Word "BALL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
Synonyms:
formal

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
Synonyms:
lucille ball

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
Synonyms:
musket ball
Examples:
they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball

Crossword Clues for BALL

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*Inflatable sports equipment, needed for games like soccer
Formal dance event The Times Concise 23 Aug 2025
It's caught in letters 7-11 of 16-Across Universal 18 Aug 2025
Playful paper projects! Round object that may be created by crumpling tinfoil, and used by kids in a make-do throwball game
T-____ (sport) USA Today Quick 14 Aug 2025
Dance and cry loudly to audience (4) The Guardian Cryptic 12 Aug 2025
See 33-Down Commuter 01 Aug 2025
Spherical object to throw and play 24a with
Formal dance Thomas Joseph 22 Jul 2025
Fancy party LA Times Daily 20 Jul 2025
Strike? No, no, no Family Time 14 Jul 2025
--> starting phrase USA Today Quick 13 Jul 2025
Disco ___, mirrored decoration at a party
Sphere USA Today Quick 04 Jul 2025
Dance with Lucille (4)
Lucille ___, actress whose iconic red-haired character from "I Love Lucy" was made into a Barbie doll
Golfer's projectile (Picture C)
Golfer's projectile (4)
Zoë ___, TV and radio presenter (4) Puzzler 07 Jun 2025
British boxer who has held the WBA featherweight title since 2024, Nick _ (4)
Tennis or soccer need
Funny Lucille Eugene Sheffer 23 May 2025
Lucille from Jamestown
Britain's No 1: <i>Everybody Dance</i> The Times Quick Cryptic 15 May 2025
Bouncer possibly for party The Times Sunday Cryptic 11 May 2025
--> start the baseball game USA Today Quick 09 May 2025
(6/7) One last challenge: the pinball machine! You launch the ___ and it zooms through ramps and bumpers. Can you beat the high score?
"Take Me Out to the ___ Game"; Frank Sinatra movie
Bouncy toy (4) Mirror Tea Time 30 Apr 2025
Delivery bowled the whole team? The Sun Two Speed 27 Apr 2025
Dance event The Sun Two Speed 27 Apr 2025
Comedienne and star of self-titled sitcoms (Lucille ___)
Annual Times Square dropper
The tremendous fun it provides for a dog? (4)
Disco ___, sparkling fixture in a discotheque
Tennis or soccer need
Radio Two DJ Zoe _ (4)
(3/6) "The game started with a bang and I cheered loudly. And guess what? I caught a ___ coming flying into the stands!"
Michael _, Alfie Boe's singing partner (4)
NBA "dribbling" sphere
Fancy dance The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Feb 2025
A little ballerina's dance (4)
Crystal ___ (fortuneteller's orb)
Masquerade, e.g. Wall Street Journal 19 Feb 2025
Tennis ___, sporting equipment or a makeshift tool to stabilize a walker
Event where Cinderella danced with her prince
What a dog may fetch
Tennis bouncer
Place for a belle
Bobby -, comedy partner of Tommy Cannon Mirror Quiz 31 Jan 2025
Something round you play games with (4)
Spherical object to throw and play 24a with
"Cats: The Jellicle ___" (2024 Off Broadway production)
Object hit with a bat, in tennis
Object that is rolled at a bowling alley
Zoe - presented It Takes Two from 2011-20 (4)
Dance is key to everything (4)
Tennis orb USA Today Quick 08 Jan 2025
Follower of cheese, corn, or pickle
One in a lottery mix-up?
Sphere - party (4) The Guardian Quick 27 Dec 2024
Sphere a€“ party (4)
Spherical plaything (4)
It's no square dance (4)
Lucille ___
High-and-outside pitch, say USA Today 18 Dec 2024
Dance band leader meets everybody
Zoe _, DJ who rose to fame presenting Live & Kicking (4)
Super-fun time
Try this! Matzo ___ soup, beloved winter food featured in the TV series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Sphere of the dance? (4)
First female host of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Zoe _ (4)
Fancy party Commuter 03 Dec 2024
Said to cry at the dance (4)
Formal dance Newsday 17 Nov 2024
Bit of golf equipment Commuter 13 Nov 2024
Round toy
*Inflatable sports equipment, needed for games like soccer
Great dance for everybody at Birkenhead (4)
Swanky dance
Fancy party Commuter 01 Nov 2024
Hilarious Lucille
Formal dance The Sun Two Speed 14 Oct 2024
Googly say: it's bowled everyone! The Sun Two Speed 14 Oct 2024
Spherical object Puzzler Backwords 12 Oct 2024
Retriever on court, ... boy
*Royal event where 19a meets 30d
Tommy Cannon's comedy partner, Bobby ___- (4)
Dance orb (4)
Not a square dance presumably?
