Hint - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 15/03/2024

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Hint.

6 letter answer(s) to hint

BREATH
  1. a short respite
  2. a slight movement of the air; "there wasn't a breath of air in the room"
  3. an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
  4. the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration; "his sour breath offended her"
  5. the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath"
TIPOFF

4 letter answer(s) to hint

CLUE
  1. a slight indication
  2. evidence that helps to solve a problem
  3. roll into a ball
IOTA
  1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  2. the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

3 letter answer(s) to hint

CUE
  1. a stimulus that provides information about what to do
  2. an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
  3. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
  4. evidence that helps to solve a problem
  5. sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
TIP
  1. a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
  2. a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
  3. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
  4. cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward"
  5. cause to topple or tumble by pushing
  6. give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"
  7. give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"
  8. mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone"
  9. remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"
  10. strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"
  11. the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
  12. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
  13. To turn upside down
  14. walk on one's toes

5 letter answer(s) to hint

IMPLY
  1. express or state indirectly
  2. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
  3. have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes"
  4. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
  5. suggest that someone is guilty
  6. what is not directly stated but definitely inferred
TINGE
  1. a pale or subdued color
  2. a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
  3. affect as in thought or feeling;
  4. color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
TRACE
  1. a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
  2. a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
  3. A minute amount of substance in a larger quantity
  4. a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
  5. a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
  6. an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
  7. copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
  8. discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
  9. either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
  10. follow, disco

8 letter answer(s) to hint

INTIMATE
  1. give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
  2. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
  3. having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"
  4. imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"
  5. innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
  6. involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts"
  7. marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parr
OVERTONE
  1. (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"
  2. a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

7 letter answer(s) to hint

POINTER
  1. (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
  2. a mark to indicate a direction or relation
  3. a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game
  4. an indicator as on a dial
SOUPCON
  1. a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

