Word "SHAFT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Synonyms:
barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam
Examples:
she threw shafts of sarcasm

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the hollow spine of a feather
Synonyms:
calamus, quill

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
Synonyms:
rotating shaft

Crossword Clues for SHAFT

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Clue Source Date
Handle (5) Mirror Quick 30 Aug 2025
Quiet at back of tunnel (5) Mirror Cryptic 30 Aug 2025
Who's the cat that won't cop out? Right on! The Telegraph Plusword 29 Aug 2025
Ray has recycled paper The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Aug 2025
1971 cult classic LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2025
Longest part of a golf club (5)
Long, narrow pole (5)
Gordon Parks film starring Richard Roundtree in the title role (5)
Passage in a 10-Across
Long part of a golf club Universal 28 May 2025
Arrow stem (5)
Part of golf club, feather or sunlight (5) The Guardian Quick 24 May 2025
2000 action film starring Samuel L Jackson in the title role Mirror Quiz 19 May 2025
Handle Mirror Quick 17 May 2025
Hard and fast going round tunnel Mirror Cryptic 17 May 2025
Handle Mirror Quick 10 May 2025
Quiet at back of tunnel Mirror Cryptic 09 May 2025
They went Top 10 with Roobarb And Custard in '91 (5)
Handle has moved twelve inches (5)
Elevator well (5)
Mine passage The Telegraph Plusword 06 Apr 2025
Fictional private investigator played by Richard Roundtree
Beam The Telegraph Mini 14 Mar 2025
Pole; ray (5)
Mine corridor (5)
Pole in section of building for lift (5)
1971 film, a blaxploitation crime action thriller The Times Specialist Sunday 16 Feb 2025
Vertical mine passage (5)
Detective played by Richard Roundtree in vertical access to mine (5)
Wherein the miner going down has to change feet? (5)
Beam of light down the mine-passage (5) Puzzler Cryptic 04 Jan 2025
Be quiet at rear of mine (5)
In a mine, the hush at the rear (5)
Most of a putter Newsday 13 Dec 2024
Mine passage The Telegraph Plusword 05 Dec 2024
Excavation has shifted by foot The Sun Two Speed 28 Nov 2024
Long straight handle The Sun Two Speed 28 Nov 2024
A hush, back in the mine (5)
Role for Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson
Ray of light reveals underground passage (5)
Long straight handle The Sun Two Speed 07 Nov 2024
Ray seen in mine passage The Sun Two Speed 07 Nov 2024
Passage in mine has shifted by foot The Sun Two Speed 28 Oct 2024
Long straight handle The Sun Two Speed 28 Oct 2024
Quiet at back of tunnel Mirror Cryptic 26 Oct 2024
Handle Mirror Quick 26 Oct 2024
Part of a golf club Universal 24 Oct 2024
Straight part of an arrow (5)
The passage to the mine is indicated by an arrow (5)
Mine passage Universal 07 Oct 2024
Stem second handle (5)
1970s film remade in 2000 with Samuel L Jackson (5)
Long straight handle The Sun Two Speed 14 Sep 2024
Ray found in mine passage The Sun Two Speed 14 Sep 2024
The arrow indicates the mine entrance (5)
The part of a cross below the arms (5)
Column that is part of boat's propeller system (5)
Isaac Hayes film theme (5)
Mine section Thomas Joseph 26 Aug 2024
Vertical mine entrance (5)
It is the axle, so - quiet at the back of the boat! (5)
Elevator's route
1971 film about a black detective, played by Richard Roundtree, with a theme tune by Isaac Hayes (5)
Move one displaced by a staff (5)
Movie being shot, so - quiet at the back of the boat! (5)
Elevator part Premier Sunday 30 Jun 2024
Long pole
Beam of light down the mine-passage (5) Puzzler Cryptic 17 Jun 2024
Elevator passage USA Today 16 Jun 2024
Richard Roundtree role; lift passageway The Telegraph Mini 24 May 2024
Piercing wit from a private eye?
