Clues for the word "SLOW"
We've had 217 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 515 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 28, 2026.
Definition of slow
- - imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
- superl. - Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
- superl. - Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
- superl. - Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
- superl. - Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
- superl. - Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
- superl. - Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
- superl. - Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
- adv. - Slowly.
- v. t. - To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
- v. i. - To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
- n. - A moth.
Referring Clues
- Leisurely
- Snaillike
- Traffic sign
- School zone sign
- Deliberate
- Lento
- 10 miles per hour, say
- Hit the brakes
- Unhurried
- Like off-season business
- Gradual
- Curve caution
- Not very busy
- Like rush hour traffic
- Not bright
- Glacial
- Like molasses
- Like a snail or sloth
- Not rushed
- School zone warning
- Held up
- Tortoiselike
- Not busy
- "On a ___ Boat to China"
- Somewhat dense
- Needing a pinch runner, maybe
- Like a sloth
- Not likely to bunt for a base hit
- Sluggish
- Kind of burn
- Lackadaisical
- Adagio
- In need of customers
- Poky
- Like much rush-hour traffic, ironically
- Needing a lot of hints
- Traffic sign warning
- Brake
- Boring
- Like a tortoise
- Humdrum
- Traffic sign word
- Impede
- Hardly scintillating
- Construction zone sign
- Plodding
- Reduce the speed of
- Not too busy
- At a snail's pace
- Road-sign warning
- Apply the brake
- Apply the brakes
- Far from rapid
- Snail-like
- Decelerate
- Road warning
- Damp
- Not very speedy
- Lose steam
- Like a snail
- Needing a pinch-runner
- Tap the brakes
- Give me a brake?
- Uneventful
- What to do when driving near a school
- Like Loesser's boat to China
- Lose velocity
- Highway caution
- Behind, as a watch
- Like molasses in January
- Easy to catch, say
- Moving at a snail's pace
- Apply brakes to
- Far from fleet
- Dull
- Moving deliberately
- Short on customers
- Traffic caution
- ___ burn
- Highway advisory
- Needing many hints
- Like some modern food
- Falling behind
- Dense
- Time-consuming
- Lethargic
- See 55-Across
- Largo
- Interminable
- Like snails
- Snail-paced
- School crossing warning
- Reduce speed
- "Children playing" sign word
- Street sign near a school
- Like rush-hour traffic
- Obtuse
- Traffic caution sign
- Like tortoises and snails
- Taking forever
- Street caution
- Steady companion?
- Like much post-Christmas business
- Dawdling
- Dilatory
- Snail's pace
- Like a snail's pace
- Not 38-Down at all
- Lacking speed
- Word before cook or burn
- Put on the breaks
- Off-ramp sign
- Behind the times
- Yawn-inducing
- Diamond-shaped road sign
- Not doing much business
- Moving sluggishly
- Lose momentum
- Hardly swift
- Like a turtle
- Theme of this puzzle
- Going at a crawl
- Like snail-mail, compared to email
- Very gradual
- Moving like a snail
- Reduce one's speed
- Not fast
- Not speedy
- Opposite of fast
- Sign word near schools
- Tardy
- Like some news days
- Not busy, at work
- Like a ballad
- Clapton's hand?
- Type of ride Foghat takes
- Type of hand the Pointer Sisters want
- How Danger Radio moves?
- How Fuel moves on "Something Like Human"
- How Collective Soul moves?
- Beastie Boys "___ and Low"
- Foghat "___ Ride"
- Blues standard "Goin' Down ___"
- Beatles "___ down, baby, now you're movin' way too fast"
- Behind time
- Delay delivery of gin?
- Not swift
- Not getting a move on
- Like a polonaise
- Clown had to be funny during smack, though reaction suggesting otherwise?
- Like rush-hour traffic, ironically
- Like tortoises
- Take a brake?
- Variety of softball
- Like adagio movements
- Brake, ___ down
- See 21
- Unhappy owls are sluggish
- Gentle revolution in aeronautics?
- Lento, foster-father of Greek vase
- Caution sign
- Backward
- Like snail mail, vis-a-vis email
- Glacial in movement
- Dull son's depression
- Hardly hopping
- A little dense
- One way to burn
- School-zone sign word
- Not at all busy
- ___ clap (applause that builds gradually)
- Hoping for more customers
- Like snails and sloths
- Street sign
- Largo or lento
- Hardly quick
- Moving like sloths
- Far from speedy
- Definitely not fast
- Unlikely to steal bases
- Like snails and tortoises
- Tedious
- Like a poor sales day
- Like an uneventful news day
- Like the fabled tortoise
- Pump the brakes
- Like turtles
- Ease up on the gas
- Too dense to keep up with the times
- Far from fast
- Like a person who shouldn't be racing
- Drawn-out
- Like a tortoise or snail
- Like lento music
- Slacken
- Like business in the off-season
- Like a snail-vs.-turtle race
- Like a car being pushed
- Ponderous
- How Grandma drives
- Steady partner?
- How to drive in a school zone
- ___ and steady
- "___ and steady wins the race"
- Like a snail race
- Like a turtle or snail
- Like a mummy's walk
- Like turtles and sloths
- #1
- Sign in a school zone
- Road warning sign
- ___ burn romance
- Like old computers, irritatingly
- Word on a diamond-shaped yellow road sign
- Word on a construction sign
- Slothlike
- Approach bumper-to-bumper traffic, say
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 28, 2026
- Daily American - December 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 16, 2025
- Daily American - December 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2025
- Daily American - September 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 12, 2025
- New York Times - September 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 05, 2025
- LA Times - June 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 19, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 07, 2025
- Daily American - May 03, 2025
- LA Times - April 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 31, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 09, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 05, 2025
- Mirror Mini - March 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 18, 2024
- USA Today - December 06, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 21, 2024
- Mirror Mini - November 17, 2024
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