Clues for the word "VANE"
We've had 162 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 389 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 29, 2026.
Definition of vane
- n. - A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
- n. - Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
- n. - The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
- n. - One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
Referring Clues
- Rooster locale
- Barn accessory
- Arrow site
- Wind instrument
- Place for a rooster
- It may turn on a rooster
- Indicator of current trends?
- Weather indicator
- Windmill blade
- Barn topper
- Windmill part
- Rooster site, maybe
- Turbine part
- Rooftop sight
- Barn topper with an arrow
- Rooster holder, maybe
- Device that may include an anemometer
- Often winded part
- It turns on a turbine
- Wind direction indicator
- Wind instrument?
- Wind indicator
- NEWS pointer
- Rooster site
- Barn rooster, frequently
- Rooster's place up high
- Revolver with the letters N-E-W-S
- Something you always need directions to use?
- Ceiling fan part
- Fan blade
- Weather device
- Barn roof spinner
- Rural roof topper
- Gadget atop a barn
- Direction indicator
- A rooster might top it
- Rooftop device
- Roof sight
- Blade of a windmill
- Weathercock
- NEWS source?
- Windmill arm
- Bird on the roof?
- Cupola capper
- Certain weather indicator
- It moves any way the wind blows
- Roof topper
- Rooftop rooster?
- It shows which way the wind blows
- Rooftop rooster
- It's blowing in the wind
- Windsock alternative
- Source of current information?
- Current indicator?
- It whirls around in the wind
- Weather station thing
- Blade
- Roof spinner
- Wind current catcher
- Breeze indicator
- Rooftop turner
- Barn roof adornment
- Roof ornament
- Barn roof decoration
- Barn-roof attachment
- Barn-roof accessory
- Barn-roof adorner
- Barn-roof decoration
- Barn-roof ornament
- Barn-roof adornment
- Barnroof adornment
- Farm roof adornment
- Rooftop wind indicator
- Weather ___
- Rooftop pointer
- Barn-top device
- It'll tell you which way the wind blows
- Wind pointer
- Weather cock
- Wind-direction indicator
- Rooftop rotator
- Roof pointer
- Provider of directions?
- Rooster on the roof
- Weather follower
- Word with weather
- Rooftop fixture
- Wind-direction device
- Wind-icator?
- Spinner in the wind
- It lets you know which way the wind is blowing
- Indicator of NEWS?
- Turner on a rooftop
- Relative of a windsock
- Rooftop spinner
- Frequent barn topper
- NEWS reporter
- Barn attachment
- Rooster-shaped device
- Barn-topping device
- Fan part
- Barn ornament
- Place for an iron rooster
- Barn revolver
- Principal on "Mr. Novak"
- Barn roof topper
- It may be represented by a rooster
- Rooftop ornament
- It knows which way the wind is blowing
- Spire attachment
- Gadget with an iron rooster
- Barn roof attachment
- Pointer for a weather person?
- Rod + pointer
- Pointer for a meteorologist?
- Barn-top instrument
- Weather ___ (barn attachment)
- Weather ___ (rooftop rooster)
- Meteorology tool
- Cock on the roof
- Compass relative
- Breeze shower
- Turner on a roof
- Vessel heard turning in the wind
- Indicator of wind direction
- It goes with the airflow
- N-E-W-S item?
- Steeple topper, often
- It turns to face the blow
- Fin attached to the tail of an arrow
- Reportedly pointless blade
- The wind indicator sounds useless
- Captured by CCTV - a neutrino!
- Wind instrument?
- Wind-blown pointer
- Weather ___ (barn topper)
- Spinning device that shows which way the wind is blowing
- Weather ___ (wind direction indicator)
- Rooster on a barn roof
- Wind reader
- Rooftop wind-direction indicator
- Farm spinner
- The answer is blowin' in the wind
- Wind-driven device
- Rooftop direction device
- Wind-powered spinner
- Spinner atop a barn
- Provider of directions to a farmer
- One providing directions
- Device rotated by the wind
- Having a high position, sounds vain
- Simple meteorological tool
- It tells you which way the wind blows
- Rooster on a rooftop
- It spins with the wind
- Weather ___ (device on top of a barn)
- Barn topper that indicates wind direction
- Weather device on a roof
- Rooster spinning in the wind
- Spinner on a roof
- Pointer up high
- Pointer that changes with the weather
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 29, 2026
- New York Times - January 24, 2026
- Daily American - January 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2025
- LA Times - December 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2025
- Daily American - October 27, 2025
- New York Times - October 15, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 20, 2025
- New York Times - September 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 01, 2025
- Daily American - August 25, 2025
- Daily American - August 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 19, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 13, 2025
- LA Times - May 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 04, 2025
- LA Times - April 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2025
- Daily American - March 04, 2025
- New York Times - February 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 16, 2025
- Daily American - January 10, 2025
- Family Time - December 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2024
- Family Time - November 24, 2024
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