Audible cry at the debutante dance (4)
Graduate bumps into Fellow at centre holding social event
Surname of the star of I Love Lucy (4)
Delivery at first bemused everyone The Sun Two Speed 04 Sep 2024
Formal dance The Sun Two Speed 04 Sep 2024
Grand formal dance Mirror Tea Time 01 Sep 2024
ZoA« ___, TV and radio presenter (4)
Johnny _, the host of kids' shows including Think Of A Number (4)
A round plaything (4)
Playful paper projects! Round object that may be created by crumpling tinfoil, and used by kids in a make-do throwball game
Word in the name of many sports Family Time 28 Jul 2024
Word with hard or soft LA Times Daily 25 Jul 2024
Disco ___, mirrored decoration at a party
Word after "soccer" or "base" Family Time 21 Jul 2024
Cinderella's event
What was the surname of 1950s/60s TV comedy star Lucille? (4)
Note everyone at the dance (4)
Fancy dance Commuter 13 Jul 2024
(Wrecking [___ python]
(Wrecking [?) python] USA Today Quick 01 Jul 2024
Table tennis need USA Today 17 Jun 2024
Dance for fun (4)
--> opening statement USA Today Quick 10 Jun 2024
Formal dance; sphere The Times Concise 08 Jun 2024
Dance The Telegraph Quick 06 Jun 2024
Graduate beginning to love line dance The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jun 2024
"Monster's ___" (2001 drama for which Halle Berry won a Best Actress Oscar)
Cannon's partner The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Jun 2024
Eight-___ (billiard game)
Cry when discussing globe (4)
Dance band's leader has everything
A dance that's great fun (4)
Low pitch, perhaps Wall Street Journal 18 May 2024
Radio 2 DJ and daughter of Johnny, Zoe _ (4)
Dance with a bouncer! (4)
Dance song lacking commercial content (4)
A social occasion for the bounder (4)
___culture ("Pose" subject) USA Today 01 May 2024
Spherical body or globe; as in Parodia leninghausii (the golden ___ cactus) (4)
The hundredth episode of I Love Lucy, comedy starring Lucille ... and Desi Arnaz, went to air in 1954
Fun you have playing tennis (4)
Great fun (4)
Whose roles include Imelda Quirke in The Commitments and Detective Sergeant Emer Berry in RTA's Hidden Assets? (4)
Dance round object (4)
Annual Times Square dropper
Tennis racket's target
Formal dancce (4)
Disco ___, sparkling fixture in a discotheque
Dance attended by Cinderella
"Monster's ___" (2001 drama for which Halle Berry won an Oscar)
Society dance
See 4 Down Mirror Quiz 16 Mar 2024
Half-back and a couple of students get spherical object (4)
Obviously no square dance (4)
World Cup-winner Alan's dance The Sun Two Speed 06 Mar 2024
Cricket delivery The Sun Two Speed 06 Mar 2024
Party for graduate and students Mirror Cryptic 03 Mar 2024
Spherical object Mirror Quick 03 Mar 2024
NBA "dribbling" sphere
Formal dance Puzzler Backwords 28 Feb 2024
Keep one's eye on the ___, phrase that's common in multiple sports that means to give attention to one's current task
Sphere - party The Guardian Speedy 25 Feb 2024
Tennis ___, sporting equipment or a makeshift tool to stabilize a walker
Crystal ___ (fortuneteller's orb)
Sphere of yarn Newsday 12 Feb 2024
What a dog may fetch
Sporting activities associated with bounders! (4,5)
Object used in sports (4)
Googly say bowled everyone! The Times Quick Cryptic 29 Jan 2024
Spherical object to throw and play 24a with
Lonzo or LaMelo of NBA fame
Object that is rolled at a bowling alley
A spherical mass of crystal, leather, minced beef, snow, wool, yarn etc; the delivery of the "cherry" in cricket; a plant's compact mass of roots with its surrounding soil; or, a formal assembly for d
