Word "SHARP" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
Synonyms:
crisp
Examples:
a sharp photographic image
the sharp crack of a twig

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Synonyms:
astute, shrewd

Part of Speech:
Adverb
Definition:
changing suddenly in direction and degree
Synonyms:
acutely, sharply
Examples:
the road twists sharply after the light
turn sharp left here

Crossword Clues for SHARP

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Clue Source Date
Having a keen cutting edge (5) Mirror Classic 04 Sep 2025
Perceptive The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 15 Aug 2025
What is the surname of the heroine of Vanity Fair? (5)
Second instrument is out of tune (5) Mirror Cryptic 22 Jul 2025
Acute (5) Mirror Quick 22 Jul 2025
Quick-witted The Telegraph Mini 10 Jul 2025
Small instrument out of tune The Times Cryptic 10 Jul 2025
Acerbic, as wit Universal 03 Jul 2025
Keenly edged or pointed The Times Concise 26 Jun 2025
Could be keen on dollar instrument (5)
In music, an accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone (5)
Billy , Doncaster Rovers and 2015-2023 Sheffield United striker (5)
Southern instrument is above normal pitch (5)
Acute Mirror Quick 31 May 2025
Second instrument is out of tune Mirror Cryptic 31 May 2025
Son with stringed instrument is keen The Times Quick Cryptic 30 May 2025
Note it is liable to cut (5)
Caretaker Cronulla coach after Shane Flanagan in 2014, Peter ... (5)
Small instrument with a point The Telegraph Cryptic 22 May 2025
Being keen, start to strum string instrument (5)
Well-dressed Newsday 11 May 2025
Harps sabotaged? It's clear-cut (5)
Central character in 1840s W M Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (5,5) (see 4A)
See 4 Across Mirror Quiz 21 Apr 2025
Keen, incisive (5)
Prompt note (5)
Clearly visible cutting (5) Puzzler Cryptic 11 Apr 2025
Second instrument is out of tune Mirror Cryptic 10 Apr 2025
Acute Mirror Quick 10 Apr 2025
Like good knives and pupils New York Times 31 Mar 2025
Neither flat nor blunt
Pointy Eugene Sheffer 29 Mar 2025
Acute, keen (5)
An incisive note? (5)
A quick note
Capable of cutting (5) Puzzler 26 Feb 2025
Like crisp images
Pointy Eugene Sheffer 20 Feb 2025
Cuttingly clever? (5)
Quick-witted The Sun Two Speed 16 Feb 2025
Keen son with stringed instrument The Sun Two Speed 16 Feb 2025
# in music Commuter 12 Feb 2025
Quick-witted The Telegraph Quick 08 Feb 2025
Small instrument that's acute (5)
Southern instrument needing to be lowered in pitch (5)
Type of note produced by harps (5)
Musical symbol; pungent The Telegraph Mini 02 Jan 2025
Well-honed: the knife is very -
Like a knife's blade
A good knife i: (5)
A good knife is ___ (5)
Billy ...., Doncaster Rovers striker (5)
Quick but overpitched (5)
DJ notorious for his mullet haircut in the 1980s, Pat _ (5)
Keen, acute (5)
Quick-witted The Sun Two Speed 23 Nov 2024
Small instrument not in tune The Sun Two Speed 23 Nov 2024
Like needles or claws
Small instrument pitched too high The Times Cryptic 15 Nov 2024
Small instrument that is not flat (5)
Saying, 'As ___-- as a tack'
Pointed tip of short instrument The Times Quick Cryptic 11 Nov 2024
Well-honed: a - knife
Shrill and piercing
Acute The Telegraph Quick 25 Oct 2024
Like a knife's edge or a brilliant mind, say
Like pins and needles The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 Oct 2024
Quick-witted The Sun Two Speed 05 Oct 2024
Keen son on stringed instrument The Sun Two Speed 05 Oct 2024
Like some cheddar LA Times Daily 30 Sep 2024
With a good cutting edge
Seven _, NZ current affairs/entertainment show (5)
The small Instrument is off key (5)
Harps played this way can have a cutting effect (5)
Accidental - tart (5) The Guardian Quick 08 Sep 2024
Accidental a€“ tart (5)
Stylish marker pen that is missing (5)
Musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch (5)
Well-honed point on instrument (5) Puzzler Cryptic 18 Aug 2024
Acute Mirror Quick 17 Aug 2024
Second instrument is out of tune Mirror Cryptic 17 Aug 2024
Second instrument out of tune The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Aug 2024
Becky ___, heroine of Vanity Fair (5)
ZZ Top's "___ Dressed Man"
Keen to be above the merely natural? (5)
Pointy Eugene Sheffer 28 Jun 2024
A certain note played by a pointed instrument? (5)
Keen and quick-witted (5)
Pointedly off the note (5)
Raised in pitch by a semitone (5)
Japanese electronics manufacturer (5)
Acute and out of tune (5)
#, on a music score USA Today 30 May 2024
A sewing needle has a ___ point (5)
Having a quick and incisive mind (5)
Well-defined (image) Mirror Tea Time 21 May 2024
Sister's first harp is out of tune (5)
It raised the tone quickly (5)
Second instrument is out of tune Mirror Cryptic 18 May 2024
Acute Mirror Quick 18 May 2024
Promptly out of tune...
