Clues for the word "SPRUCE"
We've had 63 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 99 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 08, 2026.
Definition of spruce
- a. - Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.
- a. - The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
- a. - Prussia leather; pruce.
- n. - Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.
- n. - Sprightly; dashing.
- v. t. - To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
- v. i. - To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
Referring Clues
- Spiff (up)
- Evergreen
- Neaten (up)
- Smart
- Type of evergreen
- "Blue" evergreen
- Tree that can be red, white, or blue
- Needle holder
- Coniferous tree
- Neat
- Pine family member
- ______ bud worm
- ______ Lake, New Brunswick
- Smarten (up)
- Christmas tree, often
- Evergreen tree
- Christmas tree, perhaps
- Evergreen type
- Tidy (up)
- Like Howard Hughes's Goose
- Conifer
- Well-groomed
- Manitoba's tree
- Make tidy
- Dapper
- Neaten, with "up"
- "Blue" tree
- A tree
- Trim a tree
- Cone-bearing evergreen
- Type of pine tree
- Smart - tree
- Trim
- Tree - tidy
- Deal turned out well
- Pine to be like a dandy?
- Being smart, curse wildly about a poor start
- Smart deal
- Smart and tidy - tree
- Far from messy wood
- Smart purse, unfortunately without a cent
- Tree
- How the bird looks after preening in the tree?
- Dapper - tree
- Tidy - fir
- Smart one with the cones
- Trim - conifer
- Neat - fir
- Smart club in super refit
- Well-groomed - tree
- 8 in good order
- Trim tree
- Tree can be picturesque (not quite, unfortunately)
- Christmas tree
- Neat tree
- It's growing dapper
- Christmas tree choice
- Many a Christmas tree
- Trim the tree
- Smart new purse made out of cowhide, initially
- Wood for violin-making
- Pine to be like a dandy?
- Common violin wood
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 08, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 03, 2026
- Your Life Choices - June 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 21, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 14, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 08, 2023
- USA Today - October 27, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - June 01, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 03, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 21, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 31, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 27, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - July 16, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - January 26, 2018
- Daily Quick - January 03, 2018
- Mindfood Daily - November 28, 2017
- Your Life Choices - November 18, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 10, 2017
- Guardian Quick - November 09, 2017
- And in 69 more crossword puzzles...