Clues for the word "SIR"
We've had 758 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 2116 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on April 15, 2025.
Definition of sir
- n. - A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.
- n. - A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
- n. - An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
- n. - A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.
Referring Clues
- Herr, here
- How to address a knight
- Guinness title
- Madam's mate
- ___ Winston Churchill
- ___ Roger de Coverley (country dance)
- Sidney Poitier title role
- Base address
- Round Table address
- "Mister!"
- Knight
- Military address
- Knight, by definition
- "Yes, ___!"
- Elton John, e.g.
- Word for a superior
- Word said with a salute
- Gent
- Walter Raleigh, for one
- Lady's man
- What to call a sergeant
- What to call a baronet
- Yes and no follower
- Private's greeting
- What Marcie called 52-Down
- Round Table title
- Francis Drake, for one
- Knight's title
- Mister
- Raleigh, for one
- Knight's address
- "Yes" follower
- Elton John, since 1998
- Yes or no follower
- Charlie Chaplin title
- "My dear man"
- Paul McCartney, for one
- "To ___ With Love"
- Chaplin title
- ___ Barton (first Triple Crown winner)
- What to call a knight
- "Hey, mister!"
- "Dear" one
- Camelot honorific
- What to call an officer
- Poitier role
- Churchill, for one
- Hardly an ordinary Joe
- Kingly honoree
- Paul McCartney title
- Headmaster's title
- What a person may become when kneeling
- "Dear" letter recipient
- McCartney title
- Respectful term
- What to call an officer, maybe
- Madam's partner
- Person touched on the shoulder?
- My dear man
- Title for Isaac Newton
- Madam's counterpart
- Frequent word after yes or no
- Officer's honorific
- General address
- "My dear fellow"
- Title for Michael Caine
- Walter Scott title
- How every letter to The Economist begins
- English title
- Word before and after "yes"
- Round Table honorific
- Fine fellow
- Title for 48-Across and 3-Down
- Business letter recipient?
- Terse letter opener
- Quaint letter start
- Word often following yes or no
- What 16-Across has been called since 1998
- Knight address
- Francis Drake's title
- Officer or knight
- Walter Scott's title
- Peppermint Patty, to Marcie
- What not to call a sergeant
- Title for Charles Chaplin
- Noble title
- Hitchcock title
- Officer's address
- Title for McCartney
- Title for Elton John
- Galahad's title
- Lancelot's title
- "Yes, ___, may I have another!"
- Respectful title
- Mick Jagger's title
- Rudolf Bing's title
- Arthur Conan Doyle's title
- Elton John or Paul McCartney
- "To ___, with Love"
- Mick Jagger, for one
- Diplomatic address
- Esteemed title
- Arthur Conan Doyle title
- Churchill's title
- Dubbed one
- British title
- Private address
- Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney
- Polite title
- "___ Gawain and the Green Knight"
- Elton John or Alec Guinness
- He's a knight person
- Title for Guinness and Gielgud
- "Aye aye, ___!"
- Formal address
- Title for Elton John or Paul McCartney
- Paul McCartney's address
- Conferred word
- General's address
- What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty
- Title for Olivier, Newton, or John
- General address?
- What to call a superior officer
- ___ Huon (1906 Kentucky Derby winner)
- Title for Roger Moore
- U2's Bono, since 2007
- Tristan's title
- McCartney, e.g.
- Knightly title
- General, to a specialist
- Title before a given name
- Common honorific
- Word after yes or dear
- Captain's honorific
- ___ Speedy (rival of Kinko's)
- Title of respect
- "Brave ___ Robin" ("Spamalot" song)
- Paul McCartney, e.g.
- "To ___ With Love"
- Baronet's title
- Boot camp address
- Courteous address
- Alan Greenspan, for one
- Title for Sean Connery
- Polite address
- McCartney's title
- Prestigious address
- Elton's title
- Walter Raleigh's title
- Chivalrous title
- Dear one?
- Indicator of general respect
- Address heard while kneeling
- Formal title
- Dubbing title
- Address for Isaac Newton
- Raleigh's title
- Army address
- Recruit's sentence ender
- ___ Anthony Hopkins
- Mick Jagger title
- Military term of address
- What corporals call colonels
- Word of respect
- Title for Lancelot
- Title for Churchill
- Polite word
- Title for Connery
- How to address McCartney
- Title for Mick Jagger
- ___ Sean Connery
- Lancelot or Raleigh title
- Business letter addressee, perhaps
- Jagger title
- Memorable Poitier role
- Novelist Haggard's title
- Word after "aye, aye"
- Word for a male superior
- Word that's conferred
- Hitchcock title?
