Clues for the word "USE"
We've had 365 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 2831 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 20, 2026.
Definition of use
- v. t. - The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
- v. t. - Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
- v. t. - Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
- v. t. - Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
- v. t. - Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
- v. t. - The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
- v. t. - The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
- v. t. - The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
- v. t. - A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- v. t. - To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
- v. t. - To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
- v. t. - To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
- v. t. - To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
- v. i. - To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
- v. i. - To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.
Referring Clues
- Function
- "What's the ___?"
- Exploit
- "It's no ___!"
- Take advantage of
- Walk all over
- Press into service
- Exercise
- Consumption
- Put to work
- Consume
- Deplete, with "up"
- Bring into play
- Occupy
- Purpose
- Expend
- Operation
- Employment
- Kind of tax
- "___ as directed"
- "Oh, what's the ___?"
- Middle of the question
- "___ it or lose it"
- Milk, so to speak
- Manipulate
- Take habitually
- It may be temporary or practical
- Milk, in a way
- Employ
- Ply
- Handling
- Wear and tear
- Apply
- Play for a sap
- Application
- Don't waste
- Have no ___ for
- Treat shabbily
- Draw upon
- Bring to bear
- Service
- Waste not
- Put into play
- Work
- Put into service
- Avail oneself of
- Operate
- Serviceability
- "It's no ___"
- Custom
- Homonym for 36-Down
- Not waste
- Resort to
- "It's no ___!" (cry of despair)
- Play for a fool
- Put to a purpose
- Milk for all its worth
- Milk
- Fair ___ (copyright issue)
- Exhaust, with "up"
- Shoot in a swamp
- Put to good ___
- Practice
- It may be fair
- ___ NO HOOKS
- Put into action
- Do something with
- ___ it or lose it
- Play for a sucker
- "___ sparingly"
- Handle
- Get something out of
- Take off the shelf
- Make the most of
- Take unfair advantage of
- Draw on
- In ___ (occupied)
- Work with
- Be a bad friend
- Find a function for
- Break in
- Deploy
- Benefit
- Capitalize on
- "___ your imagination!"
- Take, as drugs
- Finish, with "up"
- Resulting good
- Mileage
- "___ no hooks"
- Not squander
- "It's no ___"
- Not allow to sit
- "What's the ___?!"
- Not allow to be idle
- "For indoor ___ only"
- Put to the test
- Not leave on the shelf
- Profit from
- Run through
- Play for a 30 Across
- ___ NO HOOKS
- Place into service
- "___ NO HOOKS"
- "___ only as directed"
- Obtain some value from
- Get mileage out of
- ___ only as directed
- Ultimate application
- Customary practice
- "For Official ___ Only"
- Put in operation
- "What's the ___?" (quitter's lament)
- "___ only as directed"
- Get some good out of
- Put in the game
- Copyright concern
- For Official ___ Only
- "What's the ___?" (quitter's comment)
- Deplete (with "up")
- "___ as directed"
- "Oh, what's the ___?"
- Put in practice
- "For Official ___ Only"
- Put in the lineup
- Word with "temporary" or "practical"
- "What's the ___?" (quitter's comment)
- Put to the test, in a way
- Application, as of a product
- ___ as directed
- One of 1,001, for many products
- "___ it or lose it!"
- "What's the ___?"
- "___ your head!"
- Utility
- Adopt
- Play for a patsy
- "___ the force ..."
- Get some mileage out of
- Helpfulness
- Employ for a purpose
- "What's the ___?" (quitter's question)
- Be hooked on
- Be a consumer
- Find an application for
- It may be extended
- Take for a chump
- Try to profit from
- Deplete (with "up")
- "For indoor ___ only"
- "What's the ___?!"
- "___ the force ..."
- "--- sparingly"
- "--- only as directed"
- "Mileage"
- ___ only as directed
- Exhaust
- Terms of ___
- Fall off the wagon
- Betray, in a way
- Find work for
- Take for a sucker
- "___ no hooks" (cargo container warning)
- Advantage
- Try out
- Exploitation
- Enjoy coke, say?
- Work with
- Take up
- Avail
- Wield
- Find a job for
- Workwith
- Deal with
- Utilize
- Point
- Play for a chump
- Find a purpose for
- Employ
- Copyright lawyer's concern
- ___ NO HOOKS (crate label)
- Call on
- Put into operation
- "Where did ___ wrong?"
