Clues for the word "SPIRIT"
We've had 136 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 209 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on October 17, 2026.
Definition of spirit
- n. - Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- n. - A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
- n. - Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
- n. - The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
- n. - Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
- n. - Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
- n. - Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
- n. - One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
- n. - Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
- n. - Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
- n. - Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
- n. - Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
- n. - Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
- n. - A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
- n. - Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- n. - Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
- v. t. - To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
- v. t. - To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
Referring Clues
- Rapper?
- Party to a séance
- Apparition
- Ghost
- "Kentucky: Unbridled ___" (state slogan)
- Life force
- Enthusiasm
- Spunk
- Intent
- "Guest of honor" at a seance
- Supernatural being
- "Blithe ___" (Coward play)
- Opportunity's fellow Mars rover
- Elan
- Temper
- Team asset
- General intent, as of the law
- Whisk (away)
- "The ___ is willing . . ."
- Vitality
- He is holy, to many
- Medium contact?
- Lindbergh's The ___ of St. Louis
- Team morale, e.g.
- Medium contact
- Team morale
- Liveliness
- Team plus
- Panache
- Word on Lindbergh's plane
- Medium's contact
- Gusto
- Verve
- "The ___ is willing ..."
- See 49-Across
- Ghost or gusto
- Brio
- Vim
- *Séance contact
- Easter prayer part 3
- Ghostly figure
- Holiday follower?
- Genie or poltergeist
- Mood
- Mettle
- Seance contact
- Haunted-house resident
- Poltergeist
- Incorporeal consciousness
- Seance visitor
- Zeal
- Fervor
- Airline with ultralow fares
- Soul
- Demon, e.g.
- Scrooge visitor
- Florida-based airline
- A good team should have it
- Holy ___ (one of the Trinity)
- Psyche
- Pep
- Pep rally intangible
- Hoped-for visitor at a seance
- Team's asset
- "Smells Like Teen ___"
- Soul - ethos
- Drool over Irish bottle
- Drive close to Ferrari in journeys westward
- Ghost - pluck
- Alcohol providing animation
- Vital force - apparition
- The hard stuff is grit
- Pharmaceutical experiences take one back to being incorporeal
- Steal away to have a drink
- Carry it off with verve
- Mood - ghost - liquor
- See 22
- Energy supply? Dave ignored privatised wrongdoing
- Mood - ghost - alcohol
- Do such lamps give a ghostly light?
- Liquor quality
- Short of energy and enthusiasm
- Liveliness - hard liquor
- Demon alcohol?
- Courage and its Dutch origin?
- The meaning of life
- Distilled liquor
- Eg gin bottle
- Scotch hwyl?
- Pluck
- Spectre - alcohol
- Jacob Marley in "A Christmas Carol," e.g.
- Apathy opposite
- Moxie
- Demon drink?
- Spar deployed around isle (Rum?)
- Ghost coming out of the drinks cabinet?
- Whisky? It's vital!
- Phantom, ghost
- The sort of drink to give one courage
- A shade animated?
- Whisky bottle?
- One in climbing jaunts needs mettle
- Animation
- "Holy" thing
- Team ___ (good morale)
- Alcohol bottle
- See 6
- Tears up the article on courage
- A drink in the shade
- Rah-rah attitude
- A drink that's lacking in body?
- Booze bottle
- Pluck and steal off with
- State of mind brought about by drink?
- Stumbles back with one, in the clutches of booze!
- As drunk for courage?
- Halloween store and airline
- Poltergeist, e.g.
- Exorcist's target
- Temperament
- Two-___
- Seance invitee
- Séance contact
- ___ of St. Louis
- Christmas ___
- Word after "team" or "two"
- "That's the ___!"
- Attitude
- Genie of the lamp?
- Budget airline with yellow planes
- Do such lamps give a ghostly light?
- Vital spark
- One might be summoned
- Gin or djinn, e.g.
- Mood brought about by drink?
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - October 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 20, 2026
- Mirror Mini - August 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - May 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 31, 2025
- New York Times - January 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 18, 2024
- Mirror Mini - November 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 03, 2024
- USA Today - September 29, 2024
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