Tap ___, fictional sport featured on "The Simpsons" that was invented by Homer
___ drop (Times Square event every New Year's Eve)
Might one have been pumped up for party? (4)
Umpire's call New York Times 31 Dec 2023
Wad (up) New York Times 31 Dec 2023
Great time New York Times 31 Dec 2023
Foot part New York Times 31 Dec 2023
Event for Cinderella New York Times 31 Dec 2023
Wadding
Alan ___, team member *
Formal dance Newsday 17 Dec 2023
*Alert LA Times Daily 15 Dec 2023
Sitcom pioneer Lucille LA Times Daily 12 Dec 2023
Lucille, for one Commuter 28 Nov 2023
Word after "soccer" or "pickle" Family Time 26 Nov 2023
Word after "soccer" pickle
Round item in many sports
Lucille who played Lucy USA Today 20 Nov 2023
Tennis racket's target
Lucille ___, actress who portrayed Lucy Ricardo in "I Love Lucy"
Matzo ___ soup USA Today 11 Oct 2023
Rum ___, cake-like dessert that is circular in shape
Fancy dance Newsday 22 Sep 2023
Emmy winner Lucille Thomas Joseph 13 Sep 2023
___ Arena, indoor arena home to the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche
Tennis racket target Newsday 14 Aug 2023
Tom Brady's prop
Sphere; dance The Times Concise 29 May 2023
Masquerade event Universal 26 May 2023
See 13 The Guardian Cryptic 24 May 2023
Black-and-white soccer item
Great time LA Times Daily 11 Nov 2022
Soccer sphere
Tennis racket target Newsday 26 Oct 2022
Everyone is depressed by Bachelor Party
Word after "air" or "hair" Universal 04 Sep 2022
Soccer sphere
Tennis or soccer need
"Monster's ___," 2001 drama film starring Halle Berry for which she won an Oscar
___ boys and girls, traditional Wimbledon roles
Good time for delivery?
Good time for delivery? The Guardian Cryptic 08 Jun 2022
Word before 'gown' or 'bearing' USA Today 31 May 2022
It may be passed in fields or courts
Globe, sphere Irish Times Simplex 12 May 2022
Fun thing to kick Family Time 09 May 2022
"Behind the eight ___," pool idiom that may be used at work to refer to a bad situation
Tennis racket's target
Fancy dance Thomas Joseph 02 Mar 2022
Sphere; dance The Times Concise 26 Feb 2022
Tennis need Premier Sunday 23 Jan 2022
Caught up in manual labour? It awaits Cinderella! Irish Times Crosaire 15 Dec 2021
___ of snow, rolled object used to build the head and body of a snowman
Thing to keep your eye on Universal 08 Dec 2021
Dance; delivery The Times Concise 30 Nov 2021
Low pitch, perhaps Wall Street Journal 17 Nov 2021
Shimansky soccer ___, $2.59 million dollar toy made with black diamonds
Soccer sphere
Big event for Cinderella Universal 23 Oct 2021
By all means, get rid of yes-man from The Globe Irish Times Crosaire 13 Oct 2021
Matzo __ soup The Washington Post 11 Oct 2021
Matzo __ soup LA Times Daily 11 Oct 2021
Cinderella's event
Cricket necessity Wall Street Journal 31 Aug 2021
Item for fetch or catch USA Today 03 Aug 2021
Lavish dance Premier Sunday 25 Jul 2021
Labour reverse course with Liberal and co-operate to play this
Degree students have big party
Ship stabilizer (Final part of a process) The Washington Post Sunday 18 Jul 2021
Formal gathering with gowns and dancing
Fancy dance Newsday 15 Jul 2021
Brawls occasionally seen before line dance The Telegraph Toughie 22 Jun 2021
Sphere of yarn Newsday 16 Jun 2021
Formal dance
Annual Times Square dropper
What Fido might fetch Newsday 05 Jun 2021
Cotillion’s kin Wall Street Journal 27 Apr 2021
Fancy dance Thomas Joseph 15 Apr 2021