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"The dapple in the eighth
"The Hustler" prop
(Not one) little bit
10 group nursing dogs?
15%, maybe
15%-20%, for a waiter
15%-20%, usually
20%, maybe
20%, often
9 letters returned? Not this one
A bit constrained by Riot Act
A bit of audiotape
A ditz hasn't one
A little colour for one idiot pirouetting
A shade quiet in Germany? Just a bit
A shark may carry one
Actor’s signal
Actor's need
Actor's prompt
Actor's signal
Advice of mine sent back
Against opening course originally? Only a bit
Aid to detection
Air intake
Airhead's lack?
Alert
Answer's opposite
Aristo saving tiny bit of cash shows intelligence
Artist leaving daily grind gives hint
Billiard stick
Billiards rod
Billiards stick
Bit
Bit of advice
Bit of color
Bit one postman occasionally
Boating mishap
Bosom
Breaking need
Cabbie's bonus
Can bring up example to demonstrate colour
Cause to tilt
Character having sloth arising, when around books
Cheek - that, going topless, authority figure needed?
Clear setter's implicit meaning
Closely acquainted
Clue
Clue describing pit?
Collude, occasionally dropping hint
Colonel Mustard's game
Colour lightly
Colour slightly
Colour used in painting experimentally
Confidential disclosure from aristocrat retaining international power
Confidential warning
Copy over?
Crossword hint
Crossword hint?
Cypriot agreeing to carry letter from Greece
Depression over rotten clue
Detective's discovery
Detective's find
Discover - modicum
Dog lead
Dog or horse or something moved by mouse
Dog that's handy in a laser presentation
Draw a small amount
Draw an outline of
Draw suspicion
Draw very uncreatively
Drop a scam for starters?
Dump where coal can be dug up
Easily heading off express, but not by direct route
End
End of another actor's li
End; overbalance
English source
Eventually accepting heartless act is personal
Every so often, accused gives signal
Excellent suggestion given to Prince
Express indirectly
Extra amount
Extra meaning
Faintest residue
Familiar hint
Familiar; imply
Feed lines to
Figure just above the tot
Find - a very small amount
Find - tiny portion
Find and copy
Find by investigation
Find eastern wagon heading west
Finger-pointing, maybe
Fingerprint or dropped ha
Fingerprint, perhaps
First nine letters of alphabet written up - culminating in this?
First nine letters raised very small amount
First-rate
Follow
Follow a suggestion …
Follow Tory leader contest
Footprint or loose thread
Footprint, maybe
For example, this is left in signal
Friend
Friendly hint
Game associated with the
Game with Colonel Mustard
Game with Miss Scarlet an
Get in
Getting emotional - it's showing, just a bit
Give a line to
Give advance notice to
Give insider info
Go on to signal
Go over, as lines
Good thing that comes to those who wait?
Grain ration endlessly redistributed
Gratuity
Gratuity — mine sent over
Gratuity possibly given on racecourse
Greek "I"
Greek character is out tracing Athenian origins
Greek character placing ring on yours truly - much obliged!
Greek letter
Greek letter I
Group of waiters said to be prompt
Guide dog
Ham helper
He agrees to wedding being re-arranged, leaving one date unavailable
Help for a detective
Help for Nancy Drew
Help line?
Helper
Helpful hint
Hint at
Hint at planting climbing plant outside
Hint for Holmes
Hint for one's confidant
Hint from artist leaving daily grind
Hint from close friend
Hint in straightforward manner: Leader must go
Hint of a color
Hint of color
Hint that simply pointless
Hint's easily uncovered
Hint, pointer
Hint, suggestion
Hint: Minister should dismiss scoundrel
Hint: stick in billiard room
How far across (ignoring depth)? A lungful's required
Hunting dog
I as in Ithaca
I prepared mint tea for close friend
Implication
Imply close
Indicate by suggestion
Indication given by dog
Indicator
Infinitesimal amount
Inhalation on entering water
Inhalation on filling vessel
Inkling
Inside info
Inside information
Insignificant amount
Insinuate
Insinuate plainly where son has gone
Insinuate, hint
Insinuation
Inspiring act the Bard unceasingly revised
Intimate spotted losing head
Introductory words, maybe
Investigation aid
Iota
Is there no end to such a hint?
It may be 20-20
It may be found with a ma
It may be missed
It may be missed onstage
Item ain't terribly close
Itsy-bitsy bit
Itty bit
Itty-bitty bit
Jot
Jot letter from Athens
Just detectable amount
Just the gentlest wind
Kind of apparel
Kind of element
Knock (over)
Large pole's covered in lead
Lead
Lead actor’s reminder about line
Learner breaks sports equipment like this?
Least bit
Letter after theta
Letter before kappa
Letter from Eliot analysed
Letter from Eliot answered
Letter from Greek island love cheers
Letter idiot attempted to hide
Light line
Line just above the total
Liquid food caught on? Just a touch
List drug written up as class A
Little bit
Little bit of Africa to investigate, travelling north
Little bit of time before event
Little drink Tory laced with drop of ouzo
Locate neckwear taken from University Challenge?
Longtime Capitol Hill nic
Looking glum, bury dog
Maestro's sign
Might this indicate a dog?
Minuscule amount
Minute amount
Minute bit
Minute part
