Clues for the word "SUB"
We've had 182 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 429 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on February 25, 2026.
Definition of sub
- n. - A subordinate; a subaltern.
Referring Clues
- Pinch hitter
- Hero
- Torpedo
- Long sandwich
- Stand in
- Second-stringer
- Relief
- Fill-in
- Grinder
- K-19, for one
- Sizable sandwich
- Not a starter
- Footlong, e.g.
- Fill in
- 40-Down, e.g.
- Temp
- Long lunch, for short
- Large sandwich, for short
- Come off the bench (for)
- Lead-in for zero or prime
- One may be needed after a sports injury
- Diving craft
- Undersea prowler
- Stand-in
- Chapter opener?
- Spitball target?
- Deli sandwich
- Nonstarter
- Benchwarmer
- U-boat, e.g.
- Bench rider
- One may be needed after an injury
- Deli offering
- Red October, for one
- Junior high temp
- Ready replacement
- Non-starter
- Sonar user
- Underwater vessel, briefly
- Basketball's "sixth man"
- Hero sandwich
- Underwater craft
- Temp teacher
- Basketball's "sixth man," e.g.
- Undersea craft
- Deli choice
- Guy on the bench
- Teaching temp
- Quiznos purchase
- Backup
- Watership down?
- Captain Nemo's workplace
- Classroom replacement
- Undersea prowler, briefly
- Torpedo, or its launcher
- Large lunch sandwich, for short
- Hefty sandwich
- Undersea craft (Abbr.)
- Undersea vessel
- Long lunch?
- Long lunch
- Deli order
- Navy vessel
- Grinder's kin
- Deli buy
- Big sandwich, for short
- Replacement
- Hoagie
- U-boat
- Stand in (for)
- Sit in (for)
- Fill in (for)
- Nemo's ship
- 104-Across, for one
- Voyager to the bottom of the sea
- The Nautilus, for one
- Craft with lethal tubes
- "Das Boot" setting, briefly
- Underwater craft, briefly
- Bench warmer
- Ocean traveler
- Underwater boat, for short
- Deli delight
- Quiznos offering
- Prefix for the answers to starred clues, and word needed for those clues to make sense
- Prefix for way or marine
- Easily pranked teacher, maybe
- Pinch-hitter
- U-boat, for one
- Part of a Quiznos combo meal
- Nautilus, e.g.
- Backup, briefly
- Classroom fill-in
- Classroom temp
- U-boat, for example
- Fill in for the teacher
- Underwater vessel, for short
- Bench player, for short
- Navy prowler
- Deli hero
- One coming off the bench
- Foot-long lunch
- Deli meal
- See 56-Down
- Temporary teacher
- Deli creation
- He'll give a starter a rest
- Verne's lunch?
- Clancy's Red October, e.g.
- Classroom stand-in
- Swap (out)
- Teacher who may get no respect, informally
- Hero in a deli
- Second-stringer in the game
- Underwater vessel
- Go in (for)
- Pinch hitter, e.g.
- Down in front?
- Any benchwarmer
- Temp worker
- Under goer?
- "Sixth man" in basketball
- Hero of the deli
- Normal or Arctic preceder
- Long deli sandwich
- Long sandwich or underwater vessel
- Second-string player
- Underwater vehicle
- Ship that can go underwater
- Big, long sandwich
- Deli specialty
- The Red October, e.g.
- Teacher for the day
- Type of woofers
- Seattle label ___ Pop
- Nirvana label ___ Pop
- Soundgarden label ___ Pop
- Reserve (abbr)
- Due to take bus back
- U-boat half sunk at Beachy Head
- Under-payment?
- Hero by another name
- Bench player
- Red October or the Nautilus
- Long lunch?
- Extended lunch?
- What Red October is in "The Hunt for Red October," for short
- Pinch hitter, say
- Quiznos order
- Silent runner, sometimes
- Aquatic vessel
- Lower payment?
- Footlong, for one
- Hoagy
- Teacher on call
- Hoagie, by another name
- Quiznos sandwich
- Periscope site
- Jersey Mike's offering
- A reduced payment
- Teacher's backup, for short
- Player coming off the bench, for short
- It's paid us to return to Brideshead
- Temporary teacher, informally
- Long sandwich, for short
- Long order
- The Crew: Mission Deep Sea vessel, informally
- One of the Germans' U-boats
- Vessel with a hatch, informally
- Lengthy lunch?
- Under-payment?
- Red October in "The Hunt for Red October," e.g.
- Bit of income for a magazine, informally
- Sammie
- Sandwich from Jersey Mike's
- Sandwich named for an underwater craft
- Sandwich you really need two hands to eat
- Sandwich also known as a hoagie
- Fill-in teacher, informally
- Teacher's cover
- Fill-in teacher
- Teacher for just a day, informally
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - February 25, 2026
- Mirror Daily - November 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 19, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 02, 2025
- New York Times - September 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 24, 2025
- New York Times - July 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 27, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 10, 2025
- Family Time - March 09, 2025
- LA Times - February 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 11, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 05, 2025
- USA Today - February 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 09, 2024
- New York Times - October 09, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 22, 2024
- LA Times - September 02, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 31, 2024
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