World Cup-winner Alan's dance The Sun Two Speed 05 Apr 2021
Cricket delivery The Sun Two Speed 05 Apr 2021
Bouncer perhaps needed for dance The Sun Two Speed 10 Mar 2021
Ump's call Eugene Sheffer 19 Feb 2021
Sepak takraw item USA Today 15 Feb 2021
Twentieth-century chemist Alice USA Today 02 Feb 2021
Word after "screw" or "stick" Universal 19 Jan 2021
"The ___ is in your court now"
Word after "crystal" or "disco" Universal 01 Jan 2021
Off pitch? ... and a hint to the starred answers' starts Universal 27 Dec 2020
Event where Cinderella lost her slipper
Ump’s call Wall Street Journal 08 Dec 2020
"Cinderella" dance Universal 28 Nov 2020
Belle of the ___
Event for Cinderella Eugene Sheffer 19 Oct 2020
& 17 Across Like scorer of try, one going round to keep things moving The Telegraph Toughie 08 Oct 2020
Delivery at first bemused everyone The Sun Two Speed 20 Sep 2020
Formal dance The Sun Two Speed 20 Sep 2020
Michael --, English actor, singer, and broadcaster The Telegraph General Knowledge 17 Aug 2020
Need in many outdoor games LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2020
Need in many outdoor games The Washington Post 24 Jul 2020
By all means, dump yes-man from The Globe Irish Times Crosaire 11 Jul 2020
Soccer need Wall Street Journal 30 Jun 2020
Pitcher's parcel
"Cinderella" event Universal 25 May 2020
Ump's call Thomas Joseph 12 Mar 2020
Soccer sphere
Taken in by manual labourer turning up for a fancy dance Irish Times Crosaire 18 Nov 2019
Part of a Cinderella story New York Times 16 Nov 2019
Part of a Cinderella story
Magic 8 ___, Instagram game filter that can be uploaded as a story
Cricket need USA Today 18 Sep 2019
Super time USA Today 27 Aug 2019
''Cinderella'' setting Newsday 18 Aug 2019
Umpire's call Premier Sunday 04 Aug 2019
Gets a kicking for having no ties to Bastille Irish Times Crosaire 02 Aug 2019
Field hockey need USA Today 20 Jul 2019
Sphere; dance The Times Concise 28 May 2019
Everything comes after second-class delivery The Sun Two Speed 25 May 2019
*Kind of pen New York Times 23 May 2019
33-Down need USA Today 21 May 2019
High pitch, maybe New York Times 19 May 2019
Eight-___, pool billiards game with solids and stripes
Tennis racket's target
TV comedienne Lucille's dance
Event mentioned in "Cinderella"
Delivery of inflatable bags, half going astray
Fancy dance
33-Down need
Cricket need
Field hockey need
Super time
High pitch, maybe
*Kind of pen
Low pitch, perhaps Wall Street Journal 17 Dec 2018
Spherical object used to play tennis or soccer
Dance needs bouncer, possibly The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Nov 2018
Where Cinderella lost her slipper New York Times 13 Nov 2018
Bouncer maybe needed for dance The Sun Two Speed 31 Oct 2018
Dance nut
Ending to many sports names, as "Basket-" or "Foot-"
Event attended by Cinderella
Delivery bowled everybody The Sun Two Speed 06 Jul 2018
Part 3 of quote Newsday 29 Jun 2018
Part of foot that may be painful in dance The Telegraph Cryptic 20 May 2018
Labrador's playtime quarry Wall Street Journal 17 May 2018
Squash need Wall Street Journal 12 May 2018
Event for Cinderella New York Times 08 May 2018
Event Cinderella dreamed of going to
Dance; sphere The Times Concise 16 Apr 2018
Cinderella's dance Family Time 19 Mar 2018
Tennis racket's target Newsday 12 Mar 2018
Spalding or Voit product New York Times 10 Jan 2018
Squash need
Event for Cinderella
Spalding or Voit product
Where Cinderella lost her slipper
Low pitch, perhaps
Labrador's playtime quarry
Event giving rise to Liberal party
