Word "ELFIN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
Synonyms:
fey
Examples:
thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
small and delicate
Synonyms:
elflike
Examples:
she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate
obsessed by things elfin and small

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
usually good-naturedly mischievous
Synonyms:
elfish, elvish
Examples:
perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight

Crossword Clues for ELFIN

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The Spanish flipper is delicate The Telegraph Toughie 12 Aug 2025
Spritelike Universal 28 Jul 2025
The Spanish swimming aid is small and delicate (5)
Delicate female in river, surfacing The Telegraph Toughie 08 Jul 2025
Small and delicate female in river standing up
Small part of chapel finial (5)
Unruly Neil included fellow who was impish (5)
Like Santa's helpers New York Times 17 Jun 2025
Impish Eugene Sheffer 04 Jun 2025
Mischievous, but somewhat self-indulgent (5) Puzzler Cryptic 31 May 2025
Pixielike LA Times Daily 25 May 2025
Spritely learner in fine arrangement (5)
Fairylike Mirror Tea Time 14 May 2025
Small and charming, if Len can make it SO (5)
Having a delicate build Mirror Classic 09 May 2025
Impish colonel finds guards (5)
The Spanish take a bit of fish like a fairy (5)
Spritelike Universal 25 Apr 2025
Small and charming
Impish and a little self-interested (5)
Gamine (5) Puzzler 13 Apr 2025
Mischievous sprite inside (5)
The Parisian holding up fishy part that's mischievous (5)
Delicate, small, of mini dimension ultimately The Times Quick Cryptic 26 Mar 2025
Pointy-featured
Self-indulgently hiding like a fairy (5)
Somewhat self-indulgent, like a pixie (5) Puzzler Cryptic 19 Mar 2025
Fairylike Mirror Tea Time 15 Mar 2025
Impish damsel financing houses (5)
Mischievous bit of self-indulgence (5)
A little cute? New York Times 05 Mar 2025
Pixieish Premier Sunday 02 Mar 2025
Having features like Galadriel, say The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 19 Feb 2025
Charmingly mischievous
Describes charming appearance of some self-involved characters
Self-indulgence found in pixie-like person (5)
Puckish - that's the Spanish and French conclusion (5)
Charmingly small female in receding river (5)
Left in fine style (5)
Small, mischievous and charming (5) Puzzler 09 Jan 2025
Tiny and fragile (5)
Slight and pretty (5)
Small and delicate, to some extent self-indulgent (5)
Neil's friend, oddly cast resembling one of Santa's helpers? The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Dec 2024
Daniel Finlay takes in a spritely epithet (5)
Dainty piece of self-indulgence
Like Santa's helpers Universal 27 Nov 2024
Impish, like Santa's helpers? (5)
Small sprite within
Small, mischievous and charming Puzzler Backwords 26 Nov 2024
Small and delicate, ... looking
Spritely ___ that's the Spanish and French conclusion (5)
Small and delicate, typically with a mischievous charm (5)
Imp-like
Small, delicate and charming (5)
Fairy-like Mirror Tea Time 01 Nov 2024
Small with a delicate frame Puzzler Backwords 30 Oct 2024
Of small delicate build (5)
Like a sprite, impish (5)
Model, finished in delicate, small style (5)
Having a slim and delicate build Mirror Classic 20 Oct 2024
Attractively small and dainty (5)
Impish element featuring in novel, finally (5)
The Spanish female, trendy and dainty
Like Galadriel and Elrond on "Rings of Power"
Relating to certain fairies The Times Specialist Sunday 29 Sep 2024
Small and sly Wall Street Journal 28 Sep 2024
Mischievous life, silly heading north (5)
Small and impish Newsday 03 Sep 2024
The Spanish and the French ending is spritely (5)
Pixie-like Puzzler Backwords 29 Aug 2024
As Legolas, basking in self-indulgence? (5) The Guardian Cryptic 15 Aug 2024
Small and mischievous Newsday 30 Jul 2024
Petite and playful LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2024
Diminutive, mischievous (5)
Having a delicate, slender build Mirror Classic 14 Jul 2024
Pointy-featured (face)
Slight element of self-indulgence The Telegraph Toughie 02 Jul 2024
Child tells friend to ignore odds The Telegraph Toughie 19 Jun 2024
Small, delicate and charming in appearance
The Spanish fish portion is small (5)
Puckish, gamine (5)
Small with delicate frame
Small and attractive Mirror Tea Time 25 May 2024
Impish, pixie-like (5)
Delicate force in ebbing river
Having delicate appeal that's shown to conclude Spanish film? The Times Cryptic 16 May 2024
Feel finished when you have that small delicate frame build? (5)
Mischievous line broadcast about France (5)
Small and delicate, French finish after the Spanish The Times Quick Cryptic 03 May 2024
Dainty in appearance The Times Concise 30 Apr 2024
Self-indulgent - a bit like a pixie (5)
Small force blocking river in retreat (5)
Small force blocking river in retreat The Guardian Cryptic 26 Mar 2024
Resembling a small creature
As dainty as a fairy (5)
Impish (5) Puzzler 16 Mar 2024
Small and mischievous, the Spanish finish in Paris
Small and mischievous, the Spanish finish in Paris (5)
Mischievous out of self-interest
Of elves (5)
Mischievous Thomas Joseph 04 Mar 2024
Small, charming (5)
Petite, as a supernatural being?
