Clues for the word "STAY"
We've had 371 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1216 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on February 18, 2026.
Definition of stay
- n. - A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.
- v. i. - To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
- v. i. - To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- v. i. - To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
- v. i. - To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
- v. i. - To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
- v. i. - To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
- v. i. - To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- v. i. - To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
- v. i. - To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
- v. i. - To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
- v. i. - To continue in a state.
- v. i. - To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
- v. i. - To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
- v. i. - To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
- v. i. - To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
- v. i. - To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
- v. i. - To change tack; as a ship.
- n. - That which serves as a prop; a support.
- n. - A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
- n. - Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
- n. - Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
- n. - Hindrance; let; check.
- n. - Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- n. - Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
Referring Clues
- Judge's order
- Postponement
- Command to Spot
- Gallows reprieve
- Arrest of action
- Command to Fido
- Corset part
- Command to Rover
- Blackjack option
- Supporting member
- "Don't move!"
- Abide
- Corset prop
- Admonition to Fido
- Stick around
- Sojourn
- Quote, part 6
- Command to a boxer
- Deferral
- Word to 17-Across
- Mast support
- Reinforcement
- "Sit" follower
- Nautical guy
- Hang out
- Host's request
- "Don't go!"
- Not leave
- Don't take off
- Collar support
- Don't dash off
- Dog command
- Not leave home
- "Don't leave!"
- Command to a boxer, perhaps
- Corset stiffener
- Hang in there
- Hang around
- Command to a dog
- Command for Rover
- Order to Fido
- Not split
- Legal suspension
- A judge might issue one
- Hotel visit
- Supporting piece
- Canine order
- Command to a canine
- Burn the midnight oil, with "up"
- "Freeze, Fido!"
- Remain
- Court order
- Collar stiffener
- Spend the night
- Obedience school command
- Legal postponement
- Don't leave
- "Don't move, Fido"
- Linger
- Governor's reprieve
- Legal delay
- "Don't budge, Bowser!"
- Postpone
- "Stick around"
- Reprieve from the governor
- "Don't move, Fido!"
- Court postponement
- Inn time
- Legal order
- Collar insert
- Don't run away
- Linger on
- Sit tight
- Canine command
- Keep
- Spot check?
- With 53-Down, spend the night
- Lisa Loeb's first hit
- Corset insert
- Days at an inn
- Visit
- Time at a hotel
- Not split?
- Not cut out
- Hang
- Not take off
- Length of residence
- Spend some time
- Collar accessory
- Motel visit
- Don't go
- Continue to be
- Don't move
- Wear out one's welcome
- Welcoming word
- Obedience-school word
- Court's postponement
- Dog show command
- Command to 10-Across
- Corset bone
- Forgo a hit
- Obedience class word
- Command for Fido
- Collar controller
- White collar worker?
- Whalebone, once
- Remain in place
- Dog school command
- Not get hit?
- Don't take another card
- Remain behind
- Jackson Browne tune
- Reprieve
- Word to a boxer?
- Reinforcement for a collar
- Legal reprieve
- Command to Lassie
- Suspension of a sort
- With 40-Across, coloring advice ... and literally so
- Guest's visit
- "___ tuned!"
- Layover
- "___ tuned!"
- Go no farther
- Shirt collar stiffener
- Collar feature
- Shirt collar thing
- ___ of execution
- Order to Rex
- "Don't move a muzzle!"
- "Don't move a muzzle!"
- Lab directive
- Legal stoppage
- Collar part
- Buttress
- "Don't leave"
- Go nowhere
- Order to Spot
- Don't budge
- Order to Rover
- Not budge
- Go no further
- Obedience-school lesson
- Wait around
- Don't go anywhere
- Tarry
- "Don't move, Spot!"
- Time at the hotel
- Not go
- Not be off
- Time spent
- Judge's issuance
- Don't exit
- Lab order
- Time at the inn
- Visitor's term
- Lab directive?
- "Don't move, Bowser!"
- Judge's reprieve
- Cancel a departure
- Vacation period
- Modern R&R option
- Word to Rover
- Neither raise nor fold
- Decide not to take a hit
- Time in an inn
- Stop awhile
- Don't depart
- Fastener
- "Sit!" relative
- "Don't go anywhere"
- Obedience-school command
- Remain in a certain state
- Forgo a hit, in Reno
- Long stopover
- Fail to leave
- Certain court order
- Collar piece
- Blackjack choice
- Neither fold nor raise
- Order to a dog
- Something booked on Travelocity
- "Don't leave me!"
- Time at a motel
- Vacation time
- Law order
- Remain here
- Postpone, as an execution
- 'Don't go!'
- Order in the court
- Stick it out
- Not skedaddle
- Command that a dog shouldn't follow
- With 31-Down, 'Don't go anywhere'
- Last-minute reprieve
- Endure
- Refuse to budge
- Command after "Sit!"
- Corset strip
- Order to stop
- "___ With Me" (Sam Smith hit)
- Command after 30-Across, often
- With 11-Down, 'Don't drop your guard!'
- Hold back
- Neither raise nor fold, in poker
- Suspension of a court case
- Spar rope
- Not fly the coop
- Moratorium
- Stop, Fido!
