Clues for the word "SPAN"
We've had 215 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 868 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 20, 2026.
Definition of span
- - imp. & p. p. of Spin.
- v. t. - The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
- v. t. - Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
- v. t. - The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.
- v. t. - A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
- v. t. - A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
- v. t. - To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
- v. t. - To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
- v. t. - To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
- v. i. - To be matched, as horses.
- imp. - of Spin
Referring Clues
- Go over
- Bridge
- Cross
- Distance between pillars
- Bridge unit
- C follower
- Attention ___
- Distance
- Animal team
- Farm team
- Extent
- Nine inches
- Time period
- Attention amount
- Pair of oxen
- Golden Gate section
- Time or life follower
- Reach across
- Link, in a way
- Wings' measure
- C-___
- The Golden Gate's is 4,200 feet
- Full extent
- Wing-to-wing measure
- Go across
- Arch
- Hand measure
- Ending with time or life
- Stretch of time
- Period of time
- Approximately 1,600 feet, for the Brooklyn Bridge
- Stretch
- Duration
- Month or year
- Stretch across
- Bridge section
- Wing measurement
- Stretch over
- Serve as a bridge over
- Interval
- Wing tip-to-wing tip dimension
- Bridge length
- Nine inches, commonly
- Bridge distance
- Extend across
- Thumb-to-pinkie measure
- Bridge statistic
- Handy unit of measurement?
- Wingtip-to-wingtip dimension for an airplane
- 6-Across, for one
- Extend over
- The S of BASE jumping
- Hand measurement
- Touch both banks of
- Some time
- Wing tip-to-wing tip distance
- Wing statistic
- Cross over
- Reach
- Make a crossing of
- Serve as a bridge
- Part of a bridge
- Cover
- Go from end to end
- London Bridge is a famous one
- Bridge (over)
- Formerly used hand measure
- Thumb-to-pinkie distance
- Wingtip-to-wingtip dimension
- Distance between wing tips
- Bridge part
- Nine-inch spread
- Word with wing or life
- Bridge measurement
- Act as a bridge
- Wingspread
- Extend across, as a bridge
- Breadth
- Nine-inch measure
- Quarter of a yard
- Measurement for a bird
- Wingspread, say
- Traverse
- Thumb-pinkie distance
- Reach over
- Length
- Airplane wing measure
- 9-inch measure
- Wingtip-to-wingtip measure
- Year, e.g.
- Range
- Goes across
- Decade or century
- Distance between wingtips
- Pinkie-to-thumb measure
- From here to there
- Reach across, as time or space
- Stable measurement?
- Bridge stat
- Pianist's reach
- Straddle
- Form a link between
- Distance across
- Hand's breadth
- Link between banks
- Team of oxen
- Plane measure
- Part of an engineering project
- Gap to bridge
- Bridge measure
- Airplane's full width
- Complete duration of something
- Complete duration
- Nine inches, once
- C-___ (DC cable channel)
- Half a cubit, once
- Bridge (a gap)
- Wingtip-to-wingtip figure
- Width
- Connect, as riverbanks
- Pass over
- Decade, e.g.
- Extend
- From wing tip to wing tip
- Spick and ___
- Swenson of "Benson"
- Length of a bird's wings
- Measure
- Bridge of small vessel
- Bridge's length
- Hand width
- Spread
- Bridge genres
- General public might have a short attention one
- Rocker might have a short attention one
- Time period in music
- Rebelution "Attention ___"
- Listener might have a short attention one
- Steeleye ___ , British folk-rock band, formed 1969
- Bridge - rotated
- Extent - 23cm
- Go across for bridge
- Inhabitant of Madrid perhaps, not half cross
- See 24
- Complete extent
- Extent of 20
- Extent - 9 inches
- Length of bridge - 9 inches!
- Bridge - spick and ___
- European country with one short bridge
- The games up by the interval
- Hand's width
- A lifetime of bridge
- Takes forty winks, turning over to stretch
- Extent - about 9 inches
- Cover small vessel
- Bridge four in the yard
- Fresh pair of horses
- The extent of two 28s, perhaps
- I moved out of country for a length of time
- Bit of bridge info
- Tidy, spick & ___
- Bridge of a quarter of a yard
- Part of enormous pantechnicon stuck on bridge
- Sleeps standing up for a period
- I leave the country for a time
- Extent, space
- Bridge partners holding two pairs
- Resort with northern stretch
- Stretch that Eve did?
- Nine inches between wing tips?
- Brisk punishment
- Cross, if oversleeps?
- Wingtip-to-wingtip measurement
- Have a short attention ___
- Arch across
- Wingtip-to-wingtip distance
- Reach across, as a bridge
- Lifetime of bridge?
- Measure bridge
- Form a bridge across
- Width, extent
- Distance between bridge supports
- Cover for a spell
- Reach both banks of
- Length of a bridge
- About 4,200 feet, for the Golden Gate Bridge
- Life time
- Connect, as two banks
- Bridge across
- Connect the banks of
- Length of time
- Measure of time or airplane wings
- Spread across
- "Life" or "wing" follower
- Distance from wing to wing
- Full duration
- C-___ (congressional channel)
- Tip-to-tip measure
- It bridges the spring at Preston's North End
- Period
- Distance from wingtip to wingtip
- Wing measure
- Wing-to-wing measurement
- Run from here to there?
- About 200 feet, for a Boeing 777
- Wing spread
- "Wing" or "time" follower
- Time measurement
- About 80 meters, for an Airbus A380
- Era
- Word after life or C
- Over 3,500 feet, for the George Washington Bridge
- Eagle's wing-to-wing distance
- Distance from end to end
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2026
- New York Times - February 17, 2026
- Daily American - February 14, 2026
- Mirror Mini - January 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 02, 2025
- New York Times - November 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 09, 2025
- Daily American - November 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 08, 2025
- LA Times - October 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 04, 2025
- LA Times - September 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 06, 2025
- LA Times - July 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 19, 2025
- LA Times - July 12, 2025
- LA Times - July 06, 2025
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