Clues for the word "WAIT"
We've had 158 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 333 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of wait
- v. i. - To watch; to observe; to take notice.
- v. i. - To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
- v. t. - To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
- v. t. - To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
- v. t. - To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- v. t. - To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
- v. i. - The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
- v. i. - Ambush.
- v. i. - One who watches; a watchman.
- v. i. - Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
- v. i. - Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
Referring Clues
- Web user's woe
- Hold on
- Don't go
- Take orders, in a way
- Stand in line
- "Hurry up and ___"
- Restaurant annoyance
- "Hold on!"
- Links annoyance
- What an outturned palm may mean
- "Don't go yet!"
- Word repeated before "Don't tell me!"
- Queue annoyance
- See 33-Down
- "Hurry up and ___"
- Hang around
- Word said twice before "Don't tell me!"
- "You're going too fast for me!"
- "Hold it!"
- "Hold your horses!"
- Not yet 58-Down
- Hold one's horses
- Remain in line
- Be on standby
- "Cool your heels!"
- Stick around
- See's partner
- Bide one's time
- Stay on hold
- "But ___, there's more!"
- "Just a minute!"
- "___, there's more!"
- Cool one's heels
- Serve, with "on"
- Bide one's time, and a word that may precede the answers to starred clues
- Remain on hold
- "Just a sec!"
- Be patient
- Hang out
- Work at a diner, e.g.
- Serve entrees, for example
- What people in a line do
- "Hurry up and ___"
- What a vertical palm may mean
- Twiddle one's thumbs
- Hold your horses!
- What a raised index finger might mean
- Work at a diner
- Emergency room concern
- Mark time
- "Be patient!"
- Take table orders
- Cool your heels
- Pause
- "___, there's more!"
- Hold on, or hold off
- Stand by
- Hang around (for)
- "Bear with me"
- Hold on or hold off
- Tarry
- Delay
- 'Hold on!'
- Serve in a diner
- 'Hold on!'
- Defer acting
- Sit tight
- "Hold your horses"
- Hang on
- Hold it!
- Checkout line complaint
- "Don't go so fast!"
- "Cool your jets"
- See 68-Across
- What early birds often have to do
- Work in a restaurant
- What some lie in
- Postpone action
- What super early birds often have to do
- Take no action
- "Just hold on!"
- Hold up
- Serve tables
- "Hold that thought!"
- "Just a moment!"
- Display one's patience
- Take orders, say
- What early arrivals often have to do
- "Let me catch up!"
- "Hold on a second"
- Stand in line, say
- "Stop right there!"
- "Hold on a sec!"
- Remain on line
- Restraining order
- What to do in a long line
- Reservations can help avoid one
- Word repeated in an NPR game show title
- Word on a street-crossing sign
- ___ and see
- "but ___!"
- "Hold up!"
- Expect
- Be patient in line
- "Hang on for a minute"
- "ut ___, there's more!22
- Stand in a line
- Word yelled at a moving bus
- Serve in a restaurant
- Be patient, in a way
- Linger
- Steve Winwood lyric "I will ___ for it"
- White Lion hit for the patient?
- Archbishop's envoy reported delay
- Don't go, serve!
- Delay said to be a burden
- Attend
- Show patience when a wit is being clever
- See 13
- Emergency room annoyance
- Remain in expectation
- (and 25) 20 1 in 11s don't quite emulate Beckett characters
- "Hold up a sec!"
- Attend, expect
- Show patience
- Be stalled in a line
- Serve
- "Not so fast!"
- "Hang on for a sec"
- Be patient, showing sense about an article
- To go most of the way with it, takes time
- Public golf course annoyance
- Be delayed
- “Hold on!”
- What many do at the DMV
- Checkout line annoyance
- Crosswalk verb
- Hang around in line
- "Hold the phone!"
- Bide
- "Hang tight"
- "Slow down ..."
- "Actually, hang on ..."
- "Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
- Some delay in quoting the weight
- Abide
- "___ ... what?"
- Was it heartless to hang around?
- "I wasn't finished!"
- "Hang on a sec!"
- Postpone
- Pedestrian caution
- A delay can be a heavy burden, it's said
- "Not yet!"
- "You're walking too fast!"
- Bad news from a maître d'
- Hostess's estimate
- With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!"
Last Seen In
- Daily American - January 13, 2026
- Daily American - December 16, 2025
- New York Times - November 27, 2025
- LA Times - November 13, 2025
- New York Times - June 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 01, 2025
- LA Times - March 19, 2025
- Daily American - February 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 14, 2025
- Daily American - January 05, 2025
- New York Times - December 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 23, 2024
- Daily American - December 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 09, 2024
- New York Times - August 09, 2024
- Family Time - August 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 12, 2024
- LA Times - May 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 11, 2024
- Daily American - January 13, 2024
- USA Today - December 26, 2023
- Daily American - December 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 02, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 25, 2023
- Mirror Daily - August 17, 2023
- USA Today - August 10, 2023
- And in 303 more crossword puzzles...