Clues for the word "RUSTS"
We've had 48 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 140 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on February 16, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Fall colors
- Oxidizes
- Dirty films?
- Corrodes
- Corrosions
- Gets corroded
- What wet iron does, sometimes
- Deteriorates, as metal pipes
- Deteriorates, in a way
- Ages like iron
- Deteriorates, as iron
- With 6-Down, corrodes through
- Ages badly
- Doesn't age well
- Deteriorates through disuse
- Corrodes, as metal
- Becomes corroded
- Shows oxidation
- Gives in to oxidation
- Oxidizes, in a way
- Shows signs of age, in a way
- Red coats?
- Becomes oxidized
- Autumn colors
- Becomes inoperable, maybe, as an old machine
- Iron coats?
- Shows disuse
- Corrodes, in a way
- Displays disuse
- Shows signs of age
- Gets eaten away, in a way
- Corrodes, as iron
- Turns red, maybe
- Shows signs of aging
- Reddish-brown colors
- Undergoes oxidation
- Oxidises
- Shows its age, in a way
- Shows signs of neglect
- Gives in to oxidation, in a way
- Corrodes, as old bikes
- Yields to oxidation
- Gets creaky, say
- Loses sheen, perhaps
- Shows signs of disuse
- Develops iron 49-Down
- Becomes inoperable, in a way
- Corrosion signs
Last Seen In
- New York Times - February 16, 2026
- Daily American - September 10, 2025
- New York Times - May 24, 2025
- Daily American - May 16, 2025
- New York Times - January 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 23, 2024
- USA Today - November 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 02, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 26, 2024
- New York Times - April 14, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - January 22, 2024
- USA Today - January 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 13, 2024
- LA Times - December 31, 2023
- USA Today - December 09, 2023
- Daily American - September 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 28, 2023
- Your Life Choices - June 06, 2023
- Daily American - May 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 22, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - February 01, 2023
- USA Today - January 27, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - January 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 21, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 12, 2022
- New York Times - January 07, 2022
- Your Life Choices - January 01, 2018
- Mindfood Daily - October 22, 2017
- Universal - October 16, 2017
- Mirror Classic - October 06, 2017
- And in 110 more crossword puzzles...