Word "PLAIN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not mixed with extraneous elements
Synonyms:
sheer, unmingled, unmixed
Examples:
plain water

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Synonyms:
complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off
Examples:
My mother complains all day

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Synonyms:
apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable
Examples:
made his meaning plain
it is plain that he is no reactionary
in plain view

Crossword Clues for PLAIN

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Clue Source Date
Bagel order, maybe
Unadorned thing to carry air travellers, we're told (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 09 Aug 2025
Unadorned thing to carry air travellers, we're told (5) The Guardian Quick 09 Aug 2025
Unadorned Commuter 07 Aug 2025
Not fancy at all LA Times Mini 27 Jul 2025
Intend to hide one that's unattractive (5)
Area that's not pretty flat? (5)
Using a sand yacht on the Nullabor was easy (5,7)
Nuisance about the figure being unattractive (5)
Flat country lacking beauty (5)
Intend to cover one. It's unattractive (5)
Bagel option New York Times 22 Jun 2025
Bit of knitting from the prairie (5)
Without any decoration (5)
Level flyer, we hear(5)
Region without hills, lacking beauty (5)
___ Jane (not fancy) (5)
It's a learner's in trouble (5)
Homely in appearance (5)
Plot to frame one that's not pretty (5)
It is obvious the steppe corresponds to this (5)
Left in great discomfort, it's clear (5)
Frank is not attractive
Very vanilla
"That's flat!" is such speaking (5)
Like many bagels with no toppings
Not good-looking and that's flat (5)
Left in some discomfort, that's clear (5)
Undecorated Commuter 14 May 2025
Simple geograpical feature
I intend to frame and that's not pretty (5)
Obvious intention to tour India (5)
Obvious The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2025
Flat land The Telegraph Mini 18 Apr 2025
Unadorned Thomas Joseph 15 Apr 2025
Clear and unmistakable Puzzler 14 Apr 2025
Vast flat area of land; without decoration (5)
Flat area lacking beauty (5)
Punishment for hiding money, that's clear (5)
Variety of bagel or yogurt
Unlike a fancy woman?
___-- sailing or ___- flour (5)
Unadorned; obvious The Telegraph Plusword 03 Mar 2025
Not attractive, unlike the mountainous area (5)
Simple area of land with few trees (5)
Unadorned Commuter 24 Feb 2025
Undecorated airliner, maybe, is mentioned (5)
Lowland area lacking beauty (5)
A ruse to trap one. That's clear (5)
___ and simple (absolutely clear)
D there for all to see (5)
No description for a milk bar! (5)
Tract of flat land (5)
I plan it not to look pretty
Clear line in drawing (5)
Not ornate The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 30 Jan 2025
Yogurt or bagel variety
A clear field (5)
Aim to take one in: that's clear (5)
Clean the flat ground (5)
It's clear a learner's in trouble (5)
Lacking attractive features, to be outspoken (5)
___ and simple (clear)
Obvious information to be included in design
Schematic drawing primarily important for patent
It's not a pretty sight, pal - in here!