Delicate and fine, swimming around lake (5)
The end of Spain? It's delicate (5)
Fairylike Mirror Tea Time 14 Feb 2024
Resembling an elf (5)
Small and delicate damsel finally taking part
Of small and delicate build (5)
Being delicate, Neil staggers round the welfare centre (5)
Small with a delicate frame (5) Puzzler 30 Jan 2024
Old word for a fey, imp or urchin, hence an adjective for dainty, delicate, mischievously charming or small (5)
Having a delicate build Mirror Classic 23 Jan 2024
Small and pixieish New York Times 23 Jan 2024
Impish Newsday 20 Jan 2024
Dainty slice of caramel finger (5)
Fine novel about liberal of a puckish sort (5)
Like Sprite? A German drinks litres loudly The Times Cryptic 15 Dec 2023
Small and merry Newsday 08 Dec 2023
Small and delicate (5) Puzzler 04 Dec 2023
Impish fellow entering river from the south (5)
Impish Wall Street Journal 18 Nov 2023
Delicately featured The Times Concise 30 Oct 2023
Petite The Telegraph Quick 20 Aug 2023
Small and playful The Guardian Quick 05 Aug 2023
Mischievous and small Newsday 25 Jul 2023
Pixieish LA Times Daily 09 May 2023
Small and mischievous Wall Street Journal 08 May 2023
Like Santa's helpers Universal 16 Apr 2023
Not big and troublemaking Newsday 01 Apr 2023
Pixielike Universal 25 Feb 2023
Like Santa's little helpers New York Times 16 Jan 2023
Mischievous and somewhat self-involved The Times Cryptic 24 Nov 2022
Small and delicate The Times Concise 25 Oct 2022
Puckish Newsday 13 Oct 2022
Like Legolas in 'The Lord of the Rings' New York Times 25 Sep 2022
Mischievous and somewhat self-involved The Times Cryptic 21 Sep 2022
Spritelike LA Times Daily 28 Aug 2022
Pixielike Wall Street Journal 16 Aug 2022
Charming the Spanish end using another language
Like Santa's helpers LA Times Daily 08 Jul 2022
Dainty piece of marzipan if left over The Times Cryptic 03 Jun 2022
Like Keebler's animated bakers The Washington Post 06 May 2022
Like Keebler's animated bakers LA Times Daily 06 May 2022
River rising to claim female, small and delicate
Small and delicate Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2022
Dainty The Guardian Quick 03 Feb 2022
Section of steel finial small and delicate The Times Cryptic 30 Nov 2021
Small and delicate female found in river flowing west The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Oct 2021
In Cervantes, the end is charming and delicate The Telegraph Toughie 21 Sep 2021
Delicate regular veil is exquisite? Not quite
Self interest exhibited by mischievous one
Small and delicate The Times Concise 15 Jul 2021
Slight error losing franchise, I'm nonplussed initially
Entering rising river, female pretty and delicate The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jun 2021
Small and delicate female in river, swept back
Mischievous Wall Street Journal 01 May 2021
Impish LA Times Daily 13 Mar 2021
Impish The Washington Post 13 Mar 2021
Dainty, a little thin, I flew upward The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Feb 2021
Spritelike Eugene Sheffer 15 Jan 2021
Like Santa's helpers Eugene Sheffer 22 Dec 2020
Small and pointy-eared, perhaps New York Times 17 Dec 2020
Small fish gutted above dorsal The Telegraph Toughie 03 Dec 2020
Graceful female enters river from the east
Puckish Wall Street Journal 17 Nov 2020
Female in river swimming backwards can be rather delicate Irish Times Crosaire 31 Oct 2020
Dainty female carried by river to the north The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Oct 2020
Small, delicate and mostly finely structured
Small and delicate The Times Concise 01 Oct 2020
Puckish New York Times 27 Sep 2020
Like storied North Pole workers LA Times Daily 25 Sep 2020
Like storied North Pole workers The Washington Post 25 Sep 2020
Small and mischievous Newsday 22 Sep 2020
Tiny LA Times Daily 06 Sep 2020
Tiny The Washington Post 06 Sep 2020
Self-indulgent nurses like mischievous children
