Clues for the word "SAKE"
We've had 163 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 494 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 19, 2026.
Definition of sake
- n. - Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
Referring Clues
- Account
- Sushi bar drink
- "For heaven's ___!"
- "Oh, for Pete's ___"
- Cause
- Consideration
- Rice wine
- Pete's follower
- Benefit
- Drink sometimes served hot
- Purpose
- Hot drink in a cup
- Drink with sushi
- Drink often served hot
- Sushi go-with
- Japanese drink
- Drink with tempura
- Hot Japanese drink
- Japanese rice drink
- Japanese rice beverage
- "For goodness ___!"
- "For goodness' ___!"
- Rice drink
- Rice beverage
- Rice-based beverage
- Behalf
- Alcoholic beverage made from rice
- "For Pete's ___!"
- Drink with unagi
- Japanese beverage made from rice
- "For Pete's ___!"
- Geisha's cupful
- Drink at a sushi bar
- Fermented rice drink
- Reason
- Sushi bar beverage
- Sushi bar order
- Japanese quaff
- Keep or name ending
- Interest
- "For pity's ___!"
- "For goodness' ___!"
- Japanese libation
- "For Pete's ___!"
- Rice product
- Drink made from rice
- Quaff with sushi
- Well-being
- "For goodness ___!"
- Tokyo serving
- Honshu drink
- Japanese wine
- Drink often served with sushi
- Pete's follower?
- Drink served with sushi
- "Oh, for Pete's ___!"
- Beverage made from rice
- Japanese rice beer
- Libation with sushi
- Sushi bar cupful
- Kyoto quaff
- Alcoholic beverage often served warm
- "For pity's ___!"
- Drink with sashimi
- It may be served hot or cold in Japan
- Purpose, motive
- It's called "nihonshu" in Japan
- Japanese hot sauce?
- Japanese potable
- Sushi eater's beverage
- Japanese beverage
- Sushi eater's quaff
- 'For Pete's ___!'
- For old times' ___
- "Oh, for pity's ___!"
- "For Pete's ___"
- Japanese brew
- Welfare
- Benefits
- Alcohol typically drunk warm
- Drink served in a masu
- Sushi drink, often
- Clear libation popular in Japan
- Teriyaki go-with
- Sushi bar quaff
- Wine served warm
- Japanese rice wine
- Pete's is often cited
- Brewed Japanese quaff
- "... be good for goodness' ___!"
- Personal welfare
- Fermented beverage usually served warm
- 'For pity's ___!'
- Sushi bar offering
- Sushi-bar beverage
- Literally, "liquor," in Japanese
- Ritual drink in Shintoism
- Sashimi go-with
- Rice-based drink
- National beverage of 10-Across
- Staple of Shinto rituals
- Product made from fermented rice
- Wine brewed like beer
- Ginza quaff
- Japanese alcoholic beverage
- Drink sometimes referred to as "nihonshu"
- Yellowcard: "For Pete's ___"
- Alice Cooper "For Veronica's ___"
- Pete Drake "For Pete's ___"
- Japanese alcoholic drink
- A drink of benefit or interest
- Benefit - behalf
- Benefit from alcoholic drink
- Benefit - Japanese liquor
- Benefit (for Pete?)
- A drink for Pete's follower
- Alcoholic drink account
- Rice quaff
- Sushi accompaniment
- Wine served in a masu
- Oriental drink could be 9's
- Benefit of drink?
- Fermented rice beverage
- Good and welfare
- Drink with omakase
- Sushi bar libation
- Libation made from rice
- Fermented-rice product
- Libation with sashimi
- As drunk, in Japan, for one's own good?
- Libation of fermented rice
- "Wine" not made from fruit
- Rice spirit
- ___ bomb (cocktail)
- Asian libation
- It's poured from "tokkuri"
- Potent "nihonshu"
- Eastern brew
- Drink in a little cup
- Strong Japanese drink
- National drink of Japan
- Fermented rice wine
- Japanese beverage often served hot
- Advantage
- Drink served hot or cold
- Japan's national beverage
- Drink paired with tempura
- "Oh, for heaven's ___!"
- Sushi pairing
- Sakazuki drink
- Wine often served with 15-Across
- Drink sometimes served in a masu cup
- Drink that may be served warm
- Hibachi restaurant potable
- For the ___ of argument
- Japanese wine that can be served hot or cold
- Wine in a sushi bar
- "For the ___ of a Child" ("Only Murders in the Building" song)
- Shot dropped into a glass of beer, in a popular cocktail
- Drink that's often served hot in the winter
- Drink from a small cup
- Drink with junmai and nigori variants
- Ginza libation
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 19, 2026
- Daily American - September 27, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - September 08, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - August 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2026
- Daily American - July 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 30, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2026
- Daily American - May 20, 2026
- New York Times - May 13, 2026
- New York Times - April 25, 2026
- LA Times - April 19, 2026
- New York Times - April 15, 2026
- Daily American - April 07, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 30, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 29, 2026
- LA Times - March 22, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 27, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 30, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 26, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 19, 2026
- Daily American - December 21, 2025
- LA Times - December 08, 2025
- Daily American - October 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 12, 2025
- Daily American - September 20, 2025
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