Clues for the word "RUST"
We've had 173 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 388 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on February 16, 2026.
Definition of rust
- n. - The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
- n. - A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
- n. - That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
- n. - A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
- n. - Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
- n. - Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
- v. i. - To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
- v. i. - To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
- v. i. - To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
- v. t. - To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
- v. t. - To impair by time and inactivity.
Referring Clues
- Acquire signs of age
- Deteriorate
- Reddish-brown
- Red-brown
- Fall color
- Color close to copper brown
- What stainless steel doesn't do
- Pipe problem
- Fall shade
- Autumnal hue
- Sign of inactivity
- Oxidize
- Sign of disuse
- ___ Belt
- Tin Man's malady
- Sign of neglect
- Corrosion sign
- Impair through inactivity
- What oil helps dissolve
- Lie idle too long
- Lack of practice, metaphorically
- Undercoating prevents it
- Reddish-brown shade
- Nonuse
- Junkyard phenomenon
- Corruption, in the steel business
- Corrode
- Junkyard corruption
- Junkyard stain
- Reddish brown color
- Oxidation on iron
- Sign of corrosion
- React to oxygen, perhaps
- Reddish yellow
- What stainless steel is resistant to
- Turn red, perhaps
- Ferric oxide
- Hue close to copper brown
- Autumn color
- Auto body corrosion
- "If I rest, I ___"
- Tin Man's worry
- Age, in a way
- Reddish brown
- Sign of auto body aging
- Sign of aging
- Auto body concern
- Iron corrosion
- Metal corrosion
- Auto-body problem
- Iron wear
- Iron woe
- Corrosion
- Corrode, as iron
- Problem for the Tin Man
- Auto-body woe
- An auto-body experience?
- Iron oxide
- It never sleeps, according to Neil Young
- Sign of age
- Sign of a clunker
- Enemy of chrome
- Oxidation of metal
- Junkyard hue?
- Metal coat
- Used car problem, sometimes
- It afflicts iron
- Result of disuse
- Sign of deterioration
- Tin Woodman's woe
- Material my stepfather's old Ford Pinto was made of, or so it seemed to me
- Junkyard car's coating
- Drain stain
- Used-car worry
- Oxidation
- Brown hue
- Auto body worry
- Under-body problem
- Underbody problem
- Brown shade
- Iron coating
- Oxidation result
- Oxidation effect
- Oxidationoutcome
- Reddish-brown color
- Tin Man's problem
- Jalopy woe
- Tin Woodman's affliction
- Oxidized coating
- Show disuse
- Body shop concern
- Deteriorate, in a way
- Metaphor for faded glory
- Paint color
- Sign of industrial decay
- Orange coating
- Formation on 28-Down
- Aging issue
- Tin Woodman's trouble
- Chestnut cousin
- Coating on a clunker
- "Too much rest is ___": Sir Walter Scott
- Dark orange color
- Worry for the Tin Man
- Tin Woodman's fear?
- Fall foliage color
- Corrosion of sorts
- Corrosion of iron
- Tin Woodman's worry
- Paint remover
- Auburn's kin
- Deteriorate with inactivity
- Oxidation damage
- Oxidization
- "Diamonds and ___," Baez song
- Jalopy feature
- Reddish-brown coat on metal
- Something you may find on a very old car
- Go orange?
- Outdoor coat in harsh weather?
- Stuff on old metal
- Junkyard sign: ___ in peace
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Live ___"
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Live ___"
- Rotten shade of red?
- A rotten brownish colour
- A rotten shade of red
- Extremes of resentment about us? Rot!
- Oxidised iron
- Unattractive coat
- Sign of degradation
- Result of oxidation
- Stain near a drain, often
- Feature of many a jalopy
- Sign of abandonment
- Reddish-brown coating found in crustaceans
- A rotten red
- Red-brown shade
- Jalopy problem
- Outdoor machinery problem
- Sign of an old bumper
- Corrosion on chrome
- Junkyard corrosion
- Inactivity metaphor
- Oxidized 57-Down
- Tin Woodman's problem
- Reddish shade
- Chrome corrosion
- Indicator of disuse
- Clunker's coating
- Right about us being in a rotten state
- A rotten colour?
- A trusty heart can be a bad thing!
- Visible sign of oxidation
- Jalopy corrosion
- Old car coat?
- Brownish shade
- Coating formed by oxidation
- Sign of age on a car
- Orange-brown hue
- Metallic corrosion
- Sign of age, maybe
- Car body problem
- Buildup on some old Tonka trucks
- Rotten shade of red?
- Metallic sign of disuse
- Metal coating
- The sturgeon's front half may be this colour
- Reddish hue
- Reddish-brown hue
- Used car concern
- Lack of practice, in a way
- Fall into disrepair over time
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - February 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 10, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - December 25, 2025
- New York Times - November 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 05, 2025
- New York Times - November 02, 2025
- LA Times - October 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 22, 2025
- LA Times - August 14, 2025
- Daily American - July 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 19, 2025
- Family Time - March 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 14, 2025
- USA Today - February 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 30, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2024
- Daily American - December 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 08, 2024
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