Musician's harp's kept tuned slightly higher than usual
In music, a note raised a semitone above natural pitch (5)
Like the spines of a cactus
Mentally acute Commuter 09 May 2024
Mentally astute Commuter 02 May 2024
Southern instrument too high in pitch (5)
Second instrument is out of tune Mirror Cryptic 22 Apr 2024
Pointy Mirror Quick 22 Apr 2024
Pointed out harps (5)
Musical note raised by a semitone (5)
Not blunt (5)
Top dressing to improve lawn drainage, - - - sand (5)
#VanityFair's star figure The Guardian Cryptic 15 Mar 2024
Small instrument is pointed (5)
Flat's opposite Commuter 12 Mar 2024
1985 Oaks, St Leger and 1000 Guineas winner ridden by Steve Cauthen (5)
A note of asperity
Far from blunt kind of note (5)
Keen son with stringed instrument The Sun Two Speed 21 Feb 2024
Quick-witted The Sun Two Speed 21 Feb 2024
Surname of Thackeray's wilful heroine (5)
Quick on the uptake, ... as a tack
Small instrument not blunt
Becky - - -, Thackeray's heroine
Ending in a piercing point
Having a point, like the flavour of lemon? (5)
Like the edge of a good knife
What "#" can mean New York Times Mini 22 Jan 2024
Keen to be incisive (5)
Keen-edged Newsday 15 Jan 2024
Surname of the orphan-turned-social climber, Becky, in Vanity Fair (5)
Clever Chinese dog, not English one The Times Cryptic 09 Jan 2024
Small instrument for piercing The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2024
Acute Mirror Quick 01 Jan 2024
Second lyre is out of tune Mirror Cryptic 01 Jan 2024
Pointy Thomas Joseph 25 Dec 2023
Second instrument is out of tune Mirror Cryptic 16 Dec 2023
Like a knife's blade
Acute Mirror Quick 16 Dec 2023
#smartandstylish The Guardian Cryptic 12 Dec 2023
One of two, in D major Universal 05 Nov 2023
Southern music-maker's off-key The Telegraph Toughie 14 Sep 2023
Like some aged cheddar USA Today 26 Aug 2023
Like most knives USA Today 29 Jul 2023
Second instrument not in tune? The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jul 2023
Quick-witted USA Today 12 Jul 2023
Razor-___ USA Today 03 Jul 2023
Like a knife's edge
Like the edge of a chef's knife
Spiky USA Today 29 Apr 2023
Astute Canadiana 17 Apr 2023
Flat's counterpart Wall Street Journal 14 Apr 2023
Flat's musical counterpart USA Today 26 Mar 2023
Like the edge of a new knife
Counterpart of "flat," in music
Like aged cheddar New York Times 30 Jan 2023
Musical symbol Thomas Joseph 19 Jan 2023
Like a knife's blade
Pointy New York Times 30 Nov 2022
Like a knife's edge Newsday 22 Nov 2022
Keen-edged Newsday 02 Nov 2022
Above what is orally correct Newsday 27 Aug 2022
Staff symbol Thomas Joseph 02 Aug 2022
Good for cutting Newsday 14 Jun 2022
Like needles or claws
Good for cutting with Newsday 02 May 2022
Like a nice steak knife Family Time 17 Apr 2022
Musical symbol The Washington Post 11 Apr 2022
Musical symbol LA Times Daily 11 Apr 2022
Not dull, as minds
Small instrument tuned a little high?
