Clues for the word "SAUCE"
We've had 141 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 224 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on November 13, 2025.
Definition of sauce
- n. - A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.
- n. - Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
- n. - Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.
- n. - Sauciness; impertinence.
- v. t. - To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.
- v. t. - To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.
- v. t. - To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
- v. t. - To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
- n. - A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Referring Clues
- See 10-Across
- 1-Across, e.g.
- Booze
- Hard stuff
- Pesto, e.g.
- 50-Across, e.g.
- Béarnaise, e.g.
- Cranberry product
- Beurre blanc, e.g.
- GRAVY
- Pesto, for one
- Liquor, slangily
- Coating for ribs
- Béarnaise or hollandaise
- Dressing
- It covers your ribs
- Hollandaise or Béarnaise
- Cheek
- Rémoulade, for one
- "Two all-beef patties, special ___ ..."
- Cranberry ___ (Thanksgiving staple)
- Barbecue baste
- Chef's creation
- Pizza topping
- Spaghetti topping
- Mole, for one
- Steak topping
- Cranberry condiment
- Tartar or white
- Tomato product
- 59-Down coverer
- Spaghetti accompaniment
- Pasta topping
- Spaghetti topper
- Chef's creation, perhaps
- Barbecuing need
- Special fast-food ingredient
- Apple or tomato, e.g.
- It could be made from apples
- Barbecue, for one
- Hard stuff, in slang
- It may stick to your ribs
- Worcestershire ___
- Pesto or aioli
- Pasta topper
- Hoisin or soy
- Béchamel, for one
- Buffalo wing coating
- Barbecue or tomato
- Marinara or Alfredo
- Impudent display
- Pesto, for example
- Mornay or bchamel
- Gravy's kin
- Barbecue or cranberry
- Cutlet covering
- Bordelaise or mornay
- Alfredo, for one
- Culinary topping
- Bechamel, e.g.
- Ristorante potful
- Ketchup is one
- See 41-Across
- Tasty embellishment
- Mornay, e.g.
- Ketchup, e.g.
- Bordelaise or tartar
- Mole, e.g.
- Ragu, for one
- Hooch
- Steak condiment
- Marinara or pesto
- Ketchup, for one
- Angel hair topper
- Pasta cook's potful
- Meatball medium
- Impertinence
- Barbecue need
- Gravy, e.g.
- Word after barbecue or cranberry
- Bearnaise, e.g.
- Dressing required impudence
- Condiment - impertinence
- Impertinence one might get from a waiter
- It's impertinent, but piquant
- Ketchup
- Having a sound source, it's tasteful
- Dressing for food
- Relish a piece of impudence
- Dressing for food - cheek
- Accompaniment to meat ect
- Relish disrespectful talk
- (Semi)liquid flavouring
- It's extra tasteful
- Soy or tomato
- Wings coating
- Relish one's impudence
- Eg gravy dish with bottom missing
- Big Mac ingredient
- Worcestershire or tartar, for example
- Impudence
- See 79-Across
- Bottle at a barbecue
- Hollandaise, e.g.
- Zest provider
- Relish
- Ketchup, say
- Condiment
- Deep-dish pizza filler
- Secret ___ (metaphoric key to success)
- Alfredo or marinara
- Tortellini topping
- Booze, slangily
- Topping for spaghetti
- Side for dipping
- Tabasco, e.g.
- It goes with all geese indiscriminately
- Is there cause to sprinkle it?
- Hoisin, e.g.
- Hollandaise is one
- Clam or lobster
- "I got hot ___ in my bag, swag" (Beyonce lyric)
- Tomatoey pasta topping
- Basic pizza topping
- Word after "hot" or "peanut"
- Apple product?
- In an unusual case, you finish with a food additive
- Chimichurri or hollandaise
- Tabasco or sriracha
- Tzatziki or toum
- Tkemali or Bolognese, e.g.
- Marinara, e.g.
- A.1., for one
- Special ___ (distinctive quality)
- Goma dare or pesto
- Béarnaise, e.g.
- Word after "peanut" or "secret"
- Secret ___
- Sriracha, for one
- Espagnole, for one
- Some like it hot
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - November 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 20, 2025
- New York Times - August 15, 2025
- LA Times - July 05, 2025
- LA Times - June 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 24, 2025
- New York Times - June 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 14, 2025
- New York Times - February 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2025
- USA Today - January 18, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 26, 2024
- LA Times - December 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 15, 2024
- USA Today - July 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 20, 2024
- USA Today - May 09, 2024
- LA Times - April 14, 2024
- USA Today - March 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 22, 2023
- USA Today - November 22, 2023
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