Clues for the word "STRAY"
We've had 145 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 304 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on April 01, 2026.
Definition of stray
- a. - To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- a. - To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
- a. - Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- v. t. - To cause to stray.
- v. i. - Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
- n. - Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.
- n. - The act of wandering or going astray.
Referring Clues
- Homeless animal
- It may be rounded up in a roundup
- Shelter adoptee
- Dogcatcher's catch
- Sin
- Range
- One may be impounded
- Leave the herd
- Drift
- Not stay on the path
- Leave the flock
- Alley cat, perhaps
- Leave the straight and narrow
- Shepherd's concern
- Alley cat
- Dogie
- Many a cat lover's acquisition
- Random
- Alley wanderer
- Dogcatcher's quarry
- Get off the beaten path
- Maverick
- Dogcatcher's quarry, at times
- Dog pound dog
- Pound impound
- ___ Cats ("Rock This Town" group)
- Digress
- Abandoned pet
- "___ Cat Strut" (1983 hit)
- Prospective adoptee
- It's weighed by the pound
- Wander off course
- Wander
- Errant
- Get sidetracked
- Wander off
- Leave the path
- Go away from the fold
- Leave the trail
- Sheepdog's target
- Go off the path
- Pound prospect
- It may be impounded
- Leave the beaten path
- Dogcatcher's pickup
- Lost calf
- Take the scenic route
- Ranch wanderer
- Wandering animal
- Pound dog
- Wander away
- Pickup for a pound
- Runaway
- Incidental
- Alley cat, e.g.
- Alley cat. e.g.
- Veer off the beaten path
- Lost dog
- Potential pet
- Dog found in the pound
- Wander off the path
- Range rover
- One feeling abandoned
- Homeless dog
- Homeless cat
- Move away from the crowd
- Lab at large, perhaps
- Cattle drive concern
- Rescued one, hopefully
- Waif
- Cowpuncher's worry
- Occurring as an isolated instance
- Animal shelter animal
- Pound resident
- Go off on a tangent
- Back-alley cat, e.g.
- Shelter dog
- Go off the trail
- Lost livestock
- Animal shelter arrival
- Good candidate for adoption
- Wander from the path
- Wander off, turning on the light
- Go off course
- Homeless hound, maybe
- Deviate
- Lost calf, for example
- Wander off but don't go across river
- Saint Raymond the Wanderer
- Rescue shelter resident
- Err
- Cat without a home
- ___ Cats
- Wander around with trays
- Wander off - say about two fifths of a metre
- Homeless creature's holy light?
- The odd street light?
- Waif to settle outside Reading
- Street light out of its proper place?
- Stop about right? On the contrary
- Boxer in need of training, maybe
- Be a leaver of the pack
- Foundling an artist depicted in a hovel
- Remain right inside, or wander off
- Part of a pound?
- Roam
- The odd street light out of place?
- Wander haphazardly
- Wander from the correct path
- Pound hound
- Lose one's way
- Pound inhabitant
- Pound pup
- Pickup by the pound?
- Candidate for adoption
- Potential rescue
- Like a vagabond boy on the street
- Go afield
- Dogcatcher's prey
- The odd street light?
- Shelter adoptee, perhaps
- Be unfaithful
- Alley cat, for example
- Scattered
- Go off course, say about two-fifths of a metre
- Saintly name for the wanderer
- Get off topic
- Pound-bound hound, say
- Deviate from the course
- Many a pound adoptee
- Move away from the group
- Many a pet shelter pet, at one point
- Wandering pet
- Many a shelter dog
- Wander afield
- Street light out of its proper place?
- Adoptee, at times
- Dogcatcher's target
- Cheat, so to speak
- Type of animal that needs a home
- Many a shelter rescue
- Wander from the group
- Many a shelter animal
- Go way off
- Not follow the path
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 01, 2026
- New York Times - March 24, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 23, 2026
- New York Times - March 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 22, 2025
- Daily American - December 16, 2025
- Mirror Mini - December 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 18, 2025
- LA Times - November 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 10, 2025
- New York Times - May 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - April 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 19, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 03, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 28, 2025
- Family Time - February 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 30, 2025
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