Clues for the word "TYPHUS"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 13 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Guardian Cryptic crossword on November 16, 2017.
Definition of typhus
- n. - A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.
Referring Clues
- Feverish malady
- Bacterial disease
- Flea-borne disease
- One cause of skin rash and high fever
- Disease causing high fever and skin rash
- Pushy parent ultimately spreading disease
- Disease test not right - push off!
- Fever
- So carrying male chromosome, pressure on to find disease
- Fever Pitch essentially has a variety of pushy characters
- Disease like that restricts young people for starters
- Fever carried by Rickettsia-bearing lice
Last Seen In
- Guardian Cryptic - November 16, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 18, 2016
- Guardian Quick - December 11, 2015
- USA Today - February 19, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - June 26, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - October 09, 2012
- Universal - August 20, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 10, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - December 09, 2010
- USA Today - June 30, 2010
- Guardian Quick - October 15, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - September 09, 2009
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 23, 2008