Clues for the word "VAMP"
We've had 86 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 177 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on April 12, 2026.
Definition of vamp
- v. i. - To advance; to travel.
- n. - The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
- n. - Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
- v. t. - To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.
Referring Clues
- Improvise
- Theda Bara, e.g.
- Fill in time on stage
- Man trapper
- "Hard Hearted Hannah" of song
- Seductress
- Siren
- Coquette
- Seductive woman
- Theda Bara, for one
- Improvise, in jazz
- Marlene Dietrich character, often
- Improvise on the piano
- Act seductively
- Top part of a shoe
- Improvise musically
- Mae West persona
- Silent-screen siren
- Jazz accompaniment
- Repeated passage, in music
- Minx
- Savannah's Hard-Hearted denizen
- Screen seductress
- Mae West, on screen
- Musical improvised accompaniment
- Jazzy ad lib
- Wing it, musically
- Shoe part
- Femme fatale
- Improvise jazzily
- Seductress in silents
- Seduce
- Improvise at the jazz club
- Improvise at the jazz club
- Boot upper
- Mae West persona
- Temptress
- Improvise, perhaps
- Extemporize musically
- Man-eater
- Repeating section in jazz
- Woman of wiles
- "Hard Hearted Hannah (The ___ of Savannah)"
- Play a repeating pattern while the singer talks, e.g.
- Jazzy ad-lib
- Jazz it up?
- Unscrupulous beauty
- Musical improvisation
- Bara role
- Frequent Marlene Dietrich character
- Seductive woman - passage of jazz
- Five in the morning with quiet attractive girl
- Units of electric potential and current in siren
- Improvise with a 5-amp fuse
- Seductive woman - improvised accompaniment
- Siren's fuse?
- Jazzy passage - temptress
- Coquette put on a new face
- Seductive and exploitative woman
- 18 across musically - seductress
- Flirt
- Improvise with gold-digger
- Jezebel? Type to want blood, releasing anger
- Improvised accompaniment
- Patch up, rework
- Some jazz siren?
- Repeated passage at the start of a song
- Volume on speaker for siren
- Improvised jazz part
- Repeated musical passage
- Improvise jazz-style
- Improvised musical passage
- Improvise, to a musician
- Seductive sort
- Musical riff
- Though only 5 amp, maybe pretty steamy
- Theda Bara's persona
- Simply accompany a seductive woman
- Ad lib, musically
- Introductory jazz passage
- Short, repeated musical passage
- Fanged figure, for short
- Do some simple musical improvisation
- Play a looping musical passage
- Repeating bit of music
- Extemporize to fill time, say
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - April 12, 2026
- New York Times - March 31, 2026
- New York Times - February 16, 2026
- Daily American - January 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 24, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 11, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 05, 2025
- Daily American - January 03, 2025
- USA Today - May 27, 2024
- USA Today - May 06, 2024
- Daily American - January 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 20, 2023
- USA Today - June 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 13, 2023
- LA Times - March 26, 2023
- Daily American - January 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 12, 2022
- New York Times - November 09, 2022
- USA Today - July 19, 2022
- Daily American - January 23, 2018
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 17, 2018
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 26, 2017
- USA Today - October 23, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - October 05, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 11, 2017
- USA Today - May 25, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 29, 2017
- Mirror Mini - April 11, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - March 15, 2017
- Netword - February 05, 2017
- And in 147 more crossword puzzles...