Noticeable sound coming from aircraft (5)
Not a pretty scheme to entrap one (5)
Simple scheme blocked by the crossword setter The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Dec 2024
Its obvious it's flat (5)
It's clear when a learner's in distress (5)
District without hills, lacking beauty (5)
Knitting stitches: - and purl
Unadorned one in a scheme (5)
Clear the level ground (5)
One in a scheme having no attractive features (5)
It's clear there aren't hills here (5)
Unadorned Commuter 18 Nov 2024
Ordinary tract of land (5)
Not fancy at all LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2024
Bagel order, maybe
Not - and complicated: simple
Without adornment or show (5)
Without pattern (5)
Frank is not much to look at (5)
Like Jane's flat? (5)
I intend to get out, that's obvious (5)
Unadorned Commuter 26 Oct 2024
___ flour or ___ sailing (5)
Unembellished Newsday 24 Oct 2024
Not pretty clear? (5)
Smooth progress, - - - sailing Mirror Tea Time 21 Oct 2024
Unadorned, not fancy
Nothing fancy for Frank (5)
One in a scheme without any trimmings (5)
Such open country is not a pretty sight
Classic bagel type Universal 02 Oct 2024
"12," I put in, "is not pretty" (5)
"Throw me a line, I'm sinking fast", 1972 (8,5)
Easy to see with no mountains in the way (5)
Flat land isn't beautiful, or ugly (5)
Clear one implicated in plot (5)
Glaring when I take out the blueprint (5)
Clearly evident (5)
"Not a pretty scheme," I interposed (5)
It's clear it's flat (5)
Clear transport over an ocean for broadcast (5)
Hurt, having caught a left. That's obvious (5)
PlusWord No 815 solution The Telegraph Plusword 14 Aug 2024
Downright New York Times 31 Jul 2024
Simple pal in trouble
Unadorned The Times Concise 20 Jul 2024
Without toppings, say
Announce aircraft manifest The Times Sunday Cryptic 14 Jul 2024
Ordinary grassland? (5)
___ White T's ("Hey There Delilah" band)
Without toppings, as on pizza
One in a scheme having no outstanding features? (5)
Muted sound coming from aircraft (5)
Level tract of country
Not much to look at and that's flat (5)
Unadorned Eugene Sheffer 18 Jun 2024
Large area of flat land
Unattractive open land (5)
It has no ornamental hills (5)
It's clear many are in pain (5)
It's clear that the party leader had been lying
Flat area of no great beauty (5)
Apparent suffering left inside (5)
No fancy for the open country? (5)
Flat expanse of land, such as the Nullarbor (5)
Sound of aircraft that's clear (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 May 2024
In the drawing, I make clear (5)
Making clear I mean to catch (5)
It's clear it sounds like an aircraft (5)
Unembellished, clear (5)
Design unfinished and home undecorated
Prairie, steppe (5)
Unattractive kind of song? (5)
Not fancy or complicated (5)
It's clear 50 are in acute discomfort (5)
Clear the area (5)
Like ready salted crisps? (5)
Boring bagel order
Far from elaborate: - and simple
___ and simple (absolutely clear)
Pain at 50 is not a pretty thing!
Not cryptic, the jumbo, perhaps, we hear
Not hill country, that's clear (5)
Like a doughnut with no icing or filling New York Times 18 Mar 2024
Prairie said to be able to fly? (5)
Unadorned Commuter 07 Mar 2024
Flat, treeless expanse
Not pretty flat country? (5)
It's obvious it's not ornate (5)
Simple plan included a quarter of a pint (5)
Flat area suitable for an aircraft take-off?
Without toppings USA Today 08 Feb 2024
Unadorned Eugene Sheffer 31 Jan 2024
Detective's clothes are so simple The Times Quick Cryptic 19 Jan 2024
A strip of land in open country (5)
Unadorned, simple Mirror Tea Time 06 Jan 2024
Bagel variety LA Times Mini 05 Jan 2024
Not fancy Universal 04 Jan 2024
Tract of flat open country
___ and simple (clear)
Simple transport, did you say? (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Dec 2023
Unattractive stretch of country (5) Puzzler Cryptic 07 Dec 2023
It's obvious many are in pain (5)
Making clear I mean to be taken round (5)
Clear but unattractive (5)
Wide open country (5) Puzzler 24 Nov 2023
Visible flat land (5)
Left in agony, that's clear (5) Puzzler Cryptic 07 Nov 2023
Unadorned Thomas Joseph 02 Nov 2023
Most basic bagel variety New York Times Mini 01 Nov 2023
Ordinary New York Times 18 Sep 2023
Unembellished The Times Concise 10 Sep 2023
Without toppings, as pancakes
Without toppings, say
Bagel variety USA Today 30 Jun 2023
In ___ sight (clearly visible)
Unflavored Universal 05 Apr 2023
Without toppings, as a pizza
