Clues for the word "SOUTH"
We've had 77 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 88 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 24, 2025.
Definition of south
- n. - That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
- n. - A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country.
- n. - Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
- n. - The wind from the south.
- a. - Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.
- adv. - Toward the south; southward.
- adv. - From the south; as, the wind blows south.
- v. i. - To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
- v. i. - To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.
Referring Clues
- Downward, in a way
- Needle point
- With 54-Across, where India is
- Bygone voting bloc, with "the"
- Where birds fly in the fall
- See 48-Across
- Pole position?
- Lee side
- Bear market direction
- Deep place?
- Declarer in bridge columns
- Union foe
- See 37-Across
- Toward Antarctica's pole
- Dixie, with "The"
- New ___ Wales
- Area that seceded from the U.S.
- Went ___ (turned bad)
- Cardinal point
- Which region had the most slaves?
- Compass direction
- Gray area?
- New ___ Wales
- Compass point
- It's below the Mason-Dixon Line
- Toward penguin territory
- '___ Park'
- Sunny side
- With 48-Across, locale of this puzzle's top line, where you'll find the starts of 17-, 30-, 43- and 57-Across
- Snowbirds' December destination
- Below, on a map
- Into a state of decline
- One side in a 19th-century war, with "the"
- Go ___ (deteriorate)
- Down on a map
- WSW part
- New U.N. member of 2011
- Word in two state names
- 6:00 on a compass
- Birds' autumn direction
- Where birds go in the winter
- A cardinal point
- New ___
- Compass bearing
- Direction
- See 17
- The way down
- The way to build huts around a circle
- Co-author slain horribly around 14
- Nationality given away with Hungarian capital a day into survey
- A way calm derives from 15 and 5 13 work
- Part of sea route is shut off
- It's down in the direction of '27 Across'
- Warmer direction
- The way to have very little money by the end of the month
- *Deep ___
- Not at home during quiet quarter
- Way down
- Country that became a Union in 1910 and a Republic in 1961
- Battle of Shiloh side
- Thus a hut is ramshackle, in a way
- It's down and out in the Scottish borders
- Colorado-to-New Mexico direction
- Toward Antarctica
- One way in which love can get shut out
- Sunny side down?
- "___ Pacific"
- Unfairly shut out for nothing, in a way
- Direction many birds fly for the winter
- Wildly shout a direction
- ___ Sudan (U.N. member since 2011)
- TV's "___ Park"
- One of the main directions
- Direction for snowbirds
- "- Park"
- ___ Beach
- Direction when things go bad
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 22, 2025
- Daily American - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 02, 2025
- New York Times - July 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 30, 2025
- Daily American - March 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 13, 2025
- LA Times - November 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 14, 2024
- Daily American - October 21, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 18, 2023
- USA Today - September 02, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 17, 2023
- Daily American - March 26, 2023
- New York Times - October 27, 2022
- Netword - December 17, 2017
- Mirror Quick - November 30, 2017
- Daily American - October 21, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - September 26, 2017
- Daily Quick - August 02, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 20, 2017
- Daily American - March 26, 2017
- New York Times - November 09, 2016
- And in 58 more crossword puzzles...