Clues for the word "WING"
We've had 141 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 208 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 28, 2026.
Definition of wing
- n. - One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
- n. - Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
- n. - One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
- n. - One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
- n. - Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
- n. - Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- n. - Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
- n. - An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- n. - Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
- n. - One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- n. - Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- n. - Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- n. - One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
- n. - A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
- n. - The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.
- n. - A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- n. - The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.
- n. - That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- n. - One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
- v. t. - To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
- v. t. - To supply with wings or sidepieces.
- v. t. - To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
- v. t. - To move through in flight; to fly through.
- v. t. - To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
Referring Clues
- Fly
- Flight
- Hospital extension
- Flight controller?
- Hockey position
- Annex
- Faction
- Turkey portion
- Chicken order
- Add feathers to, as an arrow
- Birds take this
- White House section
- Prayer partner?
- Wound, but not fatally
- Building extension
- Rugby position
- Addition
- Injure slightly, in a gunfight
- Buck's partner
- KFC selection
- Chicken piece
- Building addition
- Building annex
- Prayer accompaniment?
- KFC piece
- What birds take?
- Flying aid
- Building add-on
- Airplane part
- Arrow feather
- Lift producer
- Part of a mansion
- Prayer partner
- Museum extension
- Fried chicken favorite
- Place to await a cue
- Museum section
- Kentucky Fried piece
- Hospital section
- Section of a mansion
- Icarus' artificial appendage
- -
- White House annex
- Plane part
- Mansion part
- Pinion
- Let fly
- Bird feature
- Blueprint addition
- Blueprint extension
- Chicken morsel
- Chicken snack
- Where a butterfly may be spotted
- Flight organ
- Prayer companion
- Flier's flapper
- What birds take
- Museum area
- Pegasus appendage
- Bird's "arm"
- Flamingo's flapper
- Political faction
- Plane feature
- Buffalo ___
- KFC offering
- Chicken part
- Bird's flapper
- Tanagers take it
- Something in a KFC bucket
- Bit of bar food
- Playwright Sir Arthur ___ Pinero
- One of a kiwi's vestigial pair
- Part of a bird
- Bucket of chicken piece
- Bird's appendage
- Bird's limb
- Long arm of the lark?
- Bird part
- Organ of flight
- Jimi Hendrix' is "Little"
- Mr. Mister might have a broken one
- Jimi Hendrix "Little ___"
- Chicken portion
- Fly's weight in grams
- Pig's heart with good bit of chicken
- To fly to the West Indies is no good, it seems!
- Branch
- Branch (of a hospital building etc)
- A football side?
- Arm adapted for flight
- I'll get into it, prepared to fly
- Injure player on side
- See 21
- Arm of building or bird
- It may be used to lift a football side
- Hockey player who should be good along the boards
- Flying organ
- Partridge part
- Appendage aiding flight
- Limb - faction
- Slightly injure football player
- Part of a building - birds may be on it
- Elevator for part of the building
- Flank
- Part of a crane
- Fly has first to nestle inside rug
- It's right for a Tory
- Obtain acceleration from 21s
- See 24 across
- Buffalo ___ (chicken morsel)
- Limb of a bird
- Slightly injure fly
- One section of large house or section of window in greenhouse
- Hockey forward
- Vestigial thing
- Improvise, with "it"
- Bird's organ of flight
- Either side of an airplane
- Long arm of the daw?
- Building part
- Side
- Political party offshoot
- Albatross appendage
- The side to triumph at midnight
- One of two on a biplane
- Turkey piece
- Part of an aircraft
- One on the flighty side?
- Part of a party
- Ell
- Alternative to a drumstick
- Totally improvise
- Part of a bird or museum
- Party offshoot
- One of two for a Valkyrie's horse
- A football side?
- ___ it (improvise)
- Alternative to a thigh
- Artificial limb for Icarus
- Extension
- Bit of a lark
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 28, 2026
- LA Times - March 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 17, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2025
- Daily American - July 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2025
- USA Today - March 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 10, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2024
- New York Times - January 03, 2024
- USA Today - November 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 02, 2023
- LA Times - August 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 02, 2023
- Daily American - July 26, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2023
- LA Times - February 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 14, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - August 27, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 25, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - July 10, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - June 29, 2022
- New York Times - May 27, 2022
- New York Times - February 19, 2022
- New York Times - December 29, 2021
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