Impish Eugene Sheffer 14 Jul 2020
Like Keebler's animated bakers LA Times Daily 13 Jul 2020
Like Keebler's animated bakers The Washington Post 13 Jul 2020
Small river rises around France The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jun 2020
Mischievous Newsday 19 Jun 2020
Impish Newsday 17 May 2020
Like Santa's helpers Universal 24 Feb 2020
Small, delicately-framed The Times Concise 08 Feb 2020
Small, like Santa's helpers
Small, like Santa's helpers New York Times 13 Jan 2020
Delicate and charming, if partially self-indulgent
Like a leprechaun The Washington Post Sunday 29 Sep 2019
Diminutive New York Times 29 Sep 2019
Like the Hollow Tree Factory bakers LA Times Daily 13 Sep 2019
Like the Hollow Tree Factory bakers The Washington Post 13 Sep 2019
Slight contribution to novel finale
Dainty foxtrot involved in line dancing The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Jul 2019
Small and fragile female trapped in rising river The Telegraph Toughie 02 Jul 2019
Impish The Telegraph Quick 29 Jun 2019
Delicate female drowned in rising river
Like Keebler workers USA Today 24 May 2019
Like some D&D characters Jonesin 09 Apr 2019
Charming English line before the end of Tati movie? The Telegraph Toughie 28 Mar 2019
Diminutive LA Times Daily 17 Mar 2019
Diminutive The Washington Post 17 Mar 2019
Pixie-like The Telegraph Quick 13 Mar 2019
Dainty swimming aid used by the Spanish
Keebler-esque? Universal 27 Jan 2019
Like the Hollow Tree Factory bakers
Diminutive
Diminutive
Keebler-esque?
Like Keebler workers
Dainty and, to some extent, self-indulgent
Pixielike New York Times 31 Oct 2018
Small and delicate fish losing front flipper
Small and delicate Universal 12 Sep 2018
Puckish The New Yorker 02 Jul 2018
Tiny and troublesome Newsday 21 Jun 2018
Petite, the Spanish female elected The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Jun 2018
Like Santa's helpers The New Yorker 04 Jun 2018
Rebel finally, to some extent, impish
Petite The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2018
Fairylike The Telegraph Quick 20 Apr 2018
Rebel finally, to some extent, impish
Mischievous Thomas Joseph 19 Mar 2018
Delicate aspect of chapel finances
Slight mistake: all of Saudi Arabian conclusions (5
Small and delicate
Pixielike
Like Santa's helpers USA Today 13 Nov 2017
Puckish Universal 26 Oct 2017
Mischievous and small Newsday 04 Oct 2017
Petite, the Spanish female elected
Small and delicate eel lacking foremost swimming appendage
Puckish Premier Sunday 07 May 2017
Small arch The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Apr 2017
Mischievous LA Times Daily 24 Mar 2017
Mischievous The Washington Post 24 Mar 2017
Like a leprechaun USA Today 17 Mar 2017
Small; mischievous The Telegraph Quick 13 Mar 2017
Like pixies Premier Sunday 22 Jan 2017
. Charming selfie, one off-limits
Like Santa's helpers
Puckish
Mischievous
Puckish
Spritelike Newsday 29 Dec 2016
Bilingually, the ending's short and sweet
Bilingually, the ending's short and sweet The Times Cryptic 16 Dec 2016
'Spritely' — that's the Spanish and French conclusion
Spritelike LA Times Daily 14 Nov 2016
Delicate fellow swamped by rising river
Like Santa's workers Universal 12 Oct 2016
Puckish The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Sep 2016
Spritelike Premier Sunday 14 Aug 2016
Like a leprechaun The Washington Post 09 Aug 2016
Like a sprite The Washington Post 28 Jul 2016
The Spanish end in France is fairylike
Puckish The Washington Post 13 Jun 2016
Small and sprightly The Washington Post 10 Jun 2016
Small, mischievous and charming, the Spanish end in Paris? The Telegraph Toughie 02 Jun 2016
Pixielike LA Times Daily 31 May 2016
Pixieish Wall Street Journal 31 May 2016
Mischievous The Telegraph Quick 03 May 2016
Essentially yields given by finance is small
Pixie-like Newsday 09 Feb 2016
Selfie with one stripped? Charming The Times Cryptic 03 Feb 2016
Pixieish Premier Sunday 17 Jan 2016
