Clues for the word "SHIRE"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 173 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on September 16, 2026.
Definition of shire
- n. - A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
- n. - A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
Referring Clues
- Queen's county
- Surrey, e.g.
- Hobbits' home, with "The"
- Cornwall, for one
- "Rocky" co-star Talia
- English locale
- English county
- English place name suffix
- Talia of "Rocky"
- Bilbo's home
- British draft horse
- Common English place name ending
- County, in Britain
- Avon or Cornwall
- Actress Talia
- Stallone's costar in "Rocky"
- British county
- Hobbits' region
- U.S.: county :: U.K. : ___
- Talia of "The Godfather"
- Actress in the "Godfather" movies
- Frequent Stallone costar
- County overseas
- Hobbits' home
- Pacino's sister in "The Godfather"
- One of about 40 in England
- Hobbit's home
- "Rocky" actress
- Actress in the first five "Rocky" films
- British breed of draft horse
- Stallone's multiple-movie wife
- "Rocky" actress
- Actress in the first five "Rocky" films
- U.S.: county :: U.K. : ___
- Pacino's sister in "The Godfather"
- York and Lincoln follower
- County abroad
- "Rocky" actress Talia
- Stallone's 'Rocky' co-star
- Talia of 'Rocky'
- 'Rocky' actress Talia
- Oxford attachment?
- Stallone's "Rocky" costar
- "Lord of the Rings" setting, with "the"
- County counterpart, in Canterbury
- County, in England
- English division
- Middle-earth region, with "the"
- Stallone's five-time co-star Talia
- Sussex or Essex
- Overseas county
- Last name of "Rocky" films
- Powerful draft horse
- Hobbit's homeland
- Essex, for one
- British district
- York or Nottingham
- Frodo's home, with "the"
- County
- See 24
- County person having a fling, noisily
- Kind of horse possibly seen at York
- Sort of horse one maybe hires?
- English map division
- Home of the Hobbits
- County's quiet anger
- Perhaps half of 3 shillings ahead of payment
- See 6
- British horse breed
- See 12
- The ___--: Tolkien's hobbit-land
- Ending with Oxford or Cambridge
- Talia of "Rocky" movies
- English subdivision
- English county (it can be added to the ends of this puzzle's seven longest answers)
- ___-reeve: early name for a sheriff
- Suffix in many English county names
- "Rocky" star Talia
- Nottingham or York
- Hobbit-at, with "the"?
- Sort of horse one maybe hires?
- Word in British placenames
- "Do you remember the ___, Mr. Frodo?": Sam Gamgee
- Actress Talia ___
- County, across the pond
- Fictional region that includes Bag End
- Word in some English place-names
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 16, 2026
- Daily American - September 14, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - August 01, 2026
- Your Life Choices - June 16, 2026
- LA Times - May 08, 2026
- Daily American - April 24, 2026
- LA Times - April 10, 2026
- LA Times - February 08, 2026
- New York Times - February 05, 2026
- Daily American - November 30, 2025
- LA Times - September 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 01, 2025
- Daily American - April 27, 2025
- New York Times - March 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 15, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 11, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 16, 2024
- Family Time - December 15, 2024
- LA Times - September 15, 2024
- Daily American - September 13, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2024
- Daily American - April 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 19, 2024
- Daily American - November 30, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - July 03, 2023
- Daily American - April 27, 2023
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