Crossword Clues Starting with W

76 crossword clues, each with the answer plus links to play the puzzles they appear in.

What you buy to enter a movie theater

TICKET (6)

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

PROSE (5)

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form

PROSE (5)

When a Cinderella team shockingly knocks out a heavy favorite.

UPSET (5)

White flower with a yellow center

DAISY (5)

Wailing female spirit from Irish mythology known to foretell doom.

BANSHEE (7)

What happens when a team wins four straight games to advance.

SWEEP (5)

Wailing female spirit warning of impending doom

BANSHEE (7)

Watt's power, a vital part of history's engine.

STEAM (5)

Where you might put your car, or a protected area.

PARK (4)

Where reserves sit during a game

BENCH (5)

What a table tennis player holds

PADDLE (6)

What turns around in a grand scheme?

WHEEL (5)

Wes, known for his unique visual symmetry

ANDERSON (8)

Wes, known for quirky, symmetrical films

ANDERSON (8)

Washington's role in the national celebration

CAPITAL (7)

Writer of books and novels

AUTHOR (6)

What Miss Rhode Island thought the interview question was about

WEATHER (7)

When a car rotates uncontrollably on track

SPIN (4)

Where pitchers warm up before entering the game

BULLPEN (7)

Weight of the outerwear needed on April 25th

LIGHT (5)

What the winning team cuts down after the championship.

NETS (4)

Wishbone-shaped titanium safety bar protecting drivers from flying debris.

HALO (4)

Wireless network protocol, often a target for eavesdropping

WIFI (4)

Wood red, perhaps, found among California giants.

REDWOOD (7)

WWII US President

ROOSEVELT (9)

Web site serving as an entry point

PORTAL (6)

What Ferraris are built to do

RACE (4)

What is being photographed

SCENE (5)

Whence an old oven's scent comes.

PROVENANCE (10)

Winner of a contest

CHAMPION (8)

What oxyphenbutazone can maximize if played perfectly

SCORE (5)

Watertight chamber for underwater work

CAISSON (7)

Waves breaking on the shore

SURF (4)

What drinkers try to do to the 'G' in a viral 2026 stout-chugging challenge

SPLIT (5)

Wakandan king who meets a rock-skinned hero

MBAKU (5)

Wild cat with tufted ears and a short bobbed tail

LYNX (4)

Website traffic redirection to a fake site

PHARMING (8)

Where substitutes wait

BENCH (5)

Where actors perform

STAGE (5)

Where you might aim for a bank shot.

BACKBOARD (9)

What powers the engine

FUEL (4)

What Rocky is to Ryland, and vice versa.

ALIEN (5)

Wheel edges, part of a car that goes around the edges.

RIMS (4)

What happens after three swings and misses

STRIKEOUT (9)

Wireless network connection, informally

WIFI (4)

Wide-brimmed accessory that is practically mandatory for attendees.

HAT (3)

What you do when you work hard, or a close-fitting garment.

SWEAT (5)

Wand-waving advisor who uses magic to assist the reptilian king.

KAMEK (5)

Wielder of Mjolnir

THOR (4)

What the company strives to do with technology

INNOVATE (8)

Well-known public figure, often in entertainment.

CELEBRITY (9)

Wheel used to direct the car

STEERING (8)

Wireless internet connection for calls

WIFI (4)

Wherethesubstitutesanxiouslywaittobecalledintothegame.

BENCH (5)

Word describing the chaotic nature of March college sports.

MADNESS (7)

Where the game is played

COURT (5)

What connects an old phone to the wall

CORD (4)

Warm, syrupy fruit mixture spooned over morning sweets.

COMPOTE (7)

What tourists hope is at its absolute "peak"

BLOOM (5)

Wednesday marking the official commencement of the fasting season

ASH (3)

Word following magna or summa

LAUDE (5)

What she lives for, according to her 2013 lead single

APPLAUSE (8)

Words that have the same ending sound

RHYME (5)

What you hear in a movie

SOUND (5)

Woman whose abduction started the Trojan War

HELEN (5)

What you do when the phone rings

ANSWER (6)

Whistle-worthy infraction that might lead to free throws.

FOUL (4)

What you do with a car

DRIVE (5)

Writing for the stage or screen.

SCRIPT (6)

What fans call getting first-round talent in the fourth round.

STEAL (5)

Writing tool, or 'pen' and 'cil' for drawing.

PENCIL (6)

Wide attacking player tasked with delivering dangerous crosses into the box.

WINGER (6)

What you might get in the third... or after four years

DEGREE (6)

Wise master whose mysterious species is shared by Din Djarin's apprentice.

YODA (4)

Willy Loman's profession in an Arthur Miller classic revived in 2026.

SALESMAN (8)

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