Clues for the word "SKELETON"
We've had 67 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 90 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on March 28, 2026.
Definition of skeleton
- n. - The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
- n. - The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
- n. - A very thin or lean person.
- n. - The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
- n. - The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
- a. - Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
Referring Clues
- Halloween hanging
- Kind of crew
- Halloween display
- Halloween costume
- One hanging around med school?
- Natural history museum exhibit
- Prop in an anatomy class
- Anatomy class prop
- Common Halloween costume
- Anatomy class display
- Type of key or crew
- Bare bones model?
- Anatomy class teaching aid
- What a paleontologist reconstructs
- October porch swinger
- Framework
- Secret metaphor
- Word with crew or key
- Closeted secret
- Structural framework
- Halloween decoration
- Body framework
- ___ key
- Framework of sorts
- Bone structure
- Exhibit in an anatomy class
- Unskinned thing?
- Minimum number required to keep things ticking over
- Basic frame
- Bony frame
- Hidden scandal (in a cupboard?)
- Sport involving shooting rings left on frame
- Framework (kept in the cupboard?)
- Red not English, but may be hidden in the closet
- Bones not cooked with leeks
- Sketch, half complete, revealed outline
- Visual aid in 50-Across classrooms
- Them bones
- Bones and leeks cooked by weight
- It has a left radius and a right radius
- Bones, not leeks, cooked
- Bony structure
- Scheme reduced to its essential elements
- Framework keels over with added weight
- Body frame
- Sort of key found in a cupboard?
- Shameful secret, ___ in the cupboard
- Not wanted at the feast, best left in the cupboard
- Sketch half finished to reveal and outline
- Notes rewritten about rare elk's frame
- Knee lost? Could be in this set of bones
- Bones from Wounded Knee? Lots
- Smallest bones?
- Framework in keel's warped by weight
- City team doesn't have to reveal supporter
- Halloween prop
- Set of bones
- Framework of bones
- "Why did the ___ cross the road? To get to the body shop"
- "Bony" Halloween costume
- Hanging Halloween decoration
- Kind of key used in a case of staff shortage?
- Bony-looking Halloween costume
- Popular Halloween costume
- Bony Halloween visitor
- Anatomy class model
- With 32-Across, embarrassing secret
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 13, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 11, 2024
- LA Times - October 31, 2023
- Mirror Daily - July 17, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 27, 2023
- USA Today - April 26, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - March 14, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 03, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 10, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - November 01, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 31, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 05, 2022
- Your Life Choices - June 24, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - June 19, 2022
- Your Life Choices - August 01, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - July 10, 2017
- Mirror Daily - March 25, 2017
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2017
- Universal - February 16, 2017
- New York Times - January 09, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - November 21, 2016
- Family Time - September 12, 2016
- And in 60 more crossword puzzles...