Word "MUSCLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
possessing muscular strength
Synonyms:
brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
one of the contractile organs of the body
Synonyms:
musculus

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
Synonyms:
muscleman
Examples:
the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him

Crossword Clues for MUSCLE

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Often-flexed body part that is derived from the Latin word "musculus," that comes from "mouse"
___ shirt, a sleeveless, tight-fitting garment with no buttons or collar (6)
A thousand varied clues indicating physical development (6)
Said shellfish has bodily strength (6)
E.g. triceps or quadriceps (6)
Brawn Thomas Joseph 26 Apr 2025
Rascal's heart central to donkey's power
Strength, brawn
Uncle Sam moved around without using an elevator, for instance (6)
Body tissue - ponder finding chlorine inside
Strength of mollusc escaping trap (6) The Guardian Cryptic 20 Jan 2025
Brawn; strength (6)
Just strength? Sounds fishy to me! (6)
A car with real brawn like the Plymouth Superbird (6)
Deltoid, say, providing strength (6)
Spy chief regularly highlighted our so-called clout
__ shirt LA Times Daily 11 Dec 2024
Strength shown by shelllish, we hear (6)
Brawn Puzzler Backwords 02 Dec 2024
Force The Times Sunday Concise 24 Nov 2024
Triceps or trapezius Wall Street Journal 18 Nov 2024
Might head of convent left inside meditate? The Sun Two Speed 24 Oct 2024
Physical power The Sun Two Speed 24 Oct 2024
1000 assorted clues to body tissue (6)
Physical strength The Times Concise 27 Sep 2024
Reported bivalve's strength The Times Quick Cryptic 19 Sep 2024
Brawn Thomas Joseph 10 Sep 2024
Contractile body part
Brawn Thomas Joseph 11 Jul 2024
To do this in, presumably requires brawn (6)
Scot half taken in by obstinate creature shows strength (6)
Band of fibrous tissue which produces movement (6) The Sun Mini 03 Jul 2024
Body part built up by exercise (6)
Strength shown by shellfish, we hear (6)
Beef or seafood, did you say?
Brawny figure to think contemplatively about
Physical strength for which there could be a thousand different clues (6)
Bicep, for example
Contractile body tissue (6)
Workout target Family Time 28 Apr 2024
Seafood, we hear, will provide strength (6)
Show of strength when finally fathom tricky clues (6)
Bodybuilder's obsession
Trapezius, e.g. USA Today 21 Mar 2024
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Strength of seafood discussed aloud (6)
Bodily strength of said shellfish (6)
Strength The Telegraph Quick 22 Feb 2024
Strength comes from shellfish, we hear
Body part which gives you strength (6) Puzzler 01 Feb 2024
Brawn The Telegraph Quick 13 Jan 2024
Strength The Telegraph Quick 15 Dec 2023
Tissue toned at the gym
Alice Cooper album "___ of Love" (6)
Might melodies lose initial interest with the French? (6)
Myocardium, e.g LA Times Daily 06 Aug 2023
Deltoid, e.g USA Today 25 Jun 2023
Triceps, e.g Premier Sunday 11 Jun 2023
Brawn The Times Concise 04 Jun 2023
Biceps or triceps, e.g.
Brawn Thomas Joseph 20 Sep 2022
A contractile organ of the body Irish Times Simplex 13 Jun 2022
First of my devious clues shows strength The Times Cryptic 07 Jun 2022
Bundle of human tissue with a silent "c"?
Strength of sea creature, we hear The Times Cryptic 10 Mar 2022
Might mark cryptic clues
Might mark cryptic clues The Guardian Cryptic 02 Mar 2022
A contractile organ of the body Irish Times Simplex 18 Jan 2022
A contractile organ of the body Irish Times Simplex 22 Dec 2021
Sea creature acoustically generates power
Brawn Universal 05 Nov 2021
Brawn LA Times Daily 17 Jul 2021
Brawn The Washington Post 17 Jul 2021
Body part whose name comes from the Latin for 'little mouse' New York Times 03 Mar 2021
Power of special constable to intercept drug smuggler
Sounding like seafood, beef!
Might millions crack clues? The Telegraph Toughie 10 Nov 2020
Arm-wrestling asset USA Today 28 Jul 2020
Clue: S&M involved power
A contractile organ of the body Irish Times Simplex 02 Jul 2020
Brawn The Washington Post 18 Jun 2020
Brawn LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2020
Local thug would be legless without it Irish Times Crosaire 13 May 2020
Might millions crack clues?
Bodyguards, informally Wall Street Journal 18 Sep 2019
Perhaps calf is a beast of burden carrying sack regularly
Biceps, e.g Premier Sunday 10 Feb 2019
Bodyguards, informally
Brawn Eugene Sheffer 10 Dec 2018
Might set clues after first of month
Hippopotamus clearly shows strength The Telegraph Toughie 31 Oct 2018
Authority makes you cross, regularly sick inside The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Sep 2018
Strength Thomas Joseph 28 Aug 2018
Delt or pec Newsday 22 Jul 2018
Brawn New York Times 16 Apr 2018
Physical strength LA Times Daily 18 Feb 2018
Physical strength The Washington Post 18 Feb 2018
Physical strength
Brawn
Patron of the arts, catching cold, left beef
One of the contractile organs of the body Irish Times Simplex 09 Dec 2016
Might heads of security come to be taken in by drug smuggler?
Sinew The Telegraph Quick 24 Aug 2016
Mules stomping all around caught displaying brawn
Heart, for example, can be heavy
Master fresh clues, one of which is very close to the bone Irish Times Crosaire 11 Apr 2016
Stubborn one grasped Supreme Court's strength
Might head of convent left inside meditate?
What a bodybuilder builds
Kind of car or tee
Carly Rae Jepsen "Your Heart Is a ___"
Venom song for flexing?
__ shirt
Sham US cleric seizing power
Bodyguards or bouncers, in slang
Brawn
Deltoid, for one
Brawn
Brawn
Bodybuilder's goal
Biceps or triceps
Bodyguard's asset
What a bodybuilder builds
Hired goons
Hired goons
Power, so to speak
Clout, so to speak
Influence
With 44-Across, they're found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 49- and 59-Across
Mover or shaker?
Bodyguards, slangily
With 44-Across, they're found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 49- and 59-Across
Word before car or fiber
Flexor or extensor
Ab or delt
Iron-pumper's pride
Might
Kind of car
It may be pulled or pumped
Clout
The heart is largely this
Kind of car
It may move you
Brawn
Iron-pumper's pride
Might
Source of strength
Biceps or triceps
Mr. Olympia attribute
Bodyguards or bouncers
Sinew
Pectoralis e.g.
Lifter's asset
Biceps, e.g.
Flexor or extensor
Strength
Force
Force, to a mobster
Weight-lifter's pride
Triceps.
___ Shoals.
Something picked up at the gym
Triceps, for instance.
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