Clues for the word "SPIRE"
We've had 117 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 266 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on September 22, 2026.
Definition of spire
- v. i. - To breathe.
- n. - A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
- n. - A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.
- n. - A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
- n. - The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- v. i. - To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
- n. - A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
- n. - The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
Referring Clues
- High riser
- Skyline feature
- Tower topper
- Cathedral topper
- Place for a finial
- Steeple
- Chrysler Building feature
- Chapel topper
- Horizon standout
- Skyline pointer
- One making a point at church?
- Church part
- Church bell locale
- Minaret
- Tapered tower topper
- Steeple top
- Small-town skyline feature
- Church topper
- Steeple topper
- Tower top
- Tapering top
- Pointy roof
- Skyline sight
- High point
- Chapel top
- Church top
- Empire State Building peak
- The point of church?
- Skyline sight, sometimes
- Church pinnacle
- Pyramidal peak, perhaps
- Church feature seen from a distance
- Cathedral top
- Church's peak
- Staple of gothic architecture
- Taper upward
- Tapering church feature
- High point?
- Kremlin feature
- The point of a church?
- Skyline highlight
- Cathedral feature
- Church steeple
- Church tower
- Symbol of piety
- Architectural topper
- Church feature
- A church could have one
- Steeple feature
- Pointy pinnacle
- Transamerica Pyramid feature
- Upper part of a steeple
- Tapering part
- Freedom Tower feature
- Part of a steeple
- Point up in the air?
- Church bell location
- Feature on a steeple
- Church riser
- Fleche
- Point made by architects
- Chapel feature
- Tall peak
- Point high up
- Steeple tip
- Tapered tip
- Burj Khalifa feature
- Sky scraper?
- Tapered church projection
- One World Trade Center topper
- What may be on the horizon?
- Skyline object
- Tower at the top of a church
- One of those dreaming of Oxford?
- Lofty construction of piers
- Church's upper point
- Skyline sight, perhaps
- High point for a churchgoer?
- Skyline standout
- Tapered topper
- Point to the sky?
- Architectural high point
- Village skyline feature
- Tip of a tower
- Burj Khalifa topper
- An architectural high point
- Steeple part
- Feature destroyed in the 2019 Notre Dame fire
- Church bell's place
- Skyscraper topper, perhaps
- High point of a skyline, perhaps
- Tapering structure on a church
- Pointy architectural feature
- Top of a tower
- Tapering structure
- Empire State Building topper
- Pointed church topper
- Part of the Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed by a 2019 fire
- Pointy church part
- Top seen by churchgoers
- Pointy feature on a roof
- One of those dreaming of Oxford?
- Turret
- Pointy feature on a church
- Pinnacle of religion?
- It points to heaven
- Cross site, often
- Skyscraper feature
- Architectural feature depicted between 7- and 8-Down
- Bryce Canyon formation
- Pointy part of a church
- Tall feature of a church
- Gothic architecture feature
- Cathedral tower
- Pointy church feature
- Skyscraper top
- Architectural feature above a belfry
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 22, 2026
- New York Times - August 11, 2026
- New York Times - June 28, 2026
- LA Times - June 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 29, 2025
- LA Times - September 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 22, 2025
- LA Times - March 29, 2025
- USA Today - March 13, 2025
- LA Times - March 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 30, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 11, 2025
- Daily American - December 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 15, 2024
- LA Times - July 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 26, 2024
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