Good for cutting Newsday 22 Mar 2022
Like a good knife Family Time 14 Feb 2022
Like well-aged cheddar USA Today 09 Feb 2022
Like a dagger The Washington Post Sunday 06 Feb 2022
Like some knives or tongues
Keen The Guardian Quick 20 Nov 2021
Small stringed instrument not perfectly tuned
Too high in pitch The Times Concise 29 Oct 2021
Recycling instruments could be accidental
Pointy Eugene Sheffer 20 Aug 2021
Pointed, say New York Times 19 Jul 2021
Like a new knife
Special musical instrument's pointed
Like a good knife
Higher than expected, for a singer The Washington Post Sunday 23 May 2021
Word before 'tongue' or 'cheddar' USA Today 23 May 2021
Small instrument for cutting The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Apr 2021
Staff symbol Thomas Joseph 10 Apr 2021
Cheddar specification Newsday 28 Mar 2021
Clearly defined; note The Times Concise 01 Mar 2021
Like a chef's knife
Quick-witted The Telegraph Quick 03 Jan 2021
Accidental piercing
Quick-witted The Washington Post 28 Nov 2020
Quick-witted LA Times Daily 28 Nov 2020
Above normal pitch The Times Concise 15 Oct 2020
On the dot The Washington Post 10 Oct 2020
On the dot LA Times Daily 10 Oct 2020
Flat’s counterpart Wall Street Journal 06 Oct 2020
Opposite of blunt USA Today 30 Sep 2020
Piercing alert is pitched too high
Nobody's fool Newsday 07 Aug 2020
Pitched high Wall Street Journal 16 Jul 2020
Like some cheddar USA Today 01 Jul 2020
Musical symbol Thomas Joseph 25 May 2020
Incisive English coming from satirical novelist
Quick on the uptake Universal 29 Apr 2020
With 6-Down, acute power of discernment New York Times 10 Apr 2020
Small stringed instrument needing tuning?
Pointed The Telegraph Quick 05 Mar 2020
Exactly
Like a good knife
Scientist's first instrument that's smart
Note coming from small plucked instrument
Note raised by small instrument
Small instrument for cutting
Good cutting edge or acute road turn Irish Times Simplex 24 Sep 2019
Acute The Telegraph Quick 05 Sep 2019
Pitched too high USA Today 17 Aug 2019
Quick-witted character on the staff
Astute Wall Street Journal 26 Jun 2019
On the dot Newsday 16 Jun 2019
Astute playwright shortened kind of speech
"She has a ___ tongue." ("She often says unkind words.")
Acidic; note The Times Concise 26 Apr 2019
Pound sign look-alike Wall Street Journal 17 Apr 2019
Spiffy New York Times 23 Feb 2019
Tangy The Telegraph Quick 02 Jan 2019
Pitched too high
Spiffy
Pound sign look-alike
Astute
Singular instrument needing strings slackened? The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Dec 2018
Quick-witted The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2018
Keen son on stringed instrument The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2018
Piece not finishing quietly and not in tune The Telegraph Toughie 08 Nov 2018
Cutting LA Times Daily 21 Sep 2018
Cutting The Washington Post 21 Sep 2018
Note coming from small plucked instrument The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Sep 2018
Quick-witted character on the staff
Pointy Eugene Sheffer 25 Aug 2018
Like a Chef's knife
Like a new knife
#, in music USA Today 14 Aug 2018
Like a new axe or knife
Start to strum instrument? That's not natural
Cutting The Telegraph Quick 28 Jun 2018
Like aged cheddar LA Times Daily 19 Jun 2018
Like aged cheddar The Washington Post 19 Jun 2018
Small instrument for piercing
Opposite of flat, in music Family Time 13 May 2018
Pitch-raising notation Newsday 20 Apr 2018
Out of tune? Precisely!
#, outside of Twitter Jonesin 13 Mar 2018
Small instrument out of tune
Astute The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Mar 2018
Like the edge of a new knife
Note, part of lush arpeggio
Like aged cheddar USA Today 07 Jan 2018
Like aged cheddar
Like aged cheddar
#, in music
Astute
Cutting
Pointed, as a comment Newsday 14 Dec 2017
#, on a score USA Today 23 Sep 2017
Like the edge of a new knife
*Pointed ... and the end of the word ladder New York Times 30 Aug 2017
Above true pitch; stylish The Times Concise 29 Aug 2017
Quiet way to speak about a cheat The Times Cryptic 07 Jul 2017
Quiet way to speak about a cheat
Like a knife's edge
Not dull New York Times 24 May 2017
Second angel's instrument is raised in pitch
On the ball Premier Sunday 07 May 2017
Piercing; clearly defined The Times Concise 18 Apr 2017
Tuned too high New York Times 05 Apr 2017
Like hairpin turns Jonesin 07 Mar 2017
Quick-witted USA Today 31 Jan 2017
Not dull
*Pointed ... and the end of the word ladder
Tuned too high
Quick-witted
Like some cheddar
#, on a score
Cutting; acidic The Times Concise 22 Dec 2016
Freshly honed The Washington Post 21 Dec 2016
Piercing or pungent Newsday 19 Nov 2016
Hard to fool Wall Street Journal 28 Oct 2016
Flat's counterpart Wall Street Journal 11 Oct 2016
Quick-witted Newsday 05 Jun 2016
Mentally acute Universal 15 Feb 2016
Mentally acute
Like a honed knife LA Times Daily 28 Dec 2015
Quick-witted New York Times 18 Nov 2015
Like vampire fangs Wall Street Journal 28 Oct 2015
Keen-edged Newsday 29 Sep 2015
Pointy Thomas Joseph 25 Aug 2015
#, in music LA Times Daily 02 Jun 2015
Astute Universal 06 May 2015
Like provolone piccante LA Times Daily 08 Apr 2015
Astute USA Today 15 Feb 2015
Quick-witted
Quick on the uptake
Like provolone piccante
Like a honed knife
#, in music
Astute
Keen-edged
Astute or acute
Like vampire fangs
Like provolone piccante
Astute
Quicksand of sorts?
