Clues for the word "SWAN"
We've had 243 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 496 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on February 19, 2025.
Definition of swan
- n. - Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
- n. - Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
- n. - The constellation Cygnus.
Referring Clues
- "I will play the ___, and die in music": Emilia
- Pen that swims
- Majestic swimmer
- Kind of dive
- Beautiful swimmer
- Graceful bird
- Certain trumpeter
- Kind of song
- Exemplar of grace
- Ugly Duckling, eventually
- Park lake denizen
- Lohengrin, the Knight of the ___
- Trumpeter in the park
- ___ song (final appearance)
- E. B. White's "The Trumpet of the ___"
- Whooper, e.g.
- Pavlova portrayal
- Bird in a bevy
- Pen with eggs
- Long-necked bird
- Ugly Duckling, in reality
- Bird on a lake
- Exemplar of grace
- Epitome of grace
- Zeus, in another form
- "___ Lake"
- Sweet ___ of Avon (epithet for Shakespeare)
- Pen, e.g.
- Symbol of gracefulness
- Graceful swimmer
- Trumpeter with a prominent neck
- Type of dive
- Lake paddler
- Goose's cousin
- Type of dive or song
- Adult ugly duckling
- Cob, for one
- Graceful type of dive
- Type of song or dive
- Water bird
- Long-necked trumpeter
- Ballet bird
- Trumpeter on the water
- Ugly duckling, in time
- Long-necked swimmer
- "___ Lake"
- Adult cygnet
- Type of song
- Classic ballet role
- Kind of a dive
- Aquatic bird
- Nonspeaking role in "Parsifal"
- Symbol of grace
- Ugly Duckling, actually
- Park swimmer
- Trumpeting bird
- Slender-necked swimmer
- Odette's daytime form
- Ballet's Odette, alternatively
- The Ugly Duckling, eventually
- Avian trumpeter
- Tchaikovsky heroine's animal form
- Trumpeter, for one
- Origami creature, sometimes
- Avian ballet role
- Noted lake
- Graceful dive
- Word with dive or Lake
- Famous lake
- Trumpeter, e.g.
- Tchaikovsky heroine
- Word with dive or song
- Origami output, sometimes
- Ugly duckling, ultimately
- Long-necked beauty
- Constellation next to the Dragon, with "the"
- Hans Christian Andersen's ugly duckling
- Former ugly duckling
- Origami project
- Mila Kunis film, "Black ___"
- Natalie Portman movie, "Black ___"
- Graceful aquatic bird
- Tchaikovsky's "--- Lake"
- Former cygnet
- Kind of song or dive
- ___ dive
- Nonspeaking role in "Parsifal"
- 2010 film, "Black ___"
- ____ Lake, Manitoba
- Cygnet
- "black___"
- "Black ___" (2010 film)
- Zeus' disguise when fathering Helen of Troy
- "Black ___" (2010 film)
- Pen or cob
- Cignet
- Pond swimmer
- Cygnet's parent
- Erstwhile ugly duckling
- Ugly duckling, later on
- Graceful white bird
- Duck's kin
- Stately swimmer
- Portman or Kunis, in a 2010 film
- Ballet lake
- It's depicted by a cello melody in "The Carnival of the Animals"
- Kind of a dive, or a migratory bird
- Bird that may be mute
- Pavlova portrayed one over 4,000 times
- The ugly duckling, when grown
- Sibelius' "The ___ of Tuonela"
- Graceful trumpeter
- "Black ___": 2010 Natalie Portman film
- Word with song or dive
- Bird in a Hans Christian Andersen tale
- Goose's relative
- Streamlined swimmer
- Ugly Duckling's mother
- Ugly duckling, as it turned out
- Word before dive or song
- Graceful, long-necked bird
- Graceful avian swimmer
- Grown cygnet
- Goose cousin
- Ballerina role, sometimes
- Graceful long-necked bird
- Web-footed waterfowl
- Gottfried, in "Lohengrin"
- Duck relative
- A cygnet is a baby one
- The Ugly Duckling, actually
- Large water bird
- "___ Lake": ballet
- Graceful waterbird
- Ugly duckling, as we learn later
- Well-known role for a ballerina
- Elegant lake swimmer
- What the Ugly Duckling became
- Origami bird
- White bird
- ___ song
- "___ Lake" (ballet)
- Northern constellation, with "The"
- Large white bird
- Winged symbol of grace
- Dive or song
- Graceful water bird
- Ballerina role, perhaps
- Bird beginning to seem pale
- Bird that is small and pale
- Graceful lake bird
- The Ugly Duckling, really
- T. Rex "Ride a White ___"
- Zep's label ___ Song
- Mazzy Star "Among My ___"
- Zeppelin "___ Song"
- Whooper or trumpeter?