"For it is ___ as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be," romantic words from "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Not showy New York Times 09 Jan 2023
Clear, flat land The Times Cryptic 17 Nov 2022
Unadorned Eugene Sheffer 12 Nov 2022
___ and simple
Unattractive student tucking into French bread The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Oct 2022
___ and simple (absolutely clear)
Unembellished The Telegraph Quick 27 Sep 2022
Unadorned Eugene Sheffer 24 Sep 2022
Basic bagel order LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2022
Obvious The Telegraph Quick 15 Sep 2022
Vanilla The Telegraph Quick 14 Aug 2022
Garden-variety New York Times 07 Aug 2022
Without toppings, say
Simple map including India The Times Cryptic 08 Jul 2022
Unadorned; steppe The Telegraph Quick 01 Jul 2022
Without toppings, perhaps
Not fancy The Washington Post 18 Apr 2022
Not fancy LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2022
Ordinary Newsday 31 Mar 2022
___ and simple (absolutely clear)
Simple flier, we hear? The Times Cryptic 07 Feb 2022
With no decorations Newsday 31 Jan 2022
No-frills Universal 16 Jan 2022
Without toppings USA Today 15 Jan 2022
Without bells and whistles The Guardian Quick 18 Dec 2021
Simple, unadorned Irish Times Simplex 05 Oct 2021
Unadorned The Washington Post 27 Sep 2021
Unadorned LA Times Daily 27 Sep 2021
Obvious The Telegraph Quick 14 Sep 2021
Simple; undecorated The Times Concise 31 Aug 2021
Bagel variety New York Times 17 Jul 2021
Porcupine _____ Canadiana 05 Jul 2021
Manifest one in drawing The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jul 2021
Ordinary level described
Downright simple The Telegraph Cryptic 16 May 2021
Far from fancy Newsday 16 Apr 2021
Reporter's aircraft not much to look at
Without decoration Newsday 10 Mar 2021
Like a pizza with no toppings USA Today 13 Feb 2021
Unadorned Thomas Joseph 12 Feb 2021
Everyday Universal 08 Feb 2021
Unadorned The Sun Two Speed 21 Jan 2021
Obvious scheme one stops The Sun Two Speed 21 Jan 2021
Not what this is, clearly
Garden-variety Newsday 27 Dec 2020
Obvious The Telegraph Quick 13 Dec 2020
Having no toppings, as a pizza New York Times 08 Dec 2020
Vanilla left in French bread
Ordinary The Telegraph Quick 18 Oct 2020
Unattractive student in agony The Sun Two Speed 06 Oct 2020
Simple, unadorned Irish Times Simplex 30 Sep 2020
Unadorned Universal 24 Sep 2020
Bagel or yogurt flavor USA Today 22 Sep 2020
Basic smooth talking?
Student tucks into French bread of an ordinary type
___ and simple (without a doubt)
___ and simple (absolutely clear)
Simple plot to trap one
Patent scheme I introduced
Learner is suffering, it's obvious
Basic The Telegraph Quick 24 Nov 2019
Unadorned Wall Street Journal 05 Nov 2019
Obvious time for a legal statement of grievance
Basic The Washington Post 21 Sep 2019
Basic LA Times Daily 21 Sep 2019
Obvious Thomas Joseph 06 Sep 2019
Reduction in growth around one flat region
It's obvious novice is in a bad way Irish Times Crosaire 31 Aug 2019
Obvious scheme involves upstanding character The Sun Two Speed 26 Aug 2019
"... above the fruited ___" Family Time 26 Aug 2019
Not decorated The Times Concise 24 Aug 2019
Unadorned Eugene Sheffer 22 Jul 2019
Like the nose on your face? The Washington Post 16 Jul 2019
Like the nose on your face? LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2019
Without toppings USA Today 03 Jul 2019
Bagel choice The Washington Post 25 May 2019
Bagel choice LA Times Daily 25 May 2019
Climbing perennial plants cover area of level land
Lacking toppings USA Today 25 Apr 2019
Pain lad suffers on outskirts of run is stitch
Left in agony? That's evident!
Evident The Telegraph Quick 19 Mar 2019
Without toppings New York Times 04 Feb 2019
Unadorned The Telegraph Quick 16 Jan 2019
Without toppings
Unadorned
Lacking toppings
Basic
Bagel choice
Like the nose on your face?
Without toppings
Without toppings Jonesin 14 Aug 2018
Everyday New York Times 11 Aug 2018
Steppe Universal 03 Jul 2018
Obvious plateau The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jun 2018
Clear sound of aircraft
Quite ugly
Bagel or yogurt choice USA Today 15 Feb 2018
Clear sound of aircraft
Flat's electric current shown in diagram The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Jan 2018
Learner in distress -- you should get clear The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jan 2018
Hamburger order New York Times 20 Jan 2018
With nothing on top New York Times 13 Jan 2018
With nothing on top
Hamburger order
Everyday
Steppe
Bagel or yogurt choice
No show flat?
