Clues for the word "TELLTALE"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 104 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 25, 2026.
Definition of telltale
- a. - Telling tales; babbling.
- n. - One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
- n. - A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.
- n. - A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
- n. - A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
- n. - A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
- n. - The tattler. See Tattler.
Referring Clues
- Betraying
- Like the heart in a Poe story
- Revealing
- Type of heart in a Poe story
- Poe's 'The ___ Heart'
- Revealing, like the heart in a Poe title
- Revelatory
- Like Poe's heart
- Squash term
- Heart of a Poe poem?
- Blabbermouth
- Revealing, as a remark
- Really revealing
- Revealing type of sign?
- Warning device
- Tattler
- Revealing what is meant to be secret
- Sneak
- Revelatory - blabbermouth
- Snitch
- He'll spill the beans on how to get kids to sleep
- Monitoring device - gossip
- What 13 does is 8
- Informer - monitoring device
- Revealing story of Swiss resistance?
- Swiss legend possibly revealing secrets
- Revealing or betraying something
- Revealing (sign)
- Archer gets Troy beer - that's revealing
- Informer had to identify dog, we hear
- Swiss hero's story is revealing
- Outward indication of something concealed
- Revealing lines in a letter, sadly, Romeo erased
- Informer
- Heart in a Poe story
- Revealing backside reportedly, kiss partner first?
- Indication
- Like Poe's title heart
- Particularly revealing
- Clear sign
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 25, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - December 25, 2025
- Daily American - October 21, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 10, 2025
- Daily American - March 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 26, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 14, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 07, 2024
- Your Life Choices - May 05, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 25, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 04, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 01, 2024
- Daily American - October 21, 2023
- LA Times - September 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 06, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 28, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 11, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 08, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 05, 2023
- Mirror Daily - May 27, 2023
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