Word "PRIVATE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not expressed
Synonyms:
secret
Examples:
secret (or private) thoughts

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
Synonyms:
buck private, common soldier
Examples:
our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
concerning things deeply private and personal
Synonyms:
intimate
Examples:
private family matters

Crossword Clues for PRIVATE

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This soldier is a loner? (7)
Secret service person (7)
VIP cabaret he organised in exclusive location (7,5)
Versatile VIP performing in No 1 Coward play (7,5)
I figure pater is worried about Tommy (7)
_ property
Apart from the state (7)
Rip-off tax increase by a quarter (that's confidential) (7)
Before I tax, going through, off the record (7)
The ordinary soldier will keep himself to himself (7)
'___ Angelo', 1946 novel by Eric Linklater (7)
Thomas Atkins will keep himself to himself (7)
_ Investigations (7)
Not generally known that they haven't received commission (7)
Bill may be and Tommy is (7)
For your eyes only, soldier! (7)
_ investigator
Personal and secret (7)
Army rank is confidential (7) Puzzler Cryptic 05 Feb 2025
Epic war drama released in 1998, Saving ______- ___- (7,4)
(& 20-down) Non-government industry VAT? (7,6)
It's for your ears only, soldier (7)
Secretive soldier (7)
Confidential Mirror Classic 09 Dec 2024
Ordinary soldier not seen in public (7)
Soldier never seen in public? (7)
"Saving - Ryan"
Soldier not widely known (7)
He has received no commission, but it's not generally known (7)
It's confidential, Tommy (7)
This soldier can never appear in public (7)
Confidential Mirror Classic 28 Oct 2024
In secret, primate reduced a thousand to five (7)
What is the lowest rank in the army? (7)
Talk about the quartet that's for your ears only (7)
Not a public defender? (7)
He doesn't live on commission (7)
Soldiers who can never be general? (7)
Unpublished communication from a ranker? (7,6)
Lowest rank of soldier (7)
One's own rank (7)
One of the 8 isn't public (7)
One of the troops isn't public (7)
Lowest-ranking soldier (7) Puzzler 27 Aug 2024
Confidential, secret Mirror Classic 16 Aug 2024
Army rank is confidential (7) Puzzler Cryptic 04 Aug 2024
Exclusive to oneself (7)
Undisclosed military rank The Sun Two Speed 14 Jul 2024
Personal The Sun Two Speed 14 Jul 2024
Tommy's rabbit eating ivy, mostly The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jul 2024
Confidential soldier (7)
Rank as confidential (7)
Off the record of the ordinary soldier (7)
Tommy, I figure, will blab about (7)
War film released in 1998, Saving ______- Ryan (7)
Soldier seldom seen in public? (7)
Four come in to talk in secret (7)
Personal: - and confidential
___ Eye, satirical magazine (7)
Confidentially, he's just a common soldier. (7)
A man in uniform that's confidential (7)
Secret soldier of the lowest rank (7)
Surely not clerical assistants for the rank and file! (7,11)
Talk about, I figure, but not in public (7)
Secret serviceman
Not sections of military hospitals! (7,5)
Confidential talk about 4 (7)
Talk about four being topsecret (7)
Talk about four being top- secret (7)
One who hasn't been promoted, apart from the state (7)
Soldier being discreet The Times Quick Cryptic 09 Apr 2024
Low army rank Commuter 09 Apr 2024
Not available for the use of the general public
Reserved soldier? (7)
Talk I figure in that's not meant to be overheard (7)
Confidential Mirror Classic 22 Mar 2024
___ Eye, satirical news magazine (7)
Not open to the public; lowest rank in the army (7)
Soldier who keeps himself to himself? (7)
Rank of a military man undisclosed (7)
How quietly endless variety may be given to the infantryman (7)
A soldier who keeps himself to himself (7)
Not in public office (7)
He wears uniform, but not in public (7)
Personal, not public
One of the OR is confidential (7)
Retiring soldier The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Jan 2024