Puckish
Pixielike
Spritelike
Fairy-like The Sun Two Speed 18 Dec 2015
Gamine appears in part of novel finale The Sun Two Speed 18 Dec 2015
Small, delicate flower raised, attracting female The Telegraph Toughie 27 Nov 2015
Pixielike USA Today 20 Nov 2015
Pixieish The Washington Post 17 Nov 2015
Small arch
Fairylike LA Times Daily 08 Nov 2015
Small and impish Newsday 01 Nov 2015
Like a pixie New York Times 21 Oct 2015
Small; impish The Telegraph Quick 14 Oct 2015
Small delicate female stuck in swirling river
Spritelike Universal 24 Sep 2015
Like the Rice Krispies mascots USA Today 28 Aug 2015
Like some characters in 'The Hobbit' New York Times 19 Jul 2015
Slight self-indulgence, in part
Sweet Malaga's the ultimate The Telegraph Toughie 09 Apr 2015
Small, mischievous and charming The Telegraph General Knowledge 05 Apr 2015
Mischievous, somewhat self indulgent
Small spaniel finds boxes The Telegraph Toughie 01 Apr 2015
Pixie-like Premier Sunday 29 Mar 2015
Like one of Santa's helpers USA Today 29 Mar 2015
Puckish LA Times Daily 02 Jan 2015
Small and impish
Spritelike
Fairylike
Like a pixie
Like some characters in "The Hobbit"
Puckish
Pixieish
Like one of Santa's helpers
Like the Rice Krispies mascots
Pixielike
Pixie-like
Spritelike
Pixieish
Small and spritely
Like North Pole workers
Small and mischievous
Fairylike
Like Santa's helpers
Small and sprightly
Dwarflike
Whirling river drowns female, small and delicate
Like a leprechaun
Small and merry
Small and charmingly spritely
Small and sprightly
Small and mischievous
Small and sprightly
Pixieish
Like Keebler workers
Leprechaunlike
Pixieish
Impish
Small and sprightly
Spritelike
Pixie-esque
Wee
Leprechaun-like
Like a leprechaun or sprite
Like a pixie
Pixieish
Like a pixie
Like Keebler magic
Pixie-like
Enchanting, but not in a big way?
Puckish
Like Ernie Keebler
Like Keebler cookie makers
Diminutive
Like the North Pole crew
Like Puck
Like Puck
Like a leprechaun
Enchanting, but not in a big way?
Like Keebler workers
Impish
Like Keebler's Ernie
Like a sprite
Pixieish
Like Keebler cookie makers or Santa's helpers
Small and sprightly
Fairylike
Impish
Small and sprightly
Mischievous
Fairylike
Like Keebler cookie makers
Like a North Pole drudge
Pixie-esque
Like a polar drudge
Like the North Pole crew
Like pixies
Puckish
Like a pixy
Puckish
Mischievous
Spritelike
Puckish
Puckish
Like some seasonal helpers
Like Santa's helpers
Charmingly spritely
Like brownies
Diminutive
Like Ernie Keebler
Like a polar drudge
Mischievous
Prankish
Like leprechauns
Fey
Like leprechauns
Prankish
Like a munchkin
Impish
Like a sprite
Fairylike
Like Keebler's Ernie
Diminutive
Pixieish
Like leprechauns
Like Keebler cookie makers
Pixieish
Small and sprightly
Small and sprightly
Like pixies
Pixyish
Small and charmingly spritely
Pixyish
Mischievous
Small and cute
Like Santa's helpers
Fairylike
Like some brownies
Pixie-sized
Mischievous
Sprightly
Like a Keebler spokesman
Like Paul Begala, in appearance
Spritely
Small and charmingly mischievous
Like Santa's helpers
Like munchkins
Like munchkins
Like Santa's helpers
Pixielike
Like a Keebler spokesman
Small and spritely
Spritely
Like congressman Ed Markey's appearance
Leprechaun-like
Wee
Like a North Pole drudge
Mischievous
Tiny
Fey
Section of steel finial small and delicate
Impish
Pixyish
Fey
Short and sweet?
Impish
Like the North Pole crew
Like a pixie
Like Ernie Keebler
Spritelike
Pixyish
Having a magical charm
Lilliputian
Sprite-like
Spritelike
Mischievous Lilliputian
Mischievous
Tiny
Having anotherworldly quality
Puckish
Playful
Pixyish
Sprite-ly
Fairylike; delicate
Impish
Pixie
Sylphish or puckish
Puckish or dwarfish
Having fairy charm.
Sprightly.
Impish.
Like Santa's helpers
Spritelike.
Like a sprite.
Puckish.
Strangely charming.
Like 42 Across.
Like a pixie.
Puckish
Tricksy.
Like Queen Mab.
Mischievous.
Pixyish.
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