Clues for the word "SLATE"
We've had 202 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 540 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 12, 2026.
Definition of slate
- v. t. - An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
- v. t. - Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
- v. t. - A prepared piece of such stone.
- v. t. - A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
- v. t. - A tablet for writing upon.
- v. t. - An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
- v. t. - A thin plate of any material; a flake.
- v. t. - A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
- v. t. - To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
- v. t. - To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
- v. t. - To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
Referring Clues
- Old schoolhouse item
- Bluish gray
- Schedule
- It's quarried in Vermont
- Offering to voters
- List of candidates
- Candidate list
- Old school item
- Shade of gray
- Party offering
- Roofing material
- Political ticket
- Party list
- Ticket
- Lineup at the polls
- Ballot listing
- Election Day list
- Party's nominees
- Popular online magazine
- Online current affairs magazine
- Easily split rock
- Pool table rock
- School board?
- Mr. ___ (Fred Flintstone's boss)
- Flintstone boss
- Quarry boss in Bedrock
- Rock on the roof
- Party's candidates
- Flintstone's boss
- Grayish shade
- Writing tablet
- List of nominees
- Put on the schedule
- Chalkboard material
- Walkway material
- Election list
- Candidates list
- Metamorphic rock
- Blackboard material
- Roof top, perhaps
- Election-day list
- E-zine since '96
- Writing surface
- Election Day line
- Pool-table material
- Clean ___
- Agenda
- List of a party's candidates
- List for electors
- Schedule of events
- Like some roofs
- Walkway material, sometimes
- Roofing material, sometimes
- Roster
- Campaign roster
- What makes up the school board?
- Pool-table rock
- Pool table material
- It once made up the school board
- Listing
- Party's pick
- Pool table layer
- Roof material
- Party ticket
- Election selection
- Blank ___
- Group of candidates
- Put on the docket
- Gray shade
- Clean ___
- Hopeful list
- Group of runners
- Webzine since 1996
- November ticket
- Pool table component
- Gray rock
- Gray rock
- Web mag for which Christopher Hitchens wrote
- Online magazine owned by the Washington Post Company
- Blackboard
- Chalkboard
- Roofing tile
- Roof stuff
- Ballot roster
- Bygone schoolroom item
- Election selection
- Salon alternative
- Voting roster
- Blue-gray
- Shingle material
- Paint color
- Small chalkboard
- Kind of flatfish
- Zine bought by the Washington Post in 2004
- Roofing piece
- Election Day roster
- Fine-grained rock
- Home of "The Gist" and "Political Gabfest"
- Blue-grey color
- Roof material, sometimes
- Writing surface for chalk
- Old school board
- Political lineup
- Clean the ___ (start afresh)
- Patio flooring, sometimes
- Terrace stone, perhaps
- Pool table slab
- Pool table surface
- Political list
- Online magazine of "News, Politics, and Culture"
- Group of candidates running together
- Web news mag
- Actress Jenny ___
- Something to write on with chalk
- Election choices
- Blue-gray shade
- Original school board?
- Patio flooring surface, sometimes
- Surface for chalk writing
- Online daily mag
- Tablet
- School board of old
- Flintstone's boss, Mr. ___
- Microsoft-owned webzine
- Electoral list
- Put on the agenda
- E-zine bought by the Washington Post in 2004
- Webzine based in Seattle
- Severely criticise roofing material
- Noted online magazine
- Severely criticise translated tales
- Tales about roofing material
- Online magazine once owned by Microsoft
- Dull grey pan
- On which to write strange tales?
- Is there no credit in wiping it clean?
- A writing surface to put the tick on
- The keeper likes a clean one
- Censure stonily
- Sort of club for stony members?
- Stone some castles may be built of
- Small blackboard - for deferred payments
- Censure, informally
- Run down blind constituent at end of vote
- Online mag with "Political Gabfest"
- Online magazine
- Roofing stone
- Criticise outdated school equipment
- Metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
- Pan to fill has litres in
- Stone central to the building of castles?
- Blue-gray stone
- Roster of political candidates
- Roofing material that's least troublesome
- List of party hopefuls
- Criticise the possibility of a debt on it?
- Tile
- Group running together
- Election Day lineup
- Gray
- Roofing alternative to shingles
- E-magazine since 1996
- Roofer's material
- Type of rock
- Rock used in pool tables
- Billiards slab
- Was it wiped clean for further education?
- Primary choices
- A clean one's still pretty black
- Election selections
- Online magazine since 1996
- Online magazine with a "Dear Prudence" advice column
- Roof tile
- Shade of blue
- Salon competitor
- Old-fashioned chalkboard material
- Start with a clean ___
- Online magazine covering politics and culture
- Online politics and culture magazine
- Old-timey chalkboard material
- Word after "clean" or "blank"
- List of all the boxers boxing tonight
- Is there no credit in wiping it clean?
- With 51-Across, long-lasting cover for a house
- Bluish gray hue
- Clean ___ (fresh start)
- Roofing option
- Old school tablet
- Old-fashioned blackboard material
- Group of runners?
- Sort of club for stony members?
- Pathway stone
- Upcoming schedule
- Traditional material for black Go stones
- Big name in online news, or a metamorphic rock
- Rock used for some roof tiles
- Roof option
- Paver option
- Blue-gray color
- Lineup of runners?
- Thin rock
- On which to chalk a tick?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 14, 2026
- Daily American - April 13, 2026
- Daily American - March 29, 2026
- LA Times - February 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2025
- LA Times - December 29, 2025
- Daily American - December 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 12, 2025
- New York Times - November 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 27, 2025
- LA Times - October 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 21, 2025
- Mirror Mini - October 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 26, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 08, 2025
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