- Royal bird
- 1 small and pale
- Pole with pale on river
- Cob - pen
- A bird so loveless and sickly
- See 10
- Tchaikovsky's pen was shaking at start of Nutcracker
- White to satisfy clothes for Covent Garden favourite
- Physicist who had a real "light bulb" moment saw out Newton
- Large aquatic bird
- Cygnet, when grown up
- Schubert"s "Wanderer" from this pen?
- Shakespeare was Avon's? Not initially
- Whooper, perhaps
- Bird of endless ostentation
- Pen, for example, initially used by student writing awful note
- Thames paddler
- Form in which Zeus appeared to Leda
- Fully-grown cygnet
- Bird or bard beginning to seem pale
- A bird such as this may be seen in Egyptian city
- Perhaps Keats regularly saw Fanny?
- Kind of song, in the end
- Small pale bird
- R's a bird (another R has two Es)
- Aussie runner's small and pale
- "___ Lake" (Tchaikovsky ballet)
- Lake or dive preceder
- Long-necked white bird
- Wild trumpeter
- Waterfowl
- Word before dive or Lake
- Trumpeter in the wild
- The Ugly Duckling, later
- River flowing through Perth, Australia
- Magnificent bird
- Gloria Gaynor's first and last gig?
- Lake of ballet
- Mute bird
- Graceful swimming bird
- One of seven birds "a-swimming"
- Pavlova role
- Park pond denizen
- Waterbird with a long neck
- Grown-up cygnet
- Shape of many a paddle boat
- Bird in Saint-Saëns' "The Carnival of the Animals"
- Outdoor trumpeter
- Christmas song swimmer
- Duck cousin
- Bird that usually mates for life
- Ballet title bird
- Ugly duckling, as it turns out
- Graceful dabbler
- Seventh-day carol bird
- Pond paddler
- Pond glider
- Equine : horse :: cygnine : ___
- Graceful lake denizen
- Bird that glides when swimming
- Former ugly duckling, in story
- Word before "song" or "dive"
- Long-necked graceful bird
- With 109-Across, sharp decline
- Bird of the genus Cygnus
- Goose relative
- Large waterbird
- Common origami bird
- Natural trumpeter
- Airily departing singer?
- Lead-in to son or song
- Waterbird associated with the constellation Cygnus
- Goose's graceful relative
- Some paddleboats are shaped like one
- Bird symbolizing grace
- Cygnus constellation, with "the"
- Waterbird that mates for life
- Ugly duckling's true self
- Shape of some paddleboats
- K) What the ugly duckling turned into
- The ugly duckling's mother
- Gift on the seventh day of Christmas
- One of seven "a-swimming" in a Christmas carol
- ___ song (final act)
- White lake bird
- Black and/or white water bird
Last Seen In
- Daily American - February 19, 2025
- New York Times - February 18, 2025
- Daily American - January 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 21, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 09, 2024
- Daily American - November 07, 2024
- LA Times - October 29, 2024
- Daily American - October 04, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 17, 2024
- USA Today - September 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 16, 2024
- New York Times - June 25, 2024
- Daily American - June 16, 2024
- New York Times - May 27, 2024
- LA Times - May 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 02, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 25, 2024
- New York Times - April 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 15, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2024
- LA Times - March 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 18, 2024
- Daily American - January 09, 2024
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