- Remain, to a dog
- Support
- "Don't move, doggie!"
- Word before "put" or "tuned"
- "on't move, Rover!22
- Remain for support
- Word before out or put
- "Oh, won't you ___, just a little bit longer"
- Lisa Loeb hit
- Jackson Browne "The Load-Out/___"
- Gloria Estefan "Can't ___ Away From You"
- Thin strip used to stiffen a garment
- Elvis Costello "Please ___"
- U2 "___ (Faraway, So Close!)"
- "I ___ Away" Alice in Chains
- 311 "Don't ___ Home"
- Village People "It's fun to ___ at the YMCA"
- Supporting rope or wire
- Put off - visit
- Reside
- Defer or continue support
- Keep going - or don't!
- Guy, for one, saves time
- Support - postponement
- Remain, for instance, outside the treatment centre
- Remain - support
- Keep an article in an enclosure
- Don't leave shore
- Remain - rope
- Don't go - postpone it
- Remain in support
- Rope to brace an upright
- Support the postponement
- Guy rope
- Brace of salmon's source? British river
- Remain a supporter
- Support - remain
- Stop and point at the river
- Guy to play the field, heartlessly
- Stop and speak about a junction?
- Tarry rope
- Pen circumventing a hindrance
- Instruction to a boxer
- Arrest a yob - some arrest!
- Hotel sojourn
- Visit of supporter
- Postpone a visit
- Visit (for the night)
- Check part of the rigging
- Rope bracing a mast etc
- Prop is to remain
- Wait for support
- Where there's no right to wander, don't!
- Speak about time for holiday
- Delay, for example, saves time
- Abide in support
- Rope of execution?
- Stopover
- Order to Benji
- Judicial reprieve
- Don't go for support
- Stop giving support
- Stop a second by the river
- Support for Guy
- Remain and speak is time consuming
- Stop tenor coming in, for example
- Go off course, lacking right support
- Stop agricultural leader being put in pen
- Wait for prop
- Possibly welcoming time for support
- Keep still or wander 25 10
- Hotel experience
- Legal pause
- Court suspension
- "___ With Me" (Sam Smith song)
- "Don't move, Poochie!"
- For example, put time in to give support
- Command to a dog after "Sit!"
- "Don't go out that door!"
- Lodge close to dangerous river
- "Don't move, Rover!"
- Bear up when there's a suspension
- Avoid getting hit?
- "Don't go, doggie!"
- Command after "sit," perhaps
- Bit of training accompanying "Sit!" and "Speak!"
- "Don't go!" kin
- Visit at an inn
- Keep in a sty
- "Please don't go!"
- Corset support
- Keep up (with)
- Mast's support
- Keep, say, about half of it
- Remain in the same place
- Canine command usually spoken slowly in a low voice
- Keep out of central Tooting, for instance
- Don't run off
- Temporary reprieve
- Pause in a legal process
- Inn visit
- Corset feature
- "___ woke!"
- Decide not to go
- Delay
- Dog command often given with a forward-facing palm
- "Don't move, pooch!"
- Keep going to the Nag's Head and turning nasty
- Word before "warm" or "woke"
- Opposite of "heel"
- One week, for many beach house rentals
- Request to an unwanted follower?
- Not go anywhere
- Night at an inn, e.g.
- Dog command that's the opposite of "Come!"
- Don't go yet
- "___ Hungry"
- Dog trainer's command
- "Wait there, Rover!"
- "Don't depart, doggie!"
- Common dog command
- Time spent at a hotel
- Legal deferral
- Command that one shouldn't follow
- 2012 Rihanna hit
- Remain where you are
- Airbnb visit, say
- Time at a resort
- "Don't leave yet"
- Time at a 57 Across
- Don't dash
- Command to Asta
- Directive before "awake" or "woke"
- "___ right here and don't move!"
- Teach your dog to do this
- Command to an eager puppy
- Common command to a pooch
- Dog command often issued with an outstretched palm
- Command to your dog
- Parting word to a dog
- Not move
- "Remain right there, you cute dog"
- When said three times, 2012 Taylor Swift song
- Collared shirt accessory
- "___ (I Missed You)" (1994 Lisa Loeb hit)
- Lisa Loeb's biggest hit
- Remain right here
- Don't go for an adjournment
- "Don't move," to a dog
- "Hang around a bit longer!"
- "I have more care to ___ than will to go": "Romeo and Juliet"
- Inn range?
- Court-ordered delay
- ___-at-home parent
- Keep an article in an untidy place
- "All You Had to Do Was ___" (Taylor Swift song)
- Obedience class command
- Lab request?
- Temporary halt, legally
- Corset component
- Hit's counterpart
Last Seen In
- Daily American - February 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 16, 2026
- New York Times - February 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 10, 2026
- Daily American - February 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 29, 2026
- New York Times - January 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 19, 2026
- LA Times - January 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 10, 2026
- Daily American - January 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 04, 2026
- LA Times - January 02, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 29, 2025
- New York Times - December 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 21, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 19, 2025
- Daily American - November 18, 2025
- New York Times - November 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2025
- New York Times - November 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 06, 2025
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 05, 2025
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