Clues for the word "TARTAR"
We've had 97 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 186 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on December 02, 2025.
Definition of tartar
- n. - A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.
- n. - A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
- n. - A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.
- n. - A person of a keen, irritable temper.
- a. - Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
- n. - See Tartarus.
Referring Clues
- Unwanted buildup
- Prophylaxis target
- Canine cover
- Tooth buildup
- Calculus
- Calculus for canines?
- Kind of sauce
- Dentist's target
- Kind of control
- Dentist's concern
- Subject of Genghis Khan
- Sauce type
- Sauce for seafood
- Fish sauce
- ___ sauce: seafood serving
- Seafood sauce
- What dentists call "calculus"
- Horde member
- Tooth deposit
- Genghis Khan follower
- Sole sauce
- ___ sauce: seafood serving
- Enamel enemy
- Sauce for fish sticks
- What dentists call "calculus"
- ___ sauce (Seafood condiment)
- Dental concern
- Cream of ___
- Toothpaste target
- See 29 Across
- Dental buildup
- Sauce with fried fish
- Deposit on teeth
- Deposit on teeth
- ___ sauce
- Canine's coat?
- Fish-and-chips sauce
- Calculus, familiarly
- Sauce with sole
- Dentists scrape it off
- Dentist's least favorite sauce?
- See 29-Across
- Calculus for dentists
- Fierce person
- ___ sauce (seafood topping)
- Winemaking byproduct
- A difficult mate
- Buzzati novel, "The___Steppe"
- Cask deposit
- Fried shrimp sauce
- Mongol
- Formidable person seen with a couple of sailors
- Deposit that forms on teeth
- Hard deposit on the teeth
- Deposit that forms on the teeth
- Sauce with fish sticks
- Incrustation on teeth and gums
- Hard deposit of two salts
- Jack, once more, is a fierce fellow
- Jack's double is a fearsome fellow
- Deposit on the teeth
- Sailor Jack is a fierce fellow!
- Hard, crusty deposit on the teeth
- Salts forming deposit on teeth
- Canine buildup
- Fierce person creating problem with teeth
- Fearsome person
- Fearsome person: kind of sauce
- Someone feared two strike-breakers turning up
- Dental calculus
- He's known for his ferocity and skill in fanciful art
- Dental affliction
- Jack, we repeat, is a fierce fellow
- Dental hygienist's removal
- Fierce fellow (the toothy type?)
- Jack, once again, is a fierce fellow
- Sailors' sort of sauce
- Sauce for fried fish
- He has a pair of jacks
- Sauce type with mayonnaise
- Brushing target
- Hard deposit on teeth
- What a dental scaler removes
- Sour, hard-hearted, fearsome fellow
- Beside himself, Jack's a fierce fellow
- Fish sticks with ___ sauce
- Certain dental issue
- ___ sauce (serving with fried fish)
- It builds up on teeth
- Calculus, in dentistry
- Jack, we repeat, won't do your teeth any good
- ___ sauce: seafood dressing
- Jack, again, is a fierce fellow
- Toothbrush target
- Dental detritus
- ___ sauce (fish sticks condiment)
- The terrible fellow twice turned traitor!
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 11, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 09, 2025
- USA Today - March 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2025
- New York Times - January 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 01, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 31, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 03, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 17, 2024
- Daily American - June 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 02, 2024
- LA Times - April 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 29, 2024
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