Clues for the word "SETTER"
We've had 114 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 182 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 01, 2025.
Definition of setter
- n. - One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.
- n. - A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
- n. - One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- n. - One who adapts words to music in composition.
- n. - An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
- n. - A shallow seggar for porcelain.
- v. t. - To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Referring Clues
- Onetime bowling alley employee
- Volleyball player
- Irish ___
- Hunting dog
- Irish canine
- Bowling alley machine
- Type or pin follower
- Useful hunting companion
- Certain volleyball player
- Game finder
- English dog
- Gun dog
- Volleyball position
- Hunting companion, maybe
- Sporting dog
- Irish or English follower
- Volleyball player, at times
- Field dog
- Trend follower?
- British-style crossword constructor
- "Irish" dog
- Hunter's helper
- Irish or English dog
- Sporting canine
- Bird dog
- Canine category
- Breed of dog
- Hunter's dog
- Trend ending
- Irish dog
- Hunting companion
- Large bird dog
- Game dog
- Passer and blocker's teammate
- Sporting group member
- Type of bird dog
- Common hunting dog
- Dog variety
- Irish ______
- Crossword creator, in Britain
- Jet follower?
- *Volleyball position
- Popular gundog
- Large bird dog, briefly
- Irish ___ (hunting dog)
- Quail-hunting dog
- Dog wandering in street
- English or Irish hunting dog
- Dog
- One gives a clue for dog
- See 10
- I have hidden Titania's crown amongst enchanted trees ...
- Dog, red as the evening sun?
- Maybe Paul's temperature doubled in Sibyl's embrace!
- The dog is more determined
- Street being out of order, one provides direction to game
- It's a stiffener, pet
- Long-haired dog
- 16 in Queer Street
- Araucaria in Queer Street
- Son's less resolute, wife having left me
- Dog - crossword compiler
- Breed of dog - crossword compiler
- Crossword compiler
- The examiner's a dog!
- Crossword compiler's pet
- Me, on this occasion
- Crossword composer
- Type of dog
- Our Rover? A dog!
- The dog for me
- Long-haired bird dog
- Quail hunter's dog
- One like Rover could be red
- A pointer for a Bunthorne?
- Possible 1 for the sun?
- See 24 across
- Dog - Araucaria's our top one!
- Self-absorbed, into prophet, an abstemious one
- I want prophet to keep dry inside
- Dog races central to profit, say
- Queer Street for me
- Sporting dog for yours truly!
- Everyman's dog?
- I may pose a problem for a dog
- Dog in street, barking
- I am home to badger the Queen
- I have a dog
- Dog in the evening sun, perhaps?
- Dog in jelly, perhaps?
- My dog?
- Could be Arachne's dog
- Big bird dog
- Colonist ignoring large type of dog
- The crossword author's dog?
- Being Irish, is popularly called Red
- Dog breed
- The Irish one, perhaps, posing a puzzle?
- Kennel club category
- Hunting canine
- Volleyball "quarterback"
- Crossword compiler's dog?
- Irish sporting dog
- Less runny, for the dog
- Less inclined to run with the dog
- Ending for type or trend
- Is he fixing the hair of the dog?
- Irish pooch
- Dog, red as the evening sun?
- The dog is more inflexible in its ways
- Firmer with the dog
- One's pet stiffener?
- Dog for pheasant hunters
- Irish ___ (dog breed)
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 24, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 09, 2025
- USA Today - February 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 27, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 14, 2025
- LA Times - December 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 25, 2024
- Daily American - October 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 17, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 14, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 10, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 16, 2023
- LA Times - January 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2022
- Daily American - October 21, 2022
- New York Times - October 15, 2022
- New York Times - September 09, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 12, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 27, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 22, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - October 14, 2017
- And in 152 more crossword puzzles...