- Galahad's address
- Michael Caine's address
- "Dear" one
- Alfred Hitchcock title?
- Polite term of address
- Title for Arthur Conan Doyle
- "To ___, With Love" (1967)
- Salutation for Edmund Hillary
- Elton John or Paul McCartney, e.g.
- Actor Hopkins, for one
- Title for a knight
- Honorific for McCartney
- Title for Walter Scott
- "To ___, With Love"
- ___ Mix-a-Lot
- Title that's conferred
- Title for Branson
- Roger Moore's title
- Private's byword
- Dear one
- Sidney Poitier character
- Address for Ben Kingsley
- One of Elton John's titles
- Kingly address
- How to address a baronet
- Jagger or John
- Word heard at boot camp
- Word with "yes" or "dear"
- Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney, e.g.
- Connery or McKellen
- Poitier's Thackeray
- Knightly honorific
- Gielgud or Guinness
- Jousting title?
- Elton John's title
- Singer John's title
- Word said with a salute, sometimes
- Elton John title
- Dear ___ or Madam
- Stevie Wonder's Ellington tribute "___ Duke"
- "Dear ___ or Madam"
- What to call a sergeant, perhaps
- Patrick Stewart, as of 2010
- Anthony Hopkins, for one
- Title for McCartney and Jagger
- Term of respect
- "Dear ___ or madam ..."
- "My dear ___"
- Officer, to a soldier
- Business letter addressee
- Title for Galahad
- Paul McCartney or Elton John
- Walter Raleigh or Walter Scott
- Word said with a salute, often
- Title for one being dubbed
- Letter start
- Private's word for an officer
- Knighted one
- Dubbed one's title
- "Dear" one in a business letter
- Title for Francis Drake
- Common military address
- Title for Paul McCartney
- Title of nobility
- Elton John's address
- Hitchcock's title
- Poitier title role
- Dear letter recipient
- "To ___, With Love" (1967)
- Title for Gilbert or Sullivan
- Title for Mick or Elton
- Michael Caine's title
- ___ Sean Connery
- ___ Anthony Hopkins
- Sean Connery title
- "Dear" addressee
- Title for one to be dubbed
- Respectful address
- Stevie Wonder's "___ Duke"
- Title for McKellen or McCartney
- Virgin's Richard Branson, e.g.
- Yes follower, often
- Ben Kingsley's title
- Mr. Whoever-You-Are
- Letter opener
- Title for Edmund Hillary
- Title for Edmund Hillary
- Yes ____!
- Title
- Business letter addressee, sometimes
- Gentleman
- ___ Barton, first Triple Crown winner, 1919
- Manly title of respect
- Classic Sidney Poitier title role
- Army address
- Service address
- Polite address for a man
- Title for Anthony Hopkins
- Robin of Locksley, e.g.
- Word preceding Elton or Winston
- What colonels call generals
- "Yes, general?"
- UK title
- Cavalier fellow
- Gentleman's address
- Knightly address
- Knight title
- Address for the general
- Letter starter
- Gentle-manly address
- Ma'am's counterpart
- Private address?
- Lady's man?
- Male title
- Ma'am's mate
- Baronet's address
- 'Aye, aye' follower
- 'Yes, ___!'
- Brit's title
- Title for a Brit
- Title for 98-Down
- Man's address
- 92-Across's counterpart
- See 61-Across
- Address for a man
- Barracks address
- Title given to Galahad
- Gentleman's title
- Knight, e.g
- Francis Drake, Isaac Newton or Mix-a-Lot
- Winston or Walter
- Military title?
- Geraint's title
- "___ Charles" (Barkley's nickname)
- Guy's address
- Officer's title
- Any Knight
- Isaac Newton, e.g.
- See 65-Across
- Word accompanying a salute
- Elton John or Mick Jagger
- Formal greeting
- Title for Doyle
- Address for 33-Across
- Term of address that might make you feel old
- Private's reply
- "My good man"
- Jagger's title
- Knight's honorific
- Oft-heard boot camp word
- Ian Mckellen's title
- Good thing to call an elderly gentleman
- To whom it may concern?
