Clues for the word "WIDOW"
We've had 74 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 135 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on February 14, 2026.
Definition of widow
- n. - A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
- a. - Widowed.
- v. t. - To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
- v. t. - To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
- v. t. - To endow with a widow's right.
- v. t. - To become, or survive as, the widow of.
Referring Clues
- Golf ___
- Word with golf or grass
- Lehár's "The Merry ___"
- To whom a husband leaves an estate
- "Merry ___ Waltz"
- Word after golf or football
- Golfer's wife?
- Black ___ spider
- Golfer's nonplaying wife, facetiously
- Black ___
- Merry ___ (strapless corset)
- Word with golf
- Lehár operetta "The Merry ___"
- Black or merry
- Lehar's "The Merry ___"
- Lehar's was merry
- She may remarry
- Survivor, of a sort
- Black ___ spider
- Follower of black or merry
- Lehár operetta "The Merry ___"
- Printer's incomplete line
- Heiress, at times
- John Irving's "A ___ for One Year"
- Bereaved wife
- Extra set of cards
- Typesetting no-no
- Extra hand of cards
- Word with 'merry' or 'black'
- Chuck-will's- ___ (nocturnal bird)
- Orphan's kin, in typesetting
- Franz Lehár operetta, "The Merry ___"
- Lehar's 'Merry' one
- Typographical runover
- Black ___ (spider type)
- Lehar's merry one
- Certain heiress
- Target for Joseph Cotten in Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt"
- Set of cards dealt to the table
- Black or golf follower
- Frequent heir?
- 'The Merry '
- Typographical no-no
- Black spider
- Word on the spider variety list
- Lehar operetta "The Merry ___"
- Merry character in operetta?
- She's been married at least once
- See 20
- Woman whose husband has died
- Drag character or characters from "www.", one entered with an "enter", perhaps
- Bubbly dowager?
- Expression of admiration I'd included for the bereaved lady
- WWII telegram recipient, maybe
- Bereaved woman
- Relict without name to be seen through?
- Black ___--, cannibalistic venomous spider
- Relict's vow
- Bereaved spouse
- Heiress, perhaps
- Relict
- Dowager queen, e.g.
- "The Merry ___" (Lehar operetta)
- I had to appear in a big success with her
- Her husband's departed, sadly
- Black ___ (Marvel character)
- Black ___ (Scarlett Johansson role)
- Merry character in operetta?
- "Black ___" (2021 Marvel movie)
- Inelegant bit of typesetting
- "The Merry -"
- See "1"
- Lady Anne, at the beginning of "Richard III"
- "Black ___": Marvel film directed by Cate Shortland
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - February 14, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - November 27, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 25, 2025
- LA Times - August 07, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 23, 2025
- New York Times - June 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 28, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 14, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 21, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 09, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 06, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 18, 2024
- Mirror Mini - May 30, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 13, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 26, 2023
- Your Life Choices - December 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 05, 2023
- LA Times - October 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 26, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 28, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 15, 2023
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