Money for service
Mystery novel element
Needle for example for canine?
Nine letters in our alphabet set up one for Greek
Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
No more than a drop
Nod from offstage, maybe
Nod, maybe
Nod, perhaps
Nod, say
Not do original drawings
Not stiff?
Nuance
Object under a magnifying
Odd characters in? I got that Greek one
Odd elements in crude suggestion
Odd parts of culture, as this itself is
Oddly coloured lead
One actor's line to get another to do something?
One gives a clue for dog
One person’s close friend? That’s about it, on reflection
Orient, possibly, at the outset after clarifying advice
OUTLINE
Overturn
Part of an iceberg that's
Picked up nine letters in Roman alphabet, or one in Greek
Piece of advice to dump
Piece of confidential information
Plain individual, but partial
Playwright Harold kennels old dog
Point
Point(er)?
Pointer
Pool necessity
Pool player's stick
Pool stick
Pool tool
Potter needs it, prompt!
Potter’s letter read out
Pretty short of time, so prompt
Print, maybe
Professor Plum's game
Prompt
Prompt letter, by the sound of it?
Prompt to include large hint
Prompter action
Public figure giving hint
Read out letter that's prompt
Recommendation
Reminder of broadcast line
Republic occasionally rejected suggestion
Return nine letters – one from Thessaly
Rod reported character at start of quarrel
Rubbish dump
Say without saying?
Scarcely detectable amount
Scintilla
Scrap
Scratch left on a table?
Service acknowledgment
Service award
Service award?
Shade found in pigment, in general
Shade offered by some forest in Germany
Shade, metallic grey, oddly
Shark's need
Shark's stick
Sherlock's find
Shoe impression, maybe
Shred
Shuffleboard stick
Sign made by team leader at sporting event
Sign something Trump brings to the table?
Signal letter read out
Signal made by copper on top of eminence
Signal that is used by potter
Signal to actor
Signal to an actor
Single respiration
Sleuth's find
Sleuth's need
Slight amount
Slight but perceptible amount
Slight color
Slight colour in metal regularly grey
Slight colouring
Slight colouring from drinking bout — new start needed!
Slight indication
Slight tint
Slight trace of colour
Slightest amount
Slightest evidence
Slightest residue
Slightly colour
Sliver
Small amount
Small amount of broth given to prisoner
Small bit
Small coupon devised for tiny amount
Small quantity
Smattering
Smidgen
Snooker player's stick
Snooker stick
Some extra bills, maybe
Some wait for this
Something to catch or sav
Something to get one going regularly: cucumbers!
Soul mate
Soup
Speck
Spot - coupons
Stage signal
Start off truly intimate
Start to fall
Steer
Stick around a barroom
Stick on a pub wall
Stick on a table
Stiff's omission
Stockbroker's freebie
Stockbroker's offering
Subdued colour
Subtle shade included by lighting engineer
Subtle shade’s no good in neckwear
Suggest
Suggest getting close
Suggest I should avoid bully
Suggest in straightforward manner son must leave
Suggest just getting rid of leader
Suggest just heading off
Suggest Knut's pally every now and again
Suggest only taking leader out
Suggest, in a feeble manner, going topless
Suggestion
Suggestion pencil-sharpener is needed?
Suggestion some present in German
Suggestion: mine is taken up
Summit
Suspicion bug's first about at 12
Suspicion bug's first about at hospital
Suspicion to follow
Table stick
Tad
Teaching alphabet including old Greek character
Teensy bit
Teeny bit
Telltale sign
Ten cheers for tiny thing!
The last thing Picasso drew?
Theta-kappa go-between
Thick prisoner accepting only first half of stretch
This is a reminder to invest pounds
This is coloured, but not evenly
This is oddly coloured
This is one
This is one prompt to pen line
This is one!
This learner's stopping signal
This, for example
This, for one, is not even cultured
Thus far the lonely heart's desire?
Tilt
Time to run fast or dash
Tiniest bit
Tint
Tiny amount
Tiny amount of French potage given to prisoner
Tiny bit
Tiny bit in audiotape
Tip
Tip-off
Tittle
Topple
Touch of color
Tout's offering
Trace
Trace of color
Trace of colour
Trace of metal for example recalled
Trace the first nine letters, backwards
Track down
Track down a tiny quantity
Track down husband leaving ancient country
Track down scrap of evidence
Trivial bit
Try to locate
Turn up first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps - it's very small
Type of music rockin' without rock and roller
Upend
Useful hint; end
Very close friend
Very little food served in a tureen — swindle
Very small amount
Very small quantity
Vestige
Wait until this line has gone if giving a speech
Waiter's reward
Warning – snooker cue's useless with this
Wee bit
What a loose thread might
What a private eye may ey
What an actor waits for
What suggests you perform treatment doctor ultimately dismissed?
What triggers prompter's hint when line's forgotten
When drawing, cheat a bit
Where art is shown, including this person's bosom
Where art lover may be, catching the setter's hint
Whit
Whodunit board game
Word in many a Nancy Drew
Words on a card
Your turn in Paris to upset foreign character
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