Scheme embraces one that's patently obvious
Simple sort of medieval song? The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Sep 2017
___ and simple (absolutely clear)
Beginner in discomfort — that's obvious
Simple map I found enclosed
No-frills New York Times 29 Jun 2017
One in drawing's no oil painting The Telegraph Toughie 02 May 2017
Left in agony? That's evident!
Undecorated; flat area The Times Concise 17 Feb 2017
No-frills
Opposite of everything, in bageldom LA Times Daily 29 Nov 2016
Obvious hurt left repressed The Times Cryptic 04 Nov 2016
Sound of aircraft that's quite visible
Lacking frills Newsday 16 Oct 2016
Apparent The Telegraph Quick 29 Sep 2016
Geographical feature in 'America the Beautiful' New York Times 04 Aug 2016
Evident left suffering, it's suggested?
Garden-variety Universal 29 May 2016
Unembellished Thomas Joseph 27 Jan 2016
Geographical feature in "America the Beautiful"
Garden-variety
Unornamented USA Today 01 Jan 2016
Unornamented
Ordinary LA Times Daily 07 Dec 2015
Flat open country The Telegraph Toughie 09 Oct 2015
Not fancy at all Universal 02 Oct 2015
No-frills LA Times Daily 30 Sep 2015
Simply left hurting?
Simple, undecorated yet homely flat
With no frills Newsday 29 Jul 2015
Unadorned Newsday 15 Feb 2015
Bagel option
Ordinary
Like Amish style
Not fancy at all
Without condiments
No-frills
Unadorned
With no frills
Without bells and whistles
Unembellished
Sans nuts, e.g.
Vanilla
Not fancy
Unembellished
"Hey There Delilah" ___ White T's
Uncomplicated man of the cloth spilling his tea
Give reasons for taking off without Frank
__ Jane
Not showy
Bare-bones
Run-of-the-mill
Not showy
Not adorned
Unornamented
"... above the fruited ___"
Apparent
Obvious scheme to catch one
Bare-bones
Without bells and whistles
Like the nose on your face
Vanilla
Bagel choice
Unadorned
Easy to see or understand
Like the nose on your face
Eschewing finery
Nothing fancy
Like the nose on your face?
"Above the fruited ___ ..."
Without embellishments
Garden-variety
Without bells and whistles
Garden-variety
Manifest
Not frilly
Sans toppings
Having no pattern
Like a nothing bagel?
Garden-variety
Like a nothing bagel?
Obvious
Unadorned
Prairie
"Above the fruited ___"
Ordinary
Garden-variety
Obvious
Like the nose on your face
Unflavored
Everyday carpentry tool in the auditorium (5)
Obvious
Not fancy
Clear
Run-of-the-mill
Simple
Simple partner?
Unadorned
Flat
Sans toppings
Unadorned
Sans toppings
Flat
Unadorned
Unadorned
Without toppings
Clear
___ People (Amish)
Without toppings
Level expanse
Pure and simple
Flat land
No-frills
Pure and simple
Adjective for Jane
Bagel variety
Yogurt flavor
Easy to see or understand
Bagel choice
No-frills
With nothing added
Simple partner
Yogurt choice
Yogurt choice
Without frills
Steppe or savannah
Unadorned
Uncomplicated
Word replaced by "Milk Chocolate" on M&M's wrappers
Simple flier, we hear?
Easy to see
Bagel variety
Yogurt choice
Eschewing finery
Tract of land of roughly uniform elevation
Homespun
Homely
Minus toppings
Uncomplicated
Yogurt variety
Sans nuts, e.g.
Without extra toppings
"Sarah, ___ and Tall" (Glenn Close movie)
Garden-variety
Unvarnished
Unadorned
Unvarnished
Champaign
Clear
Without embellishment
Opposite of fancy
Obvious
Unmixed
Manifest
Steppe
Evident
Rainy area in Spain
"For 2c ___"
Certain Jane
Simple
Evident.
Untrimmed.
Pizza choice
Outspoken.
Roadway for a Conestoga wagon.
Broad stretch of land.
Western feature.
Unfigured.
___ song.
Unvarnished.
Downright.
Run-of-the-mill.
Savanna.
Clear.
Ordinary.
Level land.
Without embellishment.
Without frill
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