Clues for the word "SECOND"
We've had 116 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 191 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on November 14, 2025.
Definition of second
- a. - Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
- a. - Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- a. - Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
- n. - One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
- n. - One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
- n. - Aid; assistance; help.
- n. - An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
- a. - The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
- a. - In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
- n. - The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
- n. - The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
- a. - To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
- a. - To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
- a. - Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
Referring Clues
- Silver category
- Duel personality
- With 118-Across, part of a child's schooling
- Boxer's attendant
- Back up
- Where does N.C. rank among U.S. states in Christmas tree production?
- Place's place
- Minute piece
- Duelist's attendant
- Support, as a motion
- Tick of the clock
- Support a motion
- Base place
- Assistant
- Back at the meeting
- Place at a race
- Silver medalist's place
- Brief time
- Fraction of a minute
- Time unit
- Corner of a diamond
- Motion support
- It goes by quickly
- Duelist's assistant
- A tick of time
- Minute part
- You get into scoring position by stealing it
- Support
- Place in a race
- Support at the meeting
- Support at a meeting
- With 16-Across, infield position
- Duel helper
- Brief period
- Give support to
- Back, as a motion
- Aide in a duel
- Dueler's ally
- Runner-up's place
- Moment
- Minute fraction
- Part of a minute
- Duel attendant
- Duelist's aide
- What's position, to Abbott and Costello
- Baseball position, informally
- Brief time unit
- Endorse publicly
- Instant
- Back
- Back in a little while
- Placing, at the track
- Period of time
- Unit of time
- Moment in time
- 38 Special "___ Chance"
- Deeply ingrained habit
- Reconsideration
- Boxer's assistant
- Instant - support
- Basic unit of time
- Old timer
- See 2
- Silver medal position
- Back (but not first!)
- Short time - back
- Could he not give a duellist first aid?
- Support - a little time
- "Vote Scotland" - detailed blog rewritten around English
- Support wages getting cut? Damn terrible vice
- Not the first time
- Back in a moment
- Temporarily relocate help
- Time for a short interval
- Such capability restoring Nike"s street cred. O blast!
- Christians anticipate this moment before Advent
- One who got the silver back
- Back in a jiffy
- Very brief support
- Back in a very short time
- Unsurpassed
- Back for a place
- Silverback?
- Back in a tick
- Relative is irrelevant to discussion (once removed)
- Support - time
- Silver medal place
- Time and place
- Flashback
- Flash is silver
- Support, assist
- The "Greatest" - but with no function in the ring?
- Attendant in a duel or boxing match
- Endorse, back
- Not much time back
- Support the environment through force of habit
- Lower back's additional support
- Back runner-up?
- Instant alternative
- Time to set clock and get breath back
- Assist business to mail packages
- Support for a motion
- Dueler's attendant
- Base or banana beginner
- Small unit of time
- This time is not the first
- Base farthest from home
- Boxer's corner-man
- Vote to support
- 1/86400 of a day?
- Minute segment
- Having lost the lead for a short time
- Most common U.S. street name, surprisingly
- A tick or a tock
- Could he not give a duellist first aid?
- ___ fiddle
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 31, 2025
- LA Times - October 22, 2025
- Daily American - October 16, 2025
- Daily American - March 05, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 05, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2024
- Daily American - August 30, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 04, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 21, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 16, 2024
- Daily American - March 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 06, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 06, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2023
- Daily American - October 16, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 24, 2023
- New York Times - April 09, 2023
- Daily American - March 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 19, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - February 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - November 18, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 20, 2022
- Daily American - August 30, 2022
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