Clues for the word "VAIN"
We've had 93 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 255 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 12, 2026.
Definition of vain
- superl. - Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
- superl. - Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
- superl. - Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
- superl. - Showy; ostentatious.
- n. - Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
Referring Clues
- Hardly humble
- Puffed up
- Stuck on oneself
- In love with oneself
- Like some attempts
- Self-involved
- Conceited
- Mirror-conscious
- Futile
- Self-absorbed
- "You're So ___" (Simon song)
- Fruitless
- "You're So ___" (Carly Simon hit)
- Self-centered
- Full of oneself
- "You're So ___" (Carly Simon song)
- Narcissistic
- "You're So ___" (Carly Simon #1 hit)
- Hubristic
- Overproud
- Having a swelled head
- Unsuccessful
- Like Narcissus
- Word in a Carly Simon title
- Puffed up, so to speak
- Egotistical
- Prone to primping
- Big-headed
- Like peacocks
- Stuck-up
- "You're So ___": Carly Simon hit
- Egotistic
- Self-complacent
- Captivated by mirrors
- Arrogant
- See 62-Across
- Unable to merely walk past a mirror, say
- Useless
- Likely to stop at mirrors
- Bigheaded
- Like a peacock
- Like frasier, at times
- Fond of oneself
- "You're So ___": 1973 #1 hit
- Puffed-up
- Ineffectual
- Fond of self-reflection?
- Self-inflating
- Far from humble
- Far from modest
- Boastful
- Marked by futility
- Pointless
- Self absorbed
- Not humble
- Self-important
- See 19-Across
- With a big ego
- Carly Simon "You're So ___"
- What Bob Marley was "Waiting In"
- What Carly Simon called someone in big hit
- Swollen-headed
- Forever looking in the mirror
- Futile state to get in
- Conceited - futile
- It's useless to instal one in the vehicle
- Empty vessel, by the sound of it
- Pronounced seam of mineral becomes worthless
- Overweening
- Various airports in Nigeria initially affected
- Proud to be one in the lead
- Conceited, arrogant
- Self-admiring
- It's useless putting one in a truck
- Unsuccessful, as an effort
- Being conceited is useless
- Proud
- "You're So ___"
- Useless letter to Ian, perhaps
- Too full of oneself
- Peacockish
- Overly proud
- Given to self-reflection?
- It's no good just being one in front
- Prideful
- "You're so ___ / You probably think this song is about you"
- Thinking a song is about oneself, say
- Inflated
- Not likely to pass by a mirror?
- It's useless putting one in a truck i
- It's no good being just one in front
- Self-obsessed
- Like the subject of a Carly Simon classic
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 22, 2025
- LA Times - December 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 18, 2025
- Daily American - July 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 17, 2025
- USA Today - December 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 29, 2024
- Mirror Mini - November 26, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 13, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 02, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 23, 2024
- LA Times - February 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 24, 2024
- LA Times - January 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 31, 2023
- Family Time - December 04, 2023
- LA Times - December 04, 2023
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