Elevator's passageway
Ventilation passage
Looks like a well used part of a mine (5)
Handle Mirror Quick 04 May 2024
Quiet at the back of passage Mirror Cryptic 04 May 2024
Quiet at back of passage Mirror Cryptic 20 Apr 2024
Long handle Mirror Quick 20 Apr 2024
Beginning to spin handle for well (5)
Lift-well (5)
Liftwell (5)
Part of column will call for silence towards back of ship (5)
Elevator passageway New York Times 09 Apr 2024
Series of US TV movies (1973-74) (5)
Way into mine (5)
Way into mine The Guardian Quick 13 Mar 2024
Vertical passageway (5)
Beam of light down the mine-passage (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Feb 2024
Beam The Telegraph Quick 15 Feb 2024
Main body of an arrow or golf club, eg The Times Concise 13 Feb 2024
Elevator's place
Theme from ___, Isaac Hayes song
Beam has to be shifted by feet (5)
Beam of light down the mine-passage (5) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Jan 2024
1971 film based on a novel by Ernest Tidyman that features a theme tune by Isaac Hayes (5)
Ray, be quiet at the back! (5)
Mine passageway Newsday 11 Dec 2023
Part of a mine or elevator Family Time 10 Dec 2023
Sarcastic remark
2000 action film starring Samuel L Jackson in the title role Mirror Quiz 02 Dec 2023
Quiet, back in tunnel
Private detective played by Richard Roundtree in three feature films and seven TV films in the 1970s The Times Specialist Sunday 10 Sep 2023
Swindle Pole The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Jul 2023
Part of a javelin The Guardian Quick 18 Mar 2023
It's feathered for flight Newsday 18 Feb 2023
Elevator's place Thomas Joseph 14 Jan 2023
Beam maybe showing small hard behind The Telegraph Toughie 15 Dec 2022
Mine or elevator passageway USA Today 28 Oct 2022
Beam is, briefly, handle The Telegraph Toughie 20 Oct 2022
Golf club part Thomas Joseph 27 Aug 2022
Putter part Wall Street Journal 13 Jul 2022
Elevator passage USA Today 26 Jun 2022
Long part of a golf club Universal 01 Jun 2022
Elevator passage Universal 26 Apr 2022
Golf club part Wall Street Journal 04 Jan 2022
Mine feature LA Times Daily 26 Dec 2021
Part of a mine or elevator Family Time 29 Aug 2021
Elevator passageway Newsday 20 Jul 2021
Rip off handle
Part of a golf club New York Times 23 May 2021
Vertical mine access The Times Concise 30 Apr 2021
Most of a putter Newsday 03 Apr 2021
Driver part Wall Street Journal 27 Mar 2021
Golf club part Thomas Joseph 18 Jan 2021
Elevator passage USA Today 05 Jan 2021
Lacrosse stick part USA Today 21 Sep 2020
Small hotel behind part of golf club
Beam The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2020
Iconic 1971 blaxploitation film New York Times 12 Aug 2020
Spar joining front half of ship to rear
Putter part Wall Street Journal 02 Apr 2020
Elevator passageway USA Today 10 Dec 2019
Detective novel by Ernest Tidyman, published in 1970 The Telegraph General Knowledge 18 Nov 2019
Dumbwaiter enclosure USA Today 31 Oct 2019
Elevator passage LA Times Daily 24 Sep 2019
Elevator passage The Washington Post 24 Sep 2019
Do be quiet at the back The Telegraph Toughie 07 Aug 2019
Elevator passageway Newsday 05 Aug 2019
Mine passage Newsday 25 Jun 2019
Handle The Telegraph Quick 23 May 2019
Aggressive remark The Telegraph Quick 18 May 2019
Mine section Thomas Joseph 27 Apr 2019
Path down to a mine
Give a raw deal New York Times 28 Mar 2019
Lengthy cylinder USA Today 04 Feb 2019
Isaac Hayes soundtrack Jonesin 15 Jan 2019
Dumbwaiter enclosure
Elevator passage
Give a raw deal
Lengthy cylinder
Ray found in mine passage The Sun Two Speed 27 Dec 2018
Long straight handle The Sun Two Speed 27 Dec 2018
Film some of mine
Excavation has shifted by foot The Sun Two Speed 24 Sep 2018
Action thriller film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Christian Bale
Ray seen in mine passage The Sun Two Speed 23 Jul 2018
Column of light The Guardian Speedy 21 Jul 2018
Elevator's place Wall Street Journal 15 May 2018
Spindle The Sun Two Speed 03 Apr 2018
Beam of light down the mine-passage The Sun Two Speed 03 Apr 2018