- Chaplin's title
- "Star Wars" title
- Conan Doyle title
- Mark Thackeray, to his students, in a 1967 film
- Mix-A-Lot title
- Title at the Round Table
- Address form?
- Word after "Permission to speak freely"
- "I do hereby dub thee ..." title
- Address for a knight
- Madam's fellow addressee
- Elton John, for one
- 77 Across counterpart
- Title for U2's Bono
- Alfred Hitchcock title
- Title for John Gielgud
- Title for Laurence Olivier
- With 39-Across and 58-Down, response to a military command
- See 11-Down
- Cry with a salute
- Drill sergeant's address
- Old letter opener
- "Aye, aye ___!"
- Drill sergeant's title, often
- Titled Brit
- Man's title
- Title for a superior
- Man with a title
- One who's been tapped on the shoulder?
- Bestowed title
- Rugby official, whether male or female
- "No ___!"
- Drill sergeant's title
- Dame's counterpart
- Title for Walter Raleigh
- Headmaster honorific
- "The Adventures of ___ Lancelot"
- Title for golf's Nick Faldo
- Rap's ___ Mix-a-Lot
- "Dear" one, in a letter
- Hemingway title word
- Anthony Hopkins or Patrick Stewart
- Address for many officers
- Anthony Hopkins title
- Galahad or Gawain
- Private response?
- Officer, to a grunt
- Dubbed man
- British Empire honoree
- Cumference of the Round Table?
- Frequent word from a valet
- Boot-camp sentence ender
- Gent's address
- Title for 18-Down
- Paul, Elton or Bono
- Gentlemanly address
- ___ Lancelot
- 'Dear' man
- ___ Arth
- Titled man
- Title for Winston Churchill
- Title for Edward Elgar
- "Thank you ___, may I have another!"
- See 109-Across
- Polite address for gentlemen
- How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty
- What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty in "Peanuts"
- Alec Guinness's title
- Word before Edmond or Winston
- Title for Noël Coward
- Title for Conan Doyle
- Title given to Hitchcock
- Title teacher in a 1967 film
- "Yes, ___"
- Title for Paul McCartney or Mick Jagger
- Dubbed dude
- Newton address
- Title given to Poitier
- Thoroughbred Barton's title
- Manly address
- Lancelot
- Michael Caine title
- Ma'am's escort
- Title for McCartney or Jagger
- "Dear" mister
- Title of honor
- Term of address
- "Right honourable" sort
- Mr. Bumble, to Oliver Twist
- Connery title
- Title presented to Poitier
- Walter Scott or Walter Raleigh
- Arthurian address
- Galahad or Lancelot
- "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" song with a rhyming title)
- Title bestowed on Gielgud
- Title bestowed on 72-Across
- Title bestowed on John and Jagger
- Superior's address
- "Dear" man
- David Frost's title
- Lancelot, for one
- Title given to Gielgud
- Word before and after "yes," in the Army
- Title in a Poitier title
- Polite word to call a gentleman
- Business letter addressees
- "Hey, fella?"
- "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" song)
- Respectful word
- Title for actor Gielgud
- Title for 18-Across
- Poitier, since 1974
- Certain honorific for men
- ___ Paul McCartney
- Male honorific
- The blue guy, to waiter Grover
- Camelot title
- Beatle Paul's title
- One who's been tapped on the shoulder
- Sergeant's address
- Title for the Kinks' Ray Davies
- Title bestowed on Rod Stewart in 2016
- What CPOs call captains
- Knight's title of respect
- Gawain's title
- Newton designation
- Title for Caine
- "Dear fellow"
- 'Fine fellow'
- Knighted one, e.g.
- ___ Raleigh
- ___ Galahad
- Connery's title
- Guinness's title
- Title for Raleigh
- Polite word to call a man
- Polite thing to call dad
- Respectful title for dad
- Formal term of address for a man
- Opposite of ma'am
- Opposite of madam
- Good thing to call dad
- Polite thing to call a man
- Polite thing to call a grown man
- Polite title for a man
- Polite title for dad
- Knight's form of address
- Polite word of address to a man
- Polite address or Sidney Poitier title role
- What to call some superior officers
- "Little ___ Echo"
- Title for the unknown
- Superior man
- Title learned in finishing school?
