo
- Plush, e.g.
- Decorator's purchase
- Shag or sheepskin
- Braider's creation
- "Area" floor covering
- Dhurrie or kilim
- Woven article from Bruges
- Persian on the floor
- Blanket from Bruges
- Persian export
- Floor protector
- Prayer surface
- Floor layer?
- Hardwood floor cover
- Floor décor
- Oval thing in the Oval Office
- Snug bug's "home"
- Something shampooed
- Snug as a bug in a ___
- It lies on the floor
- Toupee, informally
- See 117-Across
- Floor protection
- As used when traveling in Bruges?
- Cue ball cover
- Bearskin, e.g.
- Bearskin floor covering, e.g.
- Alternative to carpeting
- Elaborate Persian product
- Word after "throw" or "accent"
- Bad thing to wipe your muddy shoes on
- Frugal aid to keeping warm?
- Is putting one across your knees a bit of a struggle?
- Word after throw or scatter
- Soft floor covering
- Runner, e.g.
- Piece of floor decor
- It's cut by a dancer
- Travelling companion from Bruges?
- Something to pray on
- Runner on the ground?
- Floor decor
- Floor cushion
- Throw, maybe
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - February 19, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 15, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 08, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 14, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 25, 2025
- New York Times - October 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 01, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 26, 2025
- LA Times - August 08, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 25, 2025
- LA Times - July 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 03, 2025
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