Clues for the word "WIND"
We've had 119 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 158 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 12, 2026.
Definition of wind
- v. t. - To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
- v. t. - To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
- v. t. - To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
- v. t. - To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- v. t. - To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
- v. i. - To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
- v. i. - To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
- v. i. - To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
- n. - The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
- n. - Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
- n. - Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
- n. - Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- n. - Power of respiration; breath.
- n. - Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
- n. - Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
- n. - A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
- n. - A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- n. - Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- n. - The dotterel.
- v. t. - To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- v. t. - To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
- v. t. - To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
- v. t. - To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- v. t. - To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
Referring Clues
- Weather vane turner
- Flag waver?
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "___, Sand and Stars"
- Chicago phenomenon
- Empty talk
- Chimes player
- Oboe, e.g.
- Kiting necessity
- Make tired
- Meander
- Stamina
- Erosive force
- Word that can precede the first word of the answers to starred clues
- Kite mover
- Kite propellant
- Gust or gale
- Don't go straight
- Form a coil
- What an anemometer measures
- Tighten a spring
- Sail filler
- Simoom or sirocco
- Weather-vane turner
- Air force
- Air in Motion
- Golfer's concern
- Aptly, New Jersey beach phenomenon
- End, with "up"
- Hurricane feature
- Strong breeze
- Flag waver
- Zephyr
- Kite flyer's need
- Kite flier's need
- Entwine
- Gale
- Tree rustler
- Tree rustler
- ___-chill factor
- It makes chimes chime
- Embarrassing thing to break in public
- Kiter's need
- Air current
- Spool back
- Snake, like a road
- Kind of chimes
- With 61-Across, slowly come to an end, and what this puzzle's theme answers do
- Renewable energy source
- Sailboat's power source
- *Faster way to fly
- Part of a gale
- Schooner's need
- Erosion factor
- Breeze component
- What makes a kite fly
- Hurricane product
- Moving air
- Weathervane turner
- Eurus, in Greek mythology
- Twist
- It can bend trees
- Breeze
- Word after second or trade
- Cause to be short of breath (4)
- Cause to be short of breath
- Tumbleweed tumbler
- Type of instument w/ mouthpiece
- Christopher Cross "Ride Like the ___"
- See 10
- Turn and go up 1 across
- See 7
- See 12
- Take scenic route with blower?
- See 26
- Chinook hit airport equipment
- House virtually collapsing, knackered roofs, one lifted in the breeze
- It could be the clarinets' turn
- Snake - in fear, it's got up
- See 23
- Movement of air
- Tighten the spring - it's a means of propulsion
- Success with number is a blow
- An anemometer? I'll be blown
- Snake gets bull
- Go round object of sowing to be 23-ed after ...
- Flag flutterer
- Blather
- Airstream
- Gain by Democrat? That's a blow
- Gain diamonds in turn
- Twist and blow
- Winch from Hurricane Agnes, you might say
- See 24
- See 3
- Instruments for playing an air on key
- Weather condition that's needed to fly a kite
- Notable feature of Chicago
- Word before chill or chimes
- Tucker out, in a way
- Air condition?
- Beaufort scale measurement
- Coil
- Trachea
- Leaf blower
- Turn
- Renewable power source
- Gust
- Kite-flying need
- Sail's force?
- It can be quite a blow
- Blast! It's making the baby cry!
- It propels pollen
- Outdoor chimes player
- Sailboat's need
- Current
- East, West, North or South, in mahjong
- Air in a hurry
- *Renewable energy source ... and the end of the word ladder
- Sailboat propeller
Last Seen In
- New York Times - October 12, 2026
- Your Life Choices - September 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 12, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 28, 2025
- LA Times - September 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 06, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2024
- New York Times - April 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 01, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 27, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 29, 2023
- Your Life Choices - October 18, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 05, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2022
- LA Times - July 14, 2022
- USA Today - July 10, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 10, 2022
- New York Times - November 06, 2021
- Your Life Choices - November 29, 2017
- New York Times - November 22, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - October 24, 2017
- And in 128 more crossword puzzles...