- Title for a 52-across
- Opposite of 38-Across
- Honorary title given to Bill Gates
- Madam counterpart
- Male customer, to a clerk
- Good address for an adult male
- Ma'am opposite
- "Mister" relative
- Word said with a military salute, often
- Ma'am alternative
- Former Beatle ___ Paul McCartney
- Paul or Elton
- "___ Duke"
- ___ Elton John
- Paul or Elton title?
- Mix-A-Lot's title?
- Peppers "___ Psycho Sexy"
- Robbie Williams "Hello, ___"
- Stevie Wonder "___ Duke"
- Goldfrapp "Yes ___"
- How you address Mix-A-Lot?
- "To ___ With Love" Lulu
- Honorary male title
- Old man's unfinished title
- Title is backed by right
- Man from island wearing sweater inside out
- His pupils wouldn't miss him
- A siren can show him points
- Title of Osiris
- "Yes, right, you're the boss!"
- Half getting up when the gentlemen appeared
- Teacher sounds a bit uncertain
- The gentleman who cut father short
- Teacher is wrong on a third of basic subjects
- Teacher's letter to the Inland Revenue
- Honoured gentleman sounding a bit subservient?
- The gentleman didn't allow father to finish
- At school, nobody would miss him
- He, having left the county, teaches school!
- How to address a dear fellow
- Teacher's title
- Desirable title?
- Teacher sounds a bit surly!
- Knight - teacher
- Polite pupils possibly please him
- The gentleman wanted the deed brought round
- Is he dear to a correspondent?
- "Gentleman" is upright
- ... ___ John Major
- So-called teacher of Irish trimmed back
- Gentleman's agitation when time is wasted
- Waiter-to-patron address
- Poet and novelist
- Title for knight or teacher
- Address for a superior officer
- Isaac Newton's address
- Address of respect
- Title for Rod Stewart, as of 2016
- Polite term of address for a man
- Address for a superior
- Teacher said to go in a circle
- Word in a salutation, perhaps
- British teacher's title
- Kenneth Branagh's title
- Robin of Locksley, for example
- Jousting title?
- Rod Stewart, since June 2016
- Honorific for tennis's Andy Murray, nowadays
- Grand Cross recipients title
- Aristocratic title
- McCartney or Jagger, e.g.
- Title for Roger Bannister or Nick Faldo
- How a private addresses a superior officer, often
- Gentleman's valet finally released from prison
- Masterly title
- Churchill address
- Title for Lancelot or Galahad
- Elton or Winston preceder
- Polite way to address a man
- Way to address schoolmaster in class, I reckon
- Ringo Starr's title
- Mick Jagger, e.g.
- Headmaster address
- Dubbed Hitchcock
- Title recently awarded to Barry Gibb
- Kingsley's title
- Title for Elton
- "Dear" guy
- Male teacher's title
- New title for Ringo Starr
- Gentlemanly title
- At school, the kids wouldn't miss him
- Title for Ian McKellen
- Title for 60-Down
- British knight's title
- Masculine address
- Title for two Beatles
- Address in a mess
- Tennis pro Andy Murray, since 2017
- Title for Ringo Starr
- "Mr." alternative
- One way to address a person of class
- Title for Jagger or John
- Lady's mate
- Man just after kneeling?
- Title for Charlie Chaplin
- Ringo, for one
- Teacher is backward at any one of the three Rs!
- Noël Coward, for one
- Teacher is turning right
- Title held by Osiris
- Knight's line in the old Southern Railway
- Title given Ringo this year
- Pentagon address
- Thing to call a gentleman
- Kindly gentleman
- Gentleman's address?
- Its East African equivalent is "bwana"
- Rushdie, since 2007
- What to call Lancelot
- Title for scientific Mr. Newton
- Follower of yes or no in the military
- Sounds certain to start as a schoolteacher
- Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr
- Title for Van Morrison
- Mister's title
- Address for Hitchcock
- Title bestowed on Jagger
- ___ Toby, character in "Twelfth Night"
- Gielgud's title
- Given the accolade, can he not quite rise?
- Title for Barry Gibb as of 2018
- Title for Alec Guinness
- "Kind ___" (term of politeness)
- Mister alternative
- One thing you could call Alex Ferguson
- Word before and after yes, in the military
- Title for Daniel Day-Lewis
- Address for a 1-Across, perhaps
- Jagger or McCartney
- Title for Mick Jagger or Elton John
- Tennis' Andy Murray's title
- As a knight, one with class?