Gala affair The Washington Post 28 Nov 2017
Gala affair LA Times Daily 28 Nov 2017
Sphere The Times Concise 22 Nov 2017
Dance event Universal 11 Nov 2017
Orb The Telegraph Quick 09 Oct 2017
Regularly fall ill after bachelor party
Tennis racket target Newsday 19 Sep 2017
Shagger's collectible Jonesin 12 Sep 2017
Redhead of classic TV Universal 27 Aug 2017
Sphere for sport The Telegraph Quick 11 Aug 2017
Strike's counterpart Wall Street Journal 11 Jul 2017
Type of dance that Cinderella attended Family Time 13 Mar 2017
Social function for dancing The Guardian Quick 18 Feb 2017
Gala affair
Dance event
Redhead of classic TV
High and outside pitch, say USA Today 03 Dec 2016
Party nut
Society event Wall Street Journal 02 Nov 2016
Object in many sports The Chronicle of Higher Education 30 Sep 2016
A good time you'd expect to roll? The Telegraph Toughie 28 Sep 2016
Formal affair LA Times Daily 05 Sep 2016
Bouncer for the dance
Leaving Oxford college, I look back
Pigskin or horsehide USA Today 03 Aug 2016
Soccer sphere LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2016
Left party upset, but another one's found
Strike's opposite LA Times Daily 18 Jul 2016
Chain partner Universal 06 May 2016
Left backing return of Labour Party
Catch requirement Wall Street Journal 25 Apr 2016
Soiree Canadiana 11 Jan 2016
Pigskin or horsehide
Object in many sports
Strike's opposite
Soccer sphere
Formal affair
*Event in 'Cinderella' New York Times 04 Nov 2015
"Cinderella" event USA Today 01 Nov 2015
Grand dance The Sun Two Speed 31 Oct 2015
One's round for the dance The Sun Two Speed 31 Oct 2015
Good time Wall Street Journal 23 Oct 2015
Formal dance USA Today 10 Oct 2015
Formal dance The Telegraph Quick 23 Sep 2015
Blast New York Times 14 Aug 2015
See 10 Down Newsday 11 Jul 2015
Dance where you have to shout to be heard The Times Cryptic 10 Jul 2015
See 12-Down ... and a word that can follow the ends of the answers to starred clues LA Times Daily 01 Jul 2015
Event where Austen readers first 'see' Mr. Darcy The Chronicle of Higher Education 01 May 2015
Event attended by Cinderella USA Today 22 Mar 2015
Charge one going out for a lavish dance
Formal dance
Event attended by Cinderella
"Cinderella" event
See 10 Down
Pitch that's low and inside
Good time
Fun time
Blast
Tennis racket's target
Event where Austen readers first "see" Mr. Darcy
*Event in "Cinderella"
See 12-Down ... and a word that can follow the ends of the answers to starred clues
Party in retreat — Liberal Party (4
Announcer's shout in party
One blowing up a lottery machine?
See 36-Across
Society event
___ and chain
High pitch?
Bouncing toy
Event attended by Cinderella
Elaborate dance
Cinderella attended it
Great time
*Rocking good time
Playground bouncer
Hard or soft sphere
Annual Times Square dropper
Toy "wrapped" in the answer at 43-Across
Bouncing toy
Fancy dance
Scene of a lost glass slipper
Formal party
Event Cinderella attended
See 19-Across
Bouncing toy
Cinderella's soiree
High-pitched cry from an ump?
Socialite's party
'69 Iron Butterfly album
Arnaz's collaborator in comedy
Fancy dance
Bad thing to drop in business
Screen redhead
Cricket need
Musket projectile
Musket projectile
Object that may be struck by the starts of the answers to starred clues
Metaphorical wax shape
Swell time
Nursery toy
Wicked good time
See 25-Down
Object that may be struck by the starts of the answers to starred clues
Chain's partner
Fun time
She graced "TV Guide"'s first cover
Black eight, e.g.
