Clues for the word "STRAY"
We've had 136 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 251 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on March 12, 2024.
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?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - March 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 02, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 02, 2024
- Daily American - December 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 30, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2023
- LA Times - October 22, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 19, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 13, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 26, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - September 14, 2023
- USA Today - September 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 04, 2023
- USA Today - August 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 09, 2023
- Mirror Daily - July 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 08, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 07, 2023
- New York Times - April 24, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 19, 2023
- Mirror Daily - March 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 29, 2022
- Family Time - November 27, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - October 29, 2022
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