- Newton honorific
- Headmaster’s address
- Post-dubbing title
- Beyonce's son, whose name is a title
- Knight’s address
- Teacher is wrong, yet right
- To whom with love in a film title?
- "___ Duke" (Stevie Wonder song)
- Common base word
- A master with class
- It may precede and follow yes
- Title for Patrick Stewart
- Title for Paul or Ringo
- Title for Jagger
- Kay's title
- British honorific
- Address for some generals
- ___ Francis Drake
- Salutation word
- See 7
- "Dude ..."
- Mr. ___ (counselor in "Holes")
- Newton's title
- An opening word from Dr. Johnson
- Title for Richard Branson
- Title for tennis great Andy Murray
- Son of Beyonce
- Counterpart of 21-Across
- Title for 14 Across
- Title for Ringo or Paul
- Title of Osiris?
- Title reportedly turned down by Stephen Hawking
- The gentleman father cut short
- Is standing right by the gentleman
- "Aaron Burr, ___" (song from "Hamilton")
- A man of class, I reckon
- The schoolkids wouldn't miss him
- New title for Michael Palin
- Address for a certain general
- Title of various Iranians
- The gentleman who took part in the uprising
- Title for 17-Across
- "Dude," more formally
- How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty, for no apparent reason
- Teacher sounds less than assertive
- Preceder/follower of "yes"
- Title for Paul McCartney or Elton John
- "My dear ___" (old letter opener)
- "Aaron Burr, ___"
- Knight's designation
- Stevie Wonder hit "___ Duke"
- Form of address
- Title for Richard Starkey
- Prestigious British address?
- Yes, the ruling head's title!
- ___ Loin of Beef: Bugs Bunny character
- Follower of yes or no
- Yes, right, guv!
- Activist ___ Lady Java
- Title for Tom Jones
- What to call a gentleman
- Title for Gielgud
- Very polite term of address
- Courtly title
- Rumi and ___ (Beyonce's twins)
- Honorary title
- Lord's title
- ___ Barton, first Triple Crown horse (1919)
- Good thing to call an older gentleman
- Title for Kazuo Ishiguro
- Address for that mister
- What you should call the top man
- "Ummm, hey Mister"
- Title for Sidney Poitier
- Title for a Knight Grand Cross
- Title for Nick Faldo
- Apt anagram of sri
- "___, may I take your jacket?"
- Gentleman or mister
- Marcie's nickname for Peppermint Patty
- Polite address common in the South
- Famous Sidney Poitier role
- Honoured gentleman sounding a bit subservient?
- "___ Duke" (1976 Stevie Wonder hit)
- "For once maybe someone will call me '___,' without adding, 'You're making a scene'": Homer Simpson
- Ian McKellen, e.g.
- Title equivalent to Dame
- Formal term of address
- Lancelot or Galahad
- Lancelot or Mix-a-Lot
- Title bestowed on Mick Jagger in 2003 (although the queen refused to present the award herself)
- Navy address
- - Lancelot
- Ben Kingsley or Ian McKellen, e.g.
- Entitled Brit?
- Title for Geraint or Gawain
- Form of address used by the courteous Irish
- Title for Lancelot and Mix-a-Lot
- "___, this is a Wendy's"
- Yes - right, guv'nor!
- Polite thing to call someone
- Bwana : Swahili :: ___ : English
- ___ Walter Scott
- "___ Cumference and the First Round Table" (punny math book)
- Mister with class?
- Title for a gentleman
- Anagram of "sri"
- Desirable title?
- Title for Andy Murray
- Patrick Stewart's title
- What the Portuguese "senhor" means
- Title for Mo Farah
- Title for Lewis Hamilton
- Is he dear to a correspondent?
- Respectful title of Osiris
- Percival of legend, for one
- Title of a medieval tale?
- Address for a gentleman
- Andrew Lloyd Webber title
- Isaac Newton, from the age of 62 onward
- Salutation in a salute
- "Please, ___, I want some more"
- Rumi's twin brother
- "Hello there, good ___"
- Male drill sergeant's title
- Isaac Newton or Elton John, but not Olivia Newton-John
- Honorific for 32-Across
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