Clues for the word "SOBER"
We've had 155 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 407 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on February 16, 2026.
Definition of sober
- superl. - Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
- superl. - Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
- superl. - Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
- superl. - Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
- superl. - Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
- v. t. - To make sober.
- v. i. - To become sober; -- often with down.
Referring Clues
- Clearheaded
- Judicious
- Temperate
- Like a designated driver
- Dried out
- Sedate
- Unlit?
- Off the sauce
- Dry
- Able to walk the line
- Like a designated driver, presumably
- On the wagon
- Not lit
- ___ as a judge
- Unloaded?
- Good thing to be behind the wheel
- Like a judge?
- Like a judge, presumably
- Not intoxicated
- "On the wagon"
- Like a judge, in a saying
- Not even tipsy
- Solemn
- Serious
- Not loaded
- Not lit?
- Judgelike?
- Not wasted at all
- No longer smashed
- Not plastered
- No longer loaded?
- Sensible
- Not flashy
- AA-approved
- Clean partner
- Like a judge, proverbially
- Like the designated driver
- "Clean and ___" (1988)
- Not pickled
- Judgelike
- Clear-thinking
- Like a teetotaler
- Cool-headed
- Unlooped?
- Humorless
- Not loaded?
- Clear-headed
- Neither stewed nor pickled?
- Matter-of-fact
- Able to walk a straight line
- Uninfluenced?
- Quite serious
- Grave
- Very serious
- Hardly frivolous
- Rational
- Not drunk
- Uninebriated
- Hardly hammered
- Subdued
- Not inebriated
- Drab as colors
- Drab, as colors
- Far from loaded
- Serious or solemn
- Reserved and rational
- Not at all tipsy
- Far from drunk
- Having a BAC of zero
- Ultra-serious
- Ultra serious
- Off the bottle
- Not given to frivolity
- Not ripped
- No longer lit?
- Earnestly thoughtful
- Unintoxicated
- Unemotional
- Not even a little drunk
- Not yet bombed
- Not high
- Able to walk the line?
- Sombre in manner
- Not wasted
- Lacking sauce?
- Like the designated driver, by design
- Moderate and well balanced
- Having a 0 percent BAC
- Levelheaded
- Steady and dependable
- Abstemious
- Flowing robes, not at all tight?
- Sedate, solemn
- Sedate, staid
- What all drivers should be
- Not tipsy
- Staid
- Sensible - clear-headed
- Dignified and serious
- Like a judge with robes in disarray
- Not sozzled
- Drab robes, possibly
- In control of one's faculties
- Like judge's robes to be disorderly
- Like a judge rather than a lord
- Dry - dull
- Dry tears shed by one, half-heartedly?
- Akin to a judge's robes, pants?
- Serious - sombre
- Robes embroidered, but not gaudy
- Singular cricketer resembling judge
- Solemnly serious
- Not loaded, say
- Recover from drinking bout, ___ up
- Sedate singularly famous cricketer
- Thus three-quarters of the beer is not drunk
- Serious, thus drink taken half-heartedly
- Dignified and sombre in manner: dry
- Dignified and sombre in manner or character
- To cry uncertainly, perhaps, may be judicious
- Serious honour received by senior
- Flowing robes, muted in colour
- Frightful bores on the wagon
- As judge's robes when changing ends
- One expressing grief half-heartedly, judge-like?
- Unlit?
- Loose robes, not at all tight
- Not lordly but reasonable
- Pink song for staying dry?
- Not affected by alcohol
- Fit to drive
- No longer drinking
- Boers get fuddled, but not with drink
- Not under the influence
- What a designated driver should be
- Cry tears regularly becoming dry
- Being far from merry, possibly bores
- Self-controlled
- Quite unlike a 62-Across
- Not at all wasted?
- Not at all high
- New robes, not gaudy
- Like a designated driver, hopefully
- Unloaded?
- Serious-minded
- Not at all wasted
- Far from wasted
- Clear-eyed
- More like a judge than a lord
- What designated drivers should be
- Flowing robes, not at all tight?
- Like a designated driver, optimally
- Composed
- California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say)
- Unwasted?
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 13, 2026
- New York Times - January 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 03, 2026
- New York Times - December 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 22, 2025
- New York Times - June 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 22, 2025
- LA Times - March 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 09, 2025
- Daily American - February 09, 2025
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