Clues for the word "WARD"
We've had 89 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 193 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on July 14, 2026.
Definition of ward
- a. - The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
- n. - One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
- n. - The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
- n. - A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
- n. - One who, or that which, is guarded.
- n. - A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
- n. - A division of a county.
- n. - A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
- n. - A division of a forest.
- n. - A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
- n. - A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
- n. - A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
- n. - To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
- n. - To defend; to protect.
- n. - To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
- n. - To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
- v. i. - To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- v. i. - To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Referring Clues
- Hospital unit
- Voting district
- Precinct
- Prison area
- One in custody
- Feminist Julia ___ Howe
- City district
- Charge
- Fend (off)
- Prison division
- Political district
- Alderman's district
- City division
- Hospital area
- Hospital section
- District
- Voting area
- Urban division
- Hospital division
- Repel, with "off"
- Urban district
- Guardian's charge
- Beaver Cleaver's dad
- Annie, to Warbucks
- Beaver's dad
- Prison section
- Beaver's father
- Stave (off)
- Guardian's concern
- Dick Grayson, to Bruce Wayne
- Repel, with "off"
- Electoral district
- Beaver relative
- Division with cells
- Municipal division
- Intern's beat
- ___ of the state
- Political division
- Prison unit
- 'Leave It to Beaver' dad
- Actress Sela
- Prison part
- Dick Grayson vis-à-vis Bruce Wayne
- Annie, vis-à-vis Daddy Warbucks
- Hospital wing
- Certain charge
- See 21-Down
- Maternity ___
- Mr. Cleaver of classic TV
- Local political district
- Beaver Cleaver's father
- Estella, to Miss Havisham
- June Cleaver's TV husband
- Mr. Cleaver
- "Transfiguration of Vincent" singer/songwriter M.
- She & Him guitarist M.
- Monster of Folk guy M.
- Tow back and charge
- I'm in hospital: having 7 I'm Arcturus
- Local administrative district
- Hospital room
- Councilor's place
- See 21
- City section
- June Cleaver's husband
- Local election division
- A minor part of the city
- Minor in the charge of a guardian
- Minor drawback
- To repel, or New Brunswick loyalist Chipman
- Maternity ___ (area in a hospital)
- One guarded when there's fighting at Land's End
- In hospital, a great struggle with a good ending
- Dependent
- -
- See 1
- Actor Bond
- Alderman's domain
- Treatment area charge creates political division
- Charge nurse’s charge
- Dependant
- See 105-Across
- Maternity floor
- Division of New Orleans
- New Orleans voting district
- One of 17 in New Orleans
- Care
- Jesmyn ___, first woman to win two National Book Awards for Fiction
- ___ off (repel)
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2026
- Daily American - December 09, 2025
- Daily American - September 27, 2025
- New York Times - August 21, 2025
- Daily American - May 07, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 10, 2025
- USA Today - March 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 24, 2024
- New York Times - November 17, 2024
- New York Times - November 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 22, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 27, 2023
- Daily American - December 09, 2023
- Daily American - September 27, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 17, 2023
- Mirror Daily - July 03, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 04, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 03, 2023
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