Clues for the word "SHADOW"
We've had 83 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 110 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on November 13, 2025.
Definition of shadow
- n. - Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
- n. - Darkness; shade; obscurity.
- n. - A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
- n. - A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
- n. - That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
- n. - A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
- n. - An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
- n. - A small degree; a shade.
- n. - An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
- n. - To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
- n. - To conceal; to hide; to screen.
- n. - To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
- n. - To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
- n. - To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
- n. - To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
- n. - To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
Referring Clues
- Peter Pan's loss
- Tail
- Eclipse phenomenon
- Boxer's sparring partner, at times
- Follow secretly
- Peter Pan lost his
- Little stubble
- "Me and My ___"
- What Peter Pan lost
- Secretly follow
- Bird-dog
- Outline cast by the sun
- Sundial indicator
- Sundial's "moving part"
- Follow closely
- Man's five o'clock feature?
- It lengthens toward evening
- Sundial's "moving part"
- Bit of a doubt?
- Cast thing
- Groundhog Day focus
- Tagalong
- Shade
- Sundial reading
- Sundial need
- Sundial feature
- Cast image
- Mere semblance
- Five o'clock ___
- Lamont Cranston's alter ego, with "The"
- Follow relentlessly
- It's seen on a sundial
- Sundial casting
- Stay behind
- "The White ___"
- Sunny day phenomenon
- It grows toward evening
- Eye makeup
- Groundhog Day concern
- Groundhog Day sight
- Follow
- The wise golden retriever
- What a moon might cast, to Cat Stevens
- Dark area - follow secretly
- Senior politician, disaster now with him after balls-up?
- With fortune in dollars, who changed job for 24 acrosses?
- In the darkness, caught in a female's embrace
- Become visible now, in the gloom
- Dark shape (on the Opposition front bench?)
- Image cast - dog
- Darkness caused by obstruction
- See 3
- Image caused by obscuring of light
- Follow closely - dark image - opposition
- Area of darkness caused by obstructing light
- Follow - dark patch
- Dark image (of opposition?)
- Dark area - referring to parliamentary opposition
- Opposition tricked into broadcast
- Mere appearance of fish that hurts!
- Follow programme with commercial break
- Like the opposition, present without notice
- Dog had been bitten by pig
- Unilluminated area
- Opposition chiefly to bench aid was misplaced
- Follow notice in programme
- 6s Shed won't reshuffle - though Cameron may
- Opposition held during broadcast
- See 10
- Omen on February 2nd
- Silhouette
- Trail secretly
- Five o'clock phenomenon?
- Groundhog’s sighting
- Significant sight on Groundhog Day
- Tail the animal had caught in
- Image cast by the sun
- Follow around
- ___ puppets (hand figures projected onto a wall)
- Thing thrown from a tree?
- Groundhog Day omen
- It's shortest when the sun is directly overhead
- One getting shorter throughout the morning
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - November 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2025
- USA Today - March 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 09, 2025
- LA Times - January 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 30, 2024
- LA Times - June 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 21, 2024
- USA Today - January 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 30, 2023
- New York Times - February 07, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 14, 2022
- New York Times - February 07, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - February 02, 2018
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 23, 2018
- USA Today - January 15, 2018
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 13, 2018
- Netword - December 14, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 13, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - September 10, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - August 02, 2017
- Rock n Roll Crossword - March 05, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 15, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 09, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - July 25, 2016
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