___ eye (Investigator like Sherlock) (7)
--- Eye, satirical news magazine (7)
Makes enquiries mostly about tax relating to personal affairs
For your ears only, Tommy (7)
Confidential Mirror Classic 05 Jan 2024
Saving ___ Ryan, Tom Hanks film (7)
Saving _ Ryan, 1998 war film starring Tom Hanks (7)
Like Instagram accounts you can't snoop on Universal 25 Nov 2023
Retiring soldier The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Nov 2023
26 19's kind of wire in sensitive area The Guardian Cryptic 07 Nov 2023
Not public USA Today 29 Oct 2023
Confidential The Telegraph Quick 28 Jul 2023
Soldier hardly gregarious? The Times Cryptic 25 Jul 2023
Soldier putting two and two together in talk The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jul 2023
Reserved archbishop has a change of heart The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jun 2023
Like diaries with locks USA Today 14 Jan 2023
Confidential — Tommy? The Guardian Quick 08 Sep 2022
Secret The Telegraph Quick 24 May 2022
Soldier not belonging to the state The Times Cryptic 24 Mar 2022
Soldier’s secret? The Times Cryptic 27 Jan 2022
Mobile hospital covers indep­endent sector institutions The Guardian Cryptic 26 Jan 2022
Secret Service after prince over Virginia
Secret Service after prince over Virginia The Guardian Cryptic 02 Nov 2021
See 11 The Guardian Cryptic 21 Oct 2021
Personal The Telegraph Quick 17 Apr 2021
Tommy's secret
Army man‘s retiring
Clandestine soldier The Sun Two Speed 21 Nov 2020
Personal The Sun Two Speed 21 Nov 2020
Uncommunicative soldier
Confidential The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2020
Not public The Times Concise 15 Jul 2020
Platoon member Thomas Joseph 25 May 2020
Not openly shared The Times Concise 13 Apr 2020
Army rank Thomas Joseph 11 Nov 2019
Secret soldier
Uncommunicative soldier
Own monkey, perhaps, after a change of heart The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jun 2019
Tommy‘s revealing little
Not to be shared The Times Concise 16 Apr 2019
Go on to enlist fourth ranker
Public's opposite New York Times 22 Oct 2018
Tommy's secret The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Sep 2018
Nonpublic Premier Sunday 12 Aug 2018
Undisclosed military rank The Sun Two Speed 15 Jul 2018
What's in 21 across is similar to what's in the army Irish Times Crosaire 30 Jun 2018
Word of warning The Washington Post 10 Mar 2018
Word of warning LA Times Daily 10 Mar 2018
Tommy Cooper makes this joke finally after son out of prison The Telegraph Toughie 12 Jan 2018
Public's opposite
(Of a place) secluded The Times Concise 16 Oct 2017
Soldier's retiring? The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jul 2017
Tommy‘s secret
Not for many to know Universal 23 Feb 2017
Junior soldier to talk boastfully, having captured four
Off the record, I laid on tax cuts before The Telegraph Toughie 01 Nov 2016
Like much property LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2016
Gas about Number 4 gets ranker
Military rank Thomas Joseph 21 May 2016
Soldier; personal The Telegraph Quick 25 Apr 2016
Confidential Newsday 06 Mar 2016
Server in force that's not controlled by state The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Feb 2016
Army rank The Times Concise 12 Jan 2016
Like much property
Not to be shared with anyone New York Times 05 Dec 2015
Not to be shared with anyone
Undisclosed military rank
Undisclosed military rank
Babble on
Tommy‘s secret
Army recruit
Not disclosed
Just between us
One following general directions?
Not open to the public
Not for the public
First Army rank of 39-Across
Just between us
Just between us
Low army rank
Buck ___ eye
Personal
Personal
Gomer Pyle, for one
One kind of eye
"Off-limits"
Confidential
Ordinary soldier
G.I.
Army man.
Relative of a recruit.
Hargrove, for one.
Trooper.
Rank of the "Absentminded Beggar."
GI.
Not for everyone
GI Joe.
Low man on the T/O.
Sequestered.
A kind of eye.
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