On the dot
Quick
Like a tack
Cheese adjective
On the ball
Pungent
Cheesy adjective
Biting
Not fuzzy
What # may indicate
Good for cutting
Cheddar type
On the button
See 34-Across
On, as a pitcher
Nobody's fool
Like some cheddar
Like aged cheddar
Like a knife's edge
A little too high
On the ball
Cheddar type
Like the cutting edge
Piercing
Opposite of flat, musically
On the dot
Like some wits or cheeses
Well-honed
Clever
#, on scores
Like honed knives
Well-honed
Quick-thinking
#, on scores
Acute
Like honed knives
Like some wits or cheeses
The key of G has one
Quick-witted
Astute
Off-key, in a way
Astute
Off-key, in a way
Kind of dresser
Opposite of mild, in cheeses
Like a good knife
Like some cheddar
Like a razor
On the ball
On the ball or on the dot
Like some cheddar
Acute
Precipitous
On the ball or on the dot
On the ball
Like a tack
Like a useful knife
On the dot
Keen-edged
In perfect focus
Keen-edged
Pitched too high
Like pungent cheese
Staff symbol
Like some cheeses
On the dot
Mentally acute
__ as a tack
Staff symbol
Acute
Note notation
Quick-witted
Kind of dresser
Acute
Like some cheddar
Opposite of mild, in cheeses
In perfect focus
Quick-witted
In perfect focus
Word with wit or dresser
Pointy
Quick-witted
Brainy
A little high
Off key
Like a tack
Not flat
On the dot
Like a good knife
Tacky?
Mark on a staff
Like a good knife
Perceptive
Like a tack
Like some curves
With it
Like some cheese
On the dot
Out of tune
Not blurred
Perceptive
Knifelike
Accidental, in music
What a "#" indicates in music
Like some cheese
Certain accidental
Cheese adjective
Well-dressed
Not blurred
Like a scalpel
On the dot
Above pitch
Stylish
Like some cheddar
Eagle-eyed
Dashing
Stylish
Clever
On the dot
Shrewd
Clever
Distinct
Acerbic
Musical symbol
Like some cheddars
Swindler
Musical sign
Pointed
Honed
Tacklike
Knifelike
Intellectually penetrating
Cheddar style
Company begun as the first maker of mechanical pencils
Cheesy adjective
___ as a tack
Higher than normal
Mentally acute
Maker of the Wizard electronic organizer
The key of G has one
Like some wits or cheeses
Sudden
Astute
High-pitched
Mentally alert
On the ball
Clever
Nattily clad
Becky ___ of "Vanity Fair"
Keen
Becky ___, Thackeray minx
On the ball
Acute
Musical notation
Thackeray's Becky
Incisive
Kind of shooter
Literary Becky
Cutting
Stylish, informally
Caustic
Piano key
Becky of "Vanity Fair"
Peaked
Razorlike
In shape, as a boxer
Like some cheese
Shrewd
Natty
Music symbol
Black piano key
Distinct
Becky
Peaked.
"Nutmeg Tree" author
Edged.
Pointed.
Distinct.
Music symbol.
Cutting.
Biting.
Thackeray's female opportunist.
Vigorous.
Acute.
Shrewd in dealing.
Keen.
Note, in music.
Miss Becky.
Caustic.
Angular.
A little high in music class?
Like the cutting edge
Trenchant.
Quick on the uptake.
Musical symbol.
Becky.
Well-tuned-in.
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