Clues for the word "SOW"
We've had 177 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 582 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 04, 2026.
Definition of sow
- v. i. - To sew. See Sew.
- n. - The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
- n. - A sow bug.
- n. - A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
- n. - The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
- n. - A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
- n. - A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
- v. t. - To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
- v. t. - To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
- v. i. - To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
Referring Clues
- Farm mother
- Implant
- Promulgate
- Boar's mate
- Propagate
- Animal going to market, maybe
- Female hog
- Plant
- Farm female
- Scatter
- Scatter, as seeds
- Female pig
- Spread
- Piglet's mother
- Mother hog
- Broadcast
- She's a pig
- Miss Piggy, for one
- Mama bear, for example
- Mama porker
- Piglet parent
- Miss Piggy, e.g.
- Den mother
- Boar belle
- Babe's mom, for one
- Madame of the sty
- Pen mother
- Boar adorer
- Piglet's parent
- "Queen" of 51-Across
- Get growing
- Spread for growth
- Strew seed
- Barnyard mother
- Piglet producer
- Porky female?
- Disseminate
- Piglet's mom
- Put in the ground
- Farm mom
- Miss Piggy, for example
- Sty dweller
- Sty denizen
- Female badger
- Pig's mother
- Babe's mom
- Sty female
- Boar's counterpart
- Belle of the boar
- Sty matriarch
- Seed
- Gal with a snout
- Shoat's mom
- Pig with little piggies
- What to do before you reap
- Female in the pen
- Sty resident
- Barnyard female
- Use a seed drill
- Porker's parent
- Porker parent
- Sty mother
- Ms Piggy
- Boar's bride
- Miss Piggy
- Work in the field
- Start a garden
- Plant seeds
- Spread seeds
- Female swine
- Lay the groundwork for
- Boar's beloved
- Pigsty dweller
- Piglet's mama
- Scatter seed
- Scatter seeds
- Emulate Johnny Appleseed
- Piglets' parent
- Boar's companion
- Spread seed
- Make like Johnny Appleseed
- Ms. piggy?
- Petunia Pig, for example
- Scatter, as seed
- She-pig
- Miss piggy?
- Pen pal?
- Disperse
- Strew or sprinkle about
- ... and another
- Start the growing season
- See 31-Across
- Mother bear
- She's a real hog
- Fat farm female
- Porcine mama
- Litter bearer
- An adult female hog
- Spread on a farm
- Farmyard female
- Pen dame
- Do a farm chore
- Plant, as seed
- Plant, as seeds
- "You reap what you ___"
- What Johnny Appleseed did
- Barnyard mom
- Grunting female
- Fat farm creature
- Female bear
- Start a future crop
- Mother in a pen
- Inculcate, as suspicion
- Certain boar or bear
- Female Tamworth
- Pig
- Scatter seeds for planting
- Opposite of reap
- She-swine
- Big mama on the farm
- What Tears for Fears will do to "The Seeds of Love"
- What Tears for Fears will do to "Seeds of Love"
- Female of the cassowary
- Plant by scattering
- Piglets nurser
- She lives in a sty
- What the reaper did
- Porcine parent
- Pen mom
- Farmyard mother
- Farm denizen
- Pen resident
- Spread, as discord
- Miss Piggy?
- What a farmer might do to hearten the cassowary?
- Strew, as seed
- Plant seeds for Miss Piggy?
- Mama pig
- Inculcate
- Female adult pig
- This female had to get out of something shady!
- So woolly headed, this female!
- Ms Tamworth
- Promulgate, as distrust
- Female slop eater
- Boar bearer
- 15-Across, in a way
- Frequent grunter
- Spread seeds on a farm
- Broadcast the storm centre's in the Cornish area
- Mother of piglets
- Slop-eating female
- Sty mom
- Bring about, as confusion
- Foment
- Sty wallower
- Mama Bear, e.g.
- To be reaped later
- Use seeds to hearten a cassowary
- Female on a farm
- Mother to piglets
- Broadcast in a manner so pointed!
- Lady sty dweller
- Scatter in earth
- Plant some seeds
- Spread some seeds
- Plant on a farm ... or animal on a farm
- Reap's counterpart
- Piglet's 20-Across
- She-swine in a pen
- Farm noun or verb
- Go to seed?
- Put down seeds
- Farming noun or verb
- Female 35-Across
- So wild this female!
- Female hedgehog
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 16, 2026
- Daily American - February 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 21, 2026
- LA Times - January 13, 2026
- LA Times - January 08, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 21, 2025
- LA Times - December 14, 2025
- New York Times - December 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 30, 2025
- Daily American - September 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 06, 2025
- Daily American - June 24, 2025
- Daily American - May 31, 2025
- New York Times - May 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2025
- LA Times - April 22, 2025
- LA Times - April 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 20, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 10, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 04, 2025
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