Clues for the word "SHARK"
We've had 76 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 86 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on March 12, 2026.
Definition of shark
- v. t. & i. - Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
- v. t. & i. - A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.
- v. t. & i. - Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
- v. t. - To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
- v. i. - To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
- v. i. - To live by shifts and stratagems.
Referring Clues
- California hockey player
- Predator
- Card ___ (poker cheat, e.g.)
- Predatory sort
- Danger in dangerous waters
- Remora's ride
- One attracting considerable interest?
- "Jaws" menace
- Predatory lender
- Whiz
- Ocean predator, of which there are five types starting this puzzle's longest answers
- Unscrupulous lender
- "Jaws" menace
- Ocean predator
- Predatory one
- Smooth-skinned swimmer
- Pool hustler
- "West Side Story" extra
- Predatory person
- Pool hall pro
- Benchley creature
- 'Jaws' villain
- Marine predator
- James Woods series
- 'Jaws' peril
- Large voracious fish
- Source of some sound bites
- Dangerous person to play against for money
- Deadly fish
- 2 Down "cruiser"
- Jet fighter?
- Ocean hazard
- Rolled-back eyes, triangle-shaped teeth, sandpaper-like skin, pointy snout, and pulled-back gums
- Toothy predator
- Reason for a beach closing
- Hammerhead in the water
- Offshore hazard
- Predator in the ocean
- Surfers hazard
- The Fonz jumped one
- Voracious fish
- Zappa "The Yellow ___"
- Sublime "Pool ___"
- Yo La Tengo "Season of the ___"
- (Fishy) extortionist
- Large ferocious fish
- Predatory type in the swim?
- He wants to get you a loan
- Predatory fish (or person?)
- See 4
- Something feared by a galeophobe
- Predator (or creditor?)
- Hustler
- See 19
- Fish in "Jaws"
- 'Jaws' threat
- Menace in 106-Down
- Ocean predator with an acute sense of smell
- *Fish fork
- Pool hall hustler
- Seagoing predator
- Predatory fish
- Jet fighter?
- Hammerhead, e.g.
- 21-Across carrier
- Pool expert
- Bad thing to swim next to
- Hammerhead, for example
- Finned predator
- Danger in "Jaws"
- Predatory type in the swim?
- Mako or great white
- Pool swindler
- Lender you shouldn't trust
- Fish that loses about one tooth every week
- Animal that's born with a full set of teeth
Last Seen In
- Daily American - March 12, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 05, 2025
- New York Times - September 06, 2025
- USA Today - March 14, 2025
- Daily American - August 01, 2024
- New York Times - April 11, 2024
- Daily American - March 11, 2024
- New York Times - January 23, 2024
- USA Today - December 10, 2023
- Daily Quick - November 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 12, 2023
- New York Times - June 26, 2023
- LA Times - April 20, 2023
- USA Today - March 31, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 18, 2022
- Daily American - August 01, 2022
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 29, 2017
- Daily Quick - November 19, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 17, 2017
- Universal - August 02, 2017
- Universal - July 10, 2017
- Washington Post Classic - May 14, 2017
- Washington Post Sunday - March 26, 2017
- Universal - March 15, 2017
- Family Time - July 31, 2016
- USA Today - June 16, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - March 11, 2016
- New York Times - September 23, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 04, 2015
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