Mine passageway Eugene Sheffer 10 Mar 2018
Elevator's place
Screw over New York Times 22 Dec 2017
Elevator passage Universal 19 Dec 2017
Unfair treatment, with "the" LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2017
Unfair treatment, with 'the' The Washington Post 25 Oct 2017
Golf club part The Washington Post 12 Oct 2017
Golf club part LA Times Daily 12 Oct 2017
Vertical passage, or part of an arrow
'Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?' Wall Street Journal 05 Oct 2017
Vertical passageway, into a mine say Irish Times Simplex 02 Oct 2017
Ray of light Newsday 24 Sep 2017
Pole, quiet, near the back
Most of a pool cue LA Times Daily 19 Aug 2017
Most of a pool cue The Washington Post 19 Aug 2017
Golf club part USA Today 07 Aug 2017
Quiet at the back, Ray
Metaphorical mistreatment Newsday 15 Jul 2017
Elevator passageway Eugene Sheffer 15 Jul 2017
Elevator setting Wall Street Journal 27 Apr 2017
Mine passageway Newsday 05 Apr 2017
Harsh treatment, with 'the' The Washington Post 26 Mar 2017
Harsh treatment, with "the" LA Times Daily 26 Mar 2017
Arrow part New York Times 16 Mar 2017
Golf club part
Unfair treatment, with "the"
Most of a pool cue
Harsh treatment, with "the"
Elevator passage
Golf club part
Arrow part
Screw over
Pole or pipe down at the back The Times Cryptic 14 Nov 2016
Column of light from a beacon The Telegraph General Knowledge 14 Aug 2016
Unfair treatment, with 'the' New York Times 17 Jul 2016
Quiet, with a newspaper, in part of golf club
Arrow or spear part The Washington Post 11 May 2016
Elevator part Premier Sunday 28 Feb 2016
Light ray The Sun Two Speed 16 Feb 2016
Handle‘s extremely smooth at the back
Unfair treatment, with "the"
Elevator passageway
Dumbwaiter enclosure The Chronicle of Higher Education 04 Dec 2015
Mining tunnel LA Times Daily 27 Oct 2015
Elevator chute USA Today 27 Mar 2015
Arrow part The Telegraph Quick 14 Mar 2015
Elevator chute
Dumbwaiter enclosure
Mining tunnel
Mine passageway
Small hospital behind mine The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2015
Mine passage
Elevator passage
Elevator passageway
Treat treacherously
Unfair treatment
Isaac Hayes did its theme song
Long part of a lance
Passage has changed 1a 6a
Quiet in the back passage!
Rod's fleece
Dumbwaiter enclosure
Elevator's environment
Isaac Hayes soundtrack
Golf club part
Dumbwaiter enclosure
The cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about
Part of a golf club
Elevator enclosure
Vertical passage
Golf club part
Vertical passage
Treat meanly
Mine passage
Mine passage
Path down to a mine
Treat meanly
Golf club part
Golf-club part
Unfair treatment, with "the"
Blaxploitation film of 1971
Tram route (h)
Ray, as of light
Ray, as of light
Tram route (h)
Mine part
Golf club part
Part of a mine
Ore corridor
Elevator enclosure
Richard Roundtree role
Mine passage
Heating duct
Mine passage
Ray
Ray
Dart part
Vertical conduit
Arrow part
Arrow part
Treat unfairly
Stick it to
Swindle
Mine passageway
2000 Jackson role
Mine passage
Body of an arrow
Golf club part
Elevator space
Richard Roundtree film
Elevator path
Take advantage of
Roundtree role
Take advantage of
Treat unfairly, slangily
Give a raw deal
Treat unfairly, in slang
Lance part
Beam through a window
Arrow part
Treat badly
Stick it to
Ray
Quiver item part
Richard Roundtree film
2000 remake starring Samuel L. Jackson
Vertical passage
Mine passage
Term for brass handle?
Jackson role
Screw
Arrow
Samuel L. Jackson role
2000 role for Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson film
1971 film with an Oscar-winning theme
Ore corridor
Pole
Treat unfairly, in slang
Mine opening
Treat unfairly, in slang
1971 action film
Lightning bolt
Beam
Lance or halberd
Part of a dart
Ray or beam
Arrow
Part of an arrow
Dart part
Ray of light
Recurring film role
Golf-club part
Flagpole.
Monument.
Beam.
Arrow.
Axle.
Column.
Column
Washington Monument.
Obelisk.
Ray of sunlight.
Long part of an arrow.
The Washington Monument, for instance.
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