- Insert in the game
- Treat as a plaything
- Get value from
- Put into practice
- Put in service
- "___ no hooks" (cargo-container warning)
- Profit by
- Exploit, in a way
- Warranty topic
- Not leave, with "up"
- Mixed ___
- Mileage, so to speak
- Victimize
- Bring to bear
- Common practice
- ___ it or lose it
- "___ Somebody" (Kings of Leon hit)
- Make do with, say
- "___ with caution"
- Applicability
- Cause of wear and tear
- "___ the Force, Luke"
- Hope performance locale
- Practical purpose
- Fair ___ (copyright law concept)
- Light up on a regular basis
- ___ caution
- Make a patsy of
- Not allow to atrophy
- "___ your head"
- Implement
- Employ, as "the Force"
- Get mileage from
- End ___
- Get one's money's worth out of
- "I will speak daggers to her, but ___ none": Hamlet
- Employ, as tact
- It can decrease value
- Handbook topic
- Not let go to waste
- Spend
- Find a ___ for
- Find a place for
- Take shameless advantage of
- As directed beginning
- Handle and operate
- Get some benefit from
- What to do only as directed
- Hire
- Impose upon
- Make ___ of
- Fair ___ laws
- Deplete (with "p"
- Take meth regularly, e.g.
- (k)Function
- Fair ___
- " only as directed"
- Utilise
- Kings of Leon: "___ Somebody"
- See 14-Across
- Bill Withers "Until you ___ me up"
- Phish "What's the ___?"
- Pink Floyd "What shall we ___ to fill the empty spaces?"
- No ___ for a Name
- Led Zep "Said there ain't no ___ in crying"
- GnR "___ Your Illusion II"
- Hinder "___ Me"
- Outfield "I just want to ___ your love tonight"
- Katy Perry cover "___ Your Love"
- "___ Me" Bill Withers
- Megadeth "___ the Man"
- Bill Withers "___ Me"
- See 17
- Avail oneself of sheep, we hear
- Work for some cause
- (Put to some) purpose
- Exercise in which you pronounce the vowels
- Practise pronouncing the vowels
- Custom - service
- The States have the key to employment
- Employment of an American egghead
- Exercise for us at closing time
- "I could ___ the help"
- Take out of mothballs
- Play for a pawn
- What are the odds of Ulster creating employment?
- Milk gives us energy
- Operate combine without starter key
- Implementation
- Word before "before"
- See 39-Down
- Get benefit from
- Apply American energy
- GnR "___ Your Illusion I"
- "What's the ___?" ("There's no point in trying")
- Function or employ
- Put to good ___ (take advantage of)
- "As directed" starter
- Put mileage on
- Have no ___ for (dislike)
- Derive benefit from
- In practice, stirred by a rod going round
- Zoning concern
- Play with
- "___ your words"
- Employ an American egghead
- Treat like an object
- Advantage point
- Not herExhaust, with "up"
- "What's the ___?" (pessimist's cry)
- Insert into the lineup
- Word with single or fair
- "___ your words!" (preschool scolding)
- Play with, say
- Some cause or purpose
- Walk up, as stairs
- The animals, you say, you'll put to work
- Put to ___
- Word with "as directed"
- Activate
- Word before "force" or "wisely"
- Reap the benefit of
- The animals, we're told, take advantage of it
- ___ tax
- Speak American at the Norwegian centre?
- Word before "force" or "the Force"
- Having purpose gives us new heart
- Take off the shelf and open
- "___ ta Be My Girl"
- Exploit the said females
- Single-___
- "What's the ___?" ("Why bother?")
- Get a benefit from
- One of many for baking soda
- Put into the mix
- "What's the ___ of that?"
- "___ your noodle!"
- In practice, Rod came round and wakened one up
- "I could ___ some help"
- Do drugs
- Sponge off of
- ___ caution while driving
- Wield, like the Force
- Practical application
- To us, an early start shows purpose
- Exert
- Single-___ (disposable)
- In ___ (like an occupied restroom)
- News you can ___
- One of a Swiss Army knife's many
- Practical function
- "___ as directed" (medicine bottle caution)
- "___ your head!": "Think!"
- The purpose or point of various exercises
- Operate, as a can opener
- Pronouncing the vowels in "exercise"
- Mileage, in a sense
- One of many for a Swiss Army knife
- Single-___ plastics (environmental concern)
- Functionality
- For personal ___
- Turn on and operate
- "It's just no ___!"
- Purpose or function
- Recreational ___
- "___ your words": toddler parent's phrase
- Apt letters that complete this word: P_RPO_ _
- Take advantage
- "What's the ___ in trying?"
- "What's the ___?" ("Can't see the point")
- Go through
- "There's no ___ complaining"
- Call upon
- "How ___ doth breed a habit ... ": Shakespeare
- Trade on
- Fair ___ (copyright doctrine)
- Fair ___ (concept in copyright law)
- Apply, as a new skill
- One cause of deterioration
- Find purpose for
- Tap
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- Daily Quick - September 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 21, 2026
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- Evening Standard Easy - September 17, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 15, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - September 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 08, 2026
- Your Life Choices - September 05, 2026
- Your Life Choices - August 24, 2026
- Your Life Choices - August 22, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - August 11, 2026
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- Mirror Mini - August 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 08, 2026
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- LA Times - August 04, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - August 02, 2026
- Your Life Choices - July 31, 2026
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