Clues for the word "SESAME"
We've had 228 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 423 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on March 11, 2025.
Definition of sesame
- n. - Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.
Referring Clues
- Opening word
- Kind of oil
- Opening word?
- Halvah ingredient
- "Open ___" (magical command)
- Bagel request
- ___ oil
- Kind of seed on a roll
- Oil source
- Halvah need
- Kind of bagel
- ___ noodles (Chinese dish)
- Opener?
- ___ chicken
- "___ Street" (show with the character Guy Smiley)
- Bagel selection
- With 41-Down, cooking oil source
- Bagel type
- Bagel choice
- Tahini base
- Bun topper
- Kind of beef or chicken
- Grover's Street
- Tahini ingredient
- Half of Ali Baba's incantation
- Ernie and Bert's street of residence
- Snuffleupagus's street
- Main ingredient in tahini
- "___ Street"
- Big Bird's street
- Opening bid?
- Ernie's street
- Bert's street
- Bagel variety
- Bert and Ernie's street
- Seed on hamburger buns
- Bagel flavoring
- Cracker seed
- Bagel seed
- Its seeds are used to make tahini
- Ingredient in halvah
- Street "where the air is sweet"
- "5, Rue ___": French kids' TV show
- Oscar's street
- TV street "where the air is sweet"
- Bun flavoring
- Bun-seed source
- ___ seeds (bun features)
- ___ seeds (burger-bun feature)
- Burger-bun seed source
- Cracker-seed source
- Bun-seeds source
- Seed source
- Type of oil
- Street where a grouch lives
- Famous street
- TV street
- Seed or Street
- Street for children
- Open closing?
- "Open ___"
- Bagel topper
- Elmo's street
- ___ "Street" (PBS kids' show)
- PBS street
- "Opening" word
- Type of seed or oil
- Oscar the Grouch's street
- Benne
- Street of children's TV
- Opening word for Ali Baba
- "5, Rue ___": French kids' TV show
- Bagel sprinkle
- Bun seed
- See 76A
- ___ seeds (bun features)
- ___ seeds (burger-bun feature)
- Snuffleupagus' street
- Halvah base
- Bagel option
- Seedy bagel choice
- Ernie and Bert's street
- Seed for flavoring
- Opening word for Ali Baba?
- Oil rich seed
- With 63-Across, where to find all the characters at the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across
- With 19 Across, staple of Korean cuisine
- PBS 'Street'
- '___ Street'
- Bun-topping seed
- Opening remark?
- ___ seed bun
- With 12-Down, Big Bird's home
- Seed on a bun
- Title street of kids' TV
- Source of bun seeds
- Seed on many a bun
- Word with seed or oil
- Benni
- ___ seeds (bun topping)
- Kids' TV Street
- Oldest known oil source
- Sesamum indicum
- ___ seeds (bun feature)
- Type of seed
- Savory seed
- Plant with edible seeds
- Plant with oil-rich seeds
- Oil-producing seed
- Oil source for Asian cooking
- Tasty seed
- Bun seed source
- Street for kids
- Certain bun seed
- Oil producer
- Open ______ seeds
- Bagel seed, sometimes
- Type of seed on some buns
- Type of seed on a bun
- Type of seed on a bun, sometimes
- "___ Street" (Big Bird's program)
- Halva base
- Bun choice
- Kind of seeds used in tahini
- Flavorful seed
- Notice about South American oil source
- Plant yielding seeds used for flavouring bread
- See 25
- Plant cultivated for its seeds - opening word?
- A word to open with
- The plant uncle has to look out for
- A plant ma sees in a new light
- Check out the name of a savoury seed
- An opening word
- Some borders having identical plant
- Source of oil raises a Mexican's holding
- Uncle has to see about this plant
- Tropical plant's a mess when crushed by earth
- Seed, sperm etc: initially there's no difference
- The magic word to keep Uncle in check
- Plant's gender almost identical
- A plant Sam has to look out for
- Plant accuses America, centrally
- Seeds yielding an edible oil
- Sort of oil - a mess all over earth
- Oil-rich seed plant
- Seeds used for flavouring
- Small oval seeds yielding an edible oil
- Password for man entering bishopric
- Heads of Shell and Esso accompany identical oil producer
- Plant that's said to open
- With which to open source of oil
- Tahini seems a paste
- Seed houses a meaty bit
- Opening word of the panto?
- Seeds ground to make tahini
- Halva ingredient
- Part of 35-Across' incantation
- Oilseed plant
- Keyword for Ali Baba
- Magic saying, open ___!
- Sam has to look out for Ali Baba's opening word in panto
- Plant some borders, no different
- Seems a funny source of oil
- Observe missile entering oil
- Seed or oil used in cooking
- Uses a metal container for seeds
- ... praises amenity that includes plant
- Opening word of cryptic message not good
- Finally, smile is included in English service in return for the magic word
- Opening word?
- Baba's byword
- Energy produce by sun in equivalent type of oil
- In the end, chefs use identical seeds for flavouring
- For me, wild seas can have magic significance
- South American stopping to look for source of oil
- Bun variety
- "Tropical plant", one says in cod Italian style?
- Supernatural sort of seed?
- Bagel type with small seeds
- Children's TV series whose characters include Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
- Oily seed
- Seed on some 42-Across
- With 52-Down, bagel flavoring
- Bagel type with seeds
- Messy bagel variety
- Option at the bagel shop
- Kind of seed on a bread roll
- Famous street of children's TV
- Seed type that often gets stuck in your teeth
- Word before Street or oil
- Street on TV since 1969
- Jian dui ingredient
- Mideast oil producer?*
- Kind of oil in Sichuan cold noodles
- Seed type on an everything bagel
- Cookie Monster's street
- A magic word to keep uncle in check
- Focus of much oil production
- Kind of seed in halvah
- Seedy bagel option
- "Open ___" (magical password)
- With 13-Down, banh ran tidbit
- Seedy bagel type
- Kind of seeds on a bagel
- Word before "seeds" or "Street"
- Seed on a bagel
- Type of bagel
- Type of bun seed
- Key tahini ingredient
- What tahini is made from
- Kind of fragrant oil in some Asian cuisines
- 123 ___ Street (Big Bird's address)
- An opening word from Ali Baba
- Type of seed in tahini
- Kind of oil in cooking
- Halvah flavor
- Part of an opening line?
- Kind of seed on some buns
- Major ingredient in halvah
- Seeds on burger buns
- ___ seed
- Kind of oil used in hummus
- With 1-Across, bun topper
- A magical word uncle has to look out for
- Word before "Street" or "seed"
- A little bit of everything?
- Seed in jian dui
Last Seen In
- USA Today - March 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 22, 2025
- LA Times - February 21, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 04, 2025
- USA Today - January 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2025
- New York Times - December 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 27, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 22, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 27, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 05, 2024
- New York Times - September 24, 2024
- New York Times - September 19, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 20, 2024
- USA Today - July 05, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 03, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 10, 2024
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