Clues for the word "SURGEON"
We've had 61 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 86 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on November 20, 2025.
Definition of surgeon
- n. - One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
- n. - Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
Referring Clues
- Walter Reed, e.g.
- Boy possessing drive becomes doctor (7)
- Tree ___ (pruner of diseased limbs, at times)
- Medical specialist
- Fracture fixer
- Tree___
- "Scalpel!" requester
- Operator, of a sort
- Big-time operator?
- Operation VIP
- Medical VIP
- Cutting-edge professional?
- Type of doctor performing operations
- Taking issue about press operator
- Doctor and nurse go out
- Doctor in the navy
- Compulsion at the heart of junior doctor
- Sawbones
- Swimmer lacks time for theatre worker
- Does he rush ahead with an operation?
- Urge son, perhaps, to get a job in the theatre
- 9 practitioner (through keyhole?)
- Wave aboard cutter
- Insist you take the child round to see someone at the hospital
- Doctor with a scalpel
- See 8
- Theatre worker
- Doctor in a theatre
- Boy with an inner compulsion to become a medical practitioner
- Medical practitioner - go nurse (anag)
- See 19
- Big-time operator?
- Dentist, dental ___
- Theatre doctor
- Operating doctor
- Scalpel wielder
- Rush in operation - when this person's busy
- Society to press on for what hospitals rely on
- Swell acting one may see in the theatre
- Rush over to see naval doctor
- Thus ringing, press number for operator
- Scottish minister no longer has temperature, doctor
- Child harbours desire to be a doctor
- Medical knife wielder
- Piece of steak with egg on for naval doctor
- Onset of stress? Give encouragement to one used to working in the theatre
- Rush about, being one responsible for operation
- 5 down enters child operator
- Sudden increase happening with cutter
- Child embraces press operator
- Senior doctor
- Rogue's new name for one working in theatre
- Offspring hiding desire for doctor
- Smooth operator, one would hope
- Do patients keep coming in streams to him?
- Move strongly ahead, maybe in the theatre
- Physician
- Might she rush ahead with an operation?
- He may swiftly go ahead and operate
- Does he rush ahead with an operation?
- Medical practitioner
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - November 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 10, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 20, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 20, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 20, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 26, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 27, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 13, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 01, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 22, 2024
- Your Life Choices - April 29, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 10, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 20, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - November 12, 2023
- Your Life Choices - October 16, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - September 02, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - August 09, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 07, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - June 29, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 20, 2022
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