Clues for the word "THIN"
We've had 183 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 456 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of thin
- superl. - Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
- superl. - Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
- superl. - Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
- superl. - Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
- superl. - Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
- superl. - Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- superl. - Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
- adv. - Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
- v. t. - To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
- v. i. - To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.
Referring Clues
- Significantly underweight
- Like a dime
- Dilute
- Waiflike
- Lean
- Hairline
- Slender item with no back (4)
- Slicing request
- Like India paper
- Watered down
- Like a beanpole
- Svelte
- Weak
- Slender
- Lacking volume
- Underweight
- Skinny
- Not safe to skate on, say
- ___ as a rail
- Vanish into ___ air
- Like a wafer
- Like Olive Oyl
- Diaphanous
- Like broth
- Slenderize
- Without much substance
- Like tissue paper
- Reedy
- Far from obese
- Slight in build
- Twiggy-like
- Word after paper or before skinned
- Flimsy
- Pizza crust option
- Rarefied
- Weak, as a plot
- Spare
- Not obese in the least
- Like a good loser?
- Watery
- Waferlike
- Flimsy, as a plot
- Sparse
- Water down
- Tissuelike
- Sparsely distributed
- Like dimes
- Far from plentiful
- Weed out
- Add water to
- Prune
- Pizza-crust type
- Add water, e.g.
- Weak, as a novel plot
- Like string beans
- Scanty
- Dime description
- Thick partner
- Like a shaving
- Companion of thick
- Like air in Denver
- Emaciated
- Add water to, perhaps
- Very slender
- Unconvincing
- Like a fine line
- Add water
- Pizza crust order
- Skin-and-bones
- Like a sylph
- Lank
- Make more watery
- Like a poor argument
- Overly diluted
- Like some pizza crust
- Like waifs or wafers
- Slim
- Willowy
- Not upscale?
- Like a waif or wafer
- ___ Mints
- Underfed, maybe
- ___ mint
- Gaunt
- Sheer
- Meager
- Gracile
- Lean, narrow
- Flimsy, as an excuse
- Crispy mate at Papa John's
- Deli slicing request
- Narrow
- Word ladder, part 6
- Like dangerous ice
- Insubstantial
- Rare
- Like a rail
- *73-/75-Across
- Not abundant
- Wispy
- Like wafers
- Not in need of a diet
- Attenuated
- With 13-Down, it's risky to skate on
- Rarefied, as air
- Through thick and ___
- Like a dime, in a saying
- Like Laurel, but not Hardy
- Opposite of obese
- Lanky
- Not needing to diet
- See 54-Across
- Add water to, say
- Pizza crust choice
- Like gruel
- Not fat
- Opposite of thick
- Spare cash finally found in can
- Some bathing suits are flimsy
- Opposite of fat
- ___ Lizzy
- Huey Lewis "Walking on a ___ Line"
- Black Crowes "Thick n' ___"
- Avenged Sevenfold "Thick and ___"
- "The Boys Are Back in Town" ___ Lizzy
- Ponder almost getting slim
- Meagre
- The spare you have in a bag to go swimming
- Description of fashion model - just a bit of nothing
- Slight hint maybe
- All but the end of the article is fine
- So slight as to seem less than nothing?
- Consider: short and spare
- Spare item is short
- Having little width
- Feeble affair lacking gravity
- Fine
- Slim - watery
- Hammetts The ___ Man
- Diluted
- Showing a possible hint of undernourishment
- Dangerous ice is so watery
- Unconvincing philosophy with no place for king
- Insubstantial vessel gets hot inside
- Can accommodate Henry being somewhat anorexic
- Slim, as a dime
- Deli slicer option
- Deli slicer setting
- On the ground, perhaps, too weak to stand up?
- Pretty scrawny in a bathing suit
- Slender object? Not entirely
- Unfinished article that's rather weak
- Become less dense, with "out"
- Resembling a beanpole
- Poor reason to have king deposed
- Vague hint with little substance
- Not a very strong hint, possibly?
- Girl Scouts' ___ Mints
- Slight, subtle hint
- Delicate hint, perhaps
- Not at all thick
- Word before "crust" or "skin"
- Skating on ___ ice
- Pretty unconvincing version of "23"
- Slight hint, possibly
- Lacking substance
- Weak, as a case
- Like Girl Scout "Mints"
- ___ Mints (Girl Scout cookies)
- "Don't spread yourself too ___"
- Watery or papery
- Almost imagine how you'll be after the successful dieting
- Like crepe paper
- Water down, say
- Unconvincing, in a way
- So slight as to seem less than nothing?
- Paper-___
- ___ Mints (cookies)
- Like ice that's unsafe to skate on
- Like a stick
- ___ Mints: Girl Scout Cookies choice
- Imagining there's no monarch is pretty unconvincing
- Scarce
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - January 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 23, 2025
- Daily American - November 12, 2025
- Daily American - October 21, 2025
- LA Times - October 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 28, 2025
- LA Times - September 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 11, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 21, 2025
- LA Times - August 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 04, 2025
- Daily American - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2025
- LA Times - April 28, 2025
- Daily American - April 03, 2025
- Daily American - March 26, 2025
- LA Times - March 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 25, 2025
- LA Times - January 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 23, 2024
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