Clues for the word "SNAKE"
We've had 185 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 279 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on December 16, 2025.
Definition of snake
- n. - Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
- v. t. - To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
- v. t. - To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
- v. i. - To crawl like a snake.
Referring Clues
- Weave in and out
- Lowlife
- Wind
- Venom carrier
- 2001's symbol, in the Chinese calendar
- Viper, for one
- Lowdown cheat
- Double-crosser
- Adder, e.g.
- Bushmaster, for one
- Plumber's gadget
- What a charmer may charm
- Gem State stream
- Plumber's tool
- Lowdown varmint
- Massasauga, e.g.
- Unlaced moccasin
- Viper or adder
- Limbless reptile
- Insidious sort
- Chinese calendar creature
- Python, for one
- Sidewinder, e.g.
- Wind, as a river
- Rattler, e.g.
- Chinese zodiac animal
- River through Idaho
- Dastardly sort
- Clog clearer
- Cobra or python
- Cobra, e.g.
- Anaconda, e.g.
- Asp or cobra
- Moccasin without laces
- Grass inhabitant?
- Viper for one
- "Anaconda" menace
- Grass denizen?
- Reptile house denizen
- Wind around
- Type of critter in five answers in this puzzle
- Plumber's device
- Plumber's aid
- Rattler, for one
- Slithering reptile
- Boa or cobra
- Idaho flower
- Moccasin, e.g.
- Coral, for one
- "Anaconda" menace
- Moccasin without laces?
- Word before eyes or oil
- Part of a mongoose's diet
- Plumbing tool
- Legless reptile
- Moccasin, maybe
- Deceitful character
- Boa, for one
- Asp or adder
- Indy Jones' bugaboo
- Cobra or copperhead
- Charmer's pet
- Serpent
- Jackson Hole's river
- Herpetology subject
- Asp, e.g.
- Mamba, e.g.
- Aboma
- Boa or mamba
- Moccasin one should never wear?
- Treacherous one
- Racer or sidewinder
- Rattler or cobra
- Python or copperhead
- It has sliding scales
- Moccasin, for one
- Krait, e.g.
- Reptile feared by an ophidiophobe
- Pipe cleaner
- Despicable person
- Meander
- Sidewinder or adder
- Clear out, as a drain
- Twist and turn
- Kind of reptile found at the starts of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40-, 47- and 60-Across
- Plumber's unclogger
- Sidewinder, for one
- Menace in the grass
- Shoshone Falls river
- Untrustworthy sort
- Adder, for one
- Copperhead, e.g.
- Pit viper, e.g.
- Charmer's critter
- Charmer's target
- Double-crosser of biblical proportions
- Asp, for example
- Slithery reptile
- River rising in Yellowstone
- Common animal kingdom tattoo subject
- Plunger alternative
- Drain-clearing reptile?
- Wind this way and that
- Treacherous type
- Deceitful sort
- Treacherous sort
- Python, e.g.
- Copperhead, for one
- Viper, for example
- Anaconda. for example
- Treacherous person
- Word with eyes or oil
- Skid Row guitarist
- "He's a cold-hearted ___" Paula Abdul
- Big Joe Williams "Crawling King ___"
- Skid Row's Dave Sabo's nickname
- Dave "The ___" Sabo
- R. Kelly song about a reptile?
- "Oil" Steve Earle uses?
- "Oil" Steve Earle sells
- Entertainer with music and reptiles
- Doors have a "Crawling King" one
- Reptile
- Glider scotched, not killed, by 12
- Being legless, sank drunkenly on the end of the settee
- A possibly dangerous glider
- A rotter, but with a nice skin
- Smooth mover with a nice skin
- Nasty person, but with a beautiful skin
- One with a crush on you won't poison you
- Cobra, say
- River that flows into the Columbia
- A poisonous creeper
- Japanese drink, about a quarter, making one legless
- Scoundrel
- Krait, for one
- Take a winding route
- Backstabber
- Treacherous person, ___ in the grass
- Doubly caddish musician?
- See 16 Down
- Is without cover and identification?
- Benefit when carrying pole in dangerously chaotic place at 18
- Racer, perhaps, briefly exposed following its profile?
- Benefit circling north wind
- Adder or viper, for example
- River flowing from Yellowstone National Park
- Ophiologist's specimen
- Cobra or constrictor
- Slithery creature
- Low fellow proficient in gliding
- Python
- Viper
- Boa
- ___ in the grass
- Hiking hazard
- Python or cobra
- Animal heard at the end of 17-Across
- 52-Down, e.g.
- Has a nasty bite but a beautiful skin
- Creature known for shedding its skin
- Mamba or anaconda
- One may shed its skin
- Animal in a 2001 Britney Spears performance
- Type not to be trusted
- Animal with a forked tongue
- Python or viper
- Sir Hiss, in "Robin Hood," e.g.
- Crawling reptile
- Rattler
- Reptile in the Chinese zodiac
- Clog buster
- Ball python, for example
- With 38-Across, hidden traitor
- Creature that grows longer in a classic video game (also in this puzzle, when it "eats" a black square)
- No-good conniver
- Plumber's drain-clearing device
- Egyptian cobra, e.g.
- In the grass, relative of the rat and the skunk?
- "reputation" reptile
- Slithering reptile in the Chinese zodiac
- Reptile that dominates Taylor Swift's "Reputation" era imagery
- Reptile not found in Iceland or Ireland
- See 51-Down
- Animal with sea and coral varieties
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - December 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 18, 2025
- New York Times - July 31, 2025
- LA Times - June 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 15, 2025
- LA Times - March 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 27, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 07, 2025
- LA Times - January 04, 2025
- LA Times - December 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2024
- USA Today - December 19, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 23, 2024
- Daily American - October 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 26, 2024
- Daily American - September 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 30, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 06, 2024
- USA Today - April 27, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 24, 2024
- Daily American - April 17, 2024
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