Debutante's party
Yarn unit
Fun time
Black eight, e.g.
Chain's companion
Formal dance
Event with gowns
"Costume" party
Word with fur or fuzz
Really good time
It may be carried or dropped
Formal dance
Event with gowns
Really good time
It may be carried or dropped
"Play __!"
Cinderella's destination
It may be masked
Umpire's call
Great time
Good time
Bouncer?
Bouncer?
Safely ignored pitch
Great time
Society event
Cotillion
25% of a walk
Society event
Deb's event
Socket mate
Fancy dance
Part of the foot
Blast
Event attended by Cinderella
"Chain" companion
Blast
Bowler's roller
Word with 23-Across
Bowler's roller
Cinderella's destination
Word with 23-Across
Word with "eight" or "fast"
Musket missile
Formal dance
Poor pitch
Object in many sports
Annual Times Square dropper
Formal
Musket projectile
Sphere
Formal dance
Diamond object
Socket counterpart
Annual Times Square dropper
Event attended by Cinderella
Formal
Word with eight or fast
Stadium bouncer
Fun time
Musket ammo
Event for Cinderella
Fancy dance
Ump's call
High pitch, say
Ump's call
Something passed in courts
Deb's dance
Cinderella's dance
Formal dance
Outside pitch, for one
Word after medicine or crystal
Chain partner
Walk on the fourth?
Terrific time
Social event for Scarlett
Masquerader's event
Cinderella's dance
"Cinderella" setting
Item in a computer mouse
Strike's opposite
Funny Lucille
Cinderella's dance
Chain's partner
Bouncer
Cinderella's soiree
Funny Lucille
Chain's end, sometimes
Super time
Charity event
Deb's gala
Randy Johnson miss
Pitch out of the strike zone
Cotillion
It's sometimes low and in the dirt
Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across
___ of fire
Belle affair
Really good time
Deb's dance
Bad thing to drop in business
Deb s dance
Bouncer?
Lucille
Yarn unit
A pitch low and away
Musket ammo
Foot feature
Cinderella event
Word with eight or fast
Screen redhead
It may be attached to a chain
Twine collection
Socket's counterpart
Wax unit?
"Cinderella" event
Good time
Outside call
Redhaired Lucille
Beloved redhead
"Play ___!"
Dance for Cinderella
Formal dance
Musket missile
Cinderella's coming-out party
Debutante's affair
Word with gopher or golf
Something to drive or dance at
Cinderella's delight
Debutante's affair
Horsehide or pigskin
Woody Herman's Woodchopper's ____
Have a ___
Gala affair
Good time
Formal social dance
_____ State (David Letterman's alma mater)
Pomander case
Belle's milieu
Formal party
Beach ___
Cotillion
Gala
___ and chain
Comedienne from Jamestown, N.Y.
Jim Bouton's "___ Four"
What Watson drives
Festive redhead?
What Trevino drives
What some carriers hold
Gala event
Social event
Ump's call
Festive affair
Follower of kick or stick
Redhead from Jamestown, N.Y.
What Tom Watson drives
Chain's companion
Lucille or volley
Dance
See 1 Across
Low pitch, for one
High old time.
Evening affair.
Child's toy.
Low pitch.
Inaugural event.
Formal affair.
___ four!
Debutante event.
Umpire's decision.
Formal affair for dancing.
TV celebrity.
Promenade.
The "horsehide."
Former Minnesota Senator.
Defeated Senator from Minnesota.
Senator from Minnesota.
Republican Senator opposed to Gov. Dewey.
Projectile of old firearm.
Curve or slider.
Under Secretary of State.
Gay climax of 20 Down.
High and outside.
Lucille of TV.
TV "Woman of 1952."
Round, solid missile.
TV comedienne.
Formal dance.
Coronation event.
Dance.
Fancy dance.
Gala affair.
Umpire's call.
Yoga prop
TV star.
Swinging time: Slang.
Toy.
Gridiron missile.
Horsehide.
Former Senator from Minnesota.
Minnesota's Senator.
Umpire's call
Faulty pitch
Goldberg's successor at the U.N.
Belle's milieu.
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