Clues for the word "SPRIG"
We've had 126 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 352 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 14, 2026.
Definition of sprig
- n. - A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
- n. - A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
- n. - A brad, or nail without a head.
- n. - A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
- v. t. - To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
Referring Clues
- Bit of parsley
- Young fellow
- Shoot
- Watercress unit
- Small plant shoot
- Small branch
- Parsley portion
- Garnish, possibly
- Bit of mistletoe
- Mistletoe bit
- Small spray
- Parsley bit
- Cutting
- Offshoot
- Parsley piece
- More than a hint of mint
- Holly piece
- Hint of mint
- Piece of holly
- Garnish piece
- Short spray
- Parsley serving
- Mistletoe piece
- Parsley unit
- Floral ornament
- Tiny bouquet
- Bit of green
- Piece of parsley
- Small cutting
- Twig
- Basil amount
- Bit of mistletoe or holly
- Branchlet
- Garnish amount
- Baby branch
- Garnish unit
- A bit of parsley
- Unit of parsley
- Bit of rosemary, say
- Bit of holly
- Green spray
- Little shoot
- A garnish, often
- Rosemary piece
- New growth
- Mint garnish
- Thyme piece
- Bit of basil
- Mistletoe branch
- A small twig
- Parsley amount
- Twig with leaves
- Parsley part
- Leaf of grass
- Green garnish
- Spray
- Small shoot
- Herb bit
- Parsley branch
- Shoot small beast crossing river
- Small shoot or twig
- Spray of flowers (5)
- Spray of flowers
- Small twig
- Small spray of flowers
- Small stem with leaves or flowers
- Small branch or shoot
- Head of school, goody-goody young man
- Spray for special dress
- Branch displaying special equipment
- Shoot in due season, new to emerge
- Spray from water outflow not new
- Shoot - twig
- Stem of holly, for example
- Young shoot
- Young person spelling "garb"
- Shoot second person, to be precise
- Sucker in starting price swindle
- Appropriate season, although no new shoot seen
- Knight leaves spa for shoot
- Twig a starting price swindle
- Plant shoot
- Son to Holy Joe is a rare youth
- Shoot southern puritan
- Shoot Southern sanctimonius type
- Shoot 5 across - point taken
- Season without nature's first shoot
- Shoot gun in rather packed saloon, every head looking up
- Shoot the rotten prigs!
- Shoot small animal seen over top of ridge
- Possibly grips a branch
- Shoot in season, having no end of fun
- Thyme bit
- Shoot gun if really pressurised, snipers all heading northward
- Shoot a pedant to the bottom of the class!
- Shoot the pedant to the bottom of the class!
- Rosemary bit
- Parsley garnish
- Thyme piece?
- Holly bit
- Piece of mistletoe
- Rosemary unit
- Piece of garnish
- Small stem
- Possibly grips a little holly
- Minor branch organised by prigs
- Shakily grips a branch
- New shoot
- Budding holly?
- Parsley or sage piece
- Bit of mint
- Thyme unit
- Julep garnish
- Piece of basil
- Herb unit
- Herb piece
- Bit of greenery
- Herb cutting
- Bit of thyme
- Lavender unit
- Bit of rosemary
- Shoot or spray
- Bit of sage or rosemary
- Unit of cilantro
- Shoot that smug fellow to the back of the class!
- Snippet of greenery
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 02, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 15, 2025
- New York Times - October 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 17, 2025
- LA Times - September 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 14, 2025
- New York Times - June 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 29, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 04, 2024
- LA Times - November 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 02, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 28, 2024
- USA Today - October 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 15, 2024
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