Word "SPARE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not taken up by scheduled activities
Synonyms:
free
Examples:
spare time on my hands

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
thin and fit
Synonyms:
trim
Examples:
the spare figure of a marathon runner

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
refrain from harming
Synonyms:
save

Crossword Clues for SPARE

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"In my ___ time, I enjoy . . ." USA Today 20 Dec 2025
Extra, in reserve (5) Mirror Classic 18 Dec 2025
"__ me!" LA Times Daily 06 Dec 2025
__ tire Commuter 03 Dec 2025
Extra Universal 20 Nov 2025
Second trim not needed (5) The Guardian Cryptic 17 Nov 2025
"Heir and ___" (adage about aristocracy)
Extra pears are ordered (5) Mirror Cryptic 01 Nov 2025
Surplus (5) Mirror Quick 01 Nov 2025
Furious pressure inside damaged ears (5) The Sun Two Speed 27 Oct 2025
Initially superfluous, perhaps, and rather extraneous The Telegraph Toughie 16 Oct 2025
Extra New York Times 05 Oct 2025
Extra pears are ordered (5) Mirror Cryptic 02 Oct 2025
Surplus (5) Mirror Quick 02 Oct 2025
Free pardon (5) The Sun Two Speed 26 Sep 2025
Fifth tire LA Times Mini 17 Sep 2025
Fifth wheel? The Telegraph Plusword 14 Sep 2025
Excess Newsday 05 Sep 2025
Book containing Prince Harry's "truth" The Telegraph Plusword 04 Sep 2025
Furious book from Prince Harry (5) The Sun Two Speed 12 Aug 2025
Meagre score in skittles The Times Quick Cryptic 07 Aug 2025
Tire in a trunk Newsday 04 Aug 2025
Scanty Newsday 02 Aug 2025
Extra The Sun Two Speed 30 Jul 2025
Mad Harry's book? The Sun Two Speed 30 Jul 2025
Slash on a scoresheet New York Times 27 Jul 2025
Fifth wheel, in a way USA Today 24 Jul 2025
Tire in a trunk Commuter 18 Jul 2025
Tenpin bowling term; extra The Telegraph Mini 17 Jul 2025
Just-in-case tire LA Times Daily 07 Jul 2025
Opening in skirt, say, is not actually used The Times Mephisto 06 Jul 2025
". . . and with time to ___!"
Tire on the back of a jeep New York Times 01 Jul 2025
Bowl down 10 pins in two rolls (5)
In reserve (5) Mirror Classic 22 Jun 2025
Bowl down 10 pins in two rolls (anagram of spear) (5)
Prince Harry's autobiography The Telegraph Plusword 02 Jun 2025
Surplus Mirror Quick 31 May 2025
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 31 May 2025
Bowling success
Small, trim and slim (5)
"Can you ___ a dollar?"
Small, trim and thin (5)
Score in an alley
Where raging local has gone, perhaps, being surplus to requirements
Knock over 10 pins in two rolls (5)
Surplus The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2025
An accessory is surplus (5)
Left over Wall Street Journal 16 Apr 2025
Associates of ISP aren't economical (5)
Fifth wheel, literally Universal 08 Apr 2025
Extra tire Newsday 07 Apr 2025
Lean over The Telegraph Toughie 04 Apr 2025
Fifth wheel? The Telegraph Plusword 04 Apr 2025
Be merciful! Redistribute those pears (5)
What you might pick up while bowling Universal 30 Mar 2025
Release surplus (5)
Extra Thomas Joseph 21 Mar 2025
Tire kept in the trunk Commuter 21 Mar 2025
Memoir whose second part takes its title from the poem "Invictus" USA Today 13 Mar 2025
Bruce Springsteen's "___ Parts"
Moderate reserve (5) (5)
Surplus: have-cash
Extra, as a bedroom
Replacement part The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Mar 2025
Reserve or save
Small and pearshaped, but slim (5)
Next-best alternative to a strike
It's not required to be merciful (5)
Extra tire Newsday 21 Jan 2025
Left over Thomas Joseph 18 Jan 2025
Extra LA Times Mini 11 Jan 2025
Prince Harry's autobiography The Telegraph Mini 04 Jan 2025
Memoir by Prince Harry Eugene Sheffer 03 Jan 2025
Associates of ISP aren't free (5)
Surplus Mirror Quick 24 Dec 2024
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 24 Dec 2024
Not in actual use (5)
Refrain from harming son getting trim (5)
Result of converting a 7-10 split
Extra, in reserve Mirror Classic 17 Dec 2024
In a game of tenpin, knocking down all the pins in two balls (5)
Ten pins with two shots, in bowling
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 28 Nov 2024
Surplus Mirror Quick 28 Nov 2024
Alley pickup Newsday 28 Nov 2024
Memoir very publicly leaked before its January 2023 release
Damp circle discernible in the haze (5)
Superfluous piece of rigging with point at the end (5)
Extra pears were cooked (5)
Save from punishment
An extra wheel, perhaps, with very little 'meat' on it (5)
Manage to do without (5)
Unused, leftover The Times Concise 21 Oct 2024
What an era for a bookie! Be merciful to him!
Surplus Mirror Quick 17 Oct 2024
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 17 Oct 2024
Last of citrus peel left over
Treat mercifully LA Times Mini 13 Oct 2024
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 10 Oct 2024
Surplus Mirror Quick 10 Oct 2024
Meager or thin
Prince Harry's book The Sun Two Speed 08 Oct 2024
Pressure inside damaged ears? Emergency! The Sun Two Speed 08 Oct 2024
What is the name of the Prince Harry memoir published last year? (5)
Left-over pears, possibly (5)
Slim by spring again (5)
Tire in a trunk Newsday 23 Sep 2024
Fight to get the quarter extra (5)
Extra Thomas Joseph 16 Sep 2024
Like an extra tire
Additional to requirements (5)
/, to a bowler USA Today 14 Sep 2024
Special region almost additional to requirements (5)
Extra quarter to trim off
Extra Eugene Sheffer 05 Sep 2024
Act of knocking down all the pins with two balls in tenpin bowling (5)
Lean The Sun Two Speed 30 Aug 2024
Mad Harry's book? The Sun Two Speed 30 Aug 2024
Are such ribs extra? (5)
Memoir by Prince Harry Eugene Sheffer 23 Aug 2024
Fifth wheel? Premier Sunday 18 Aug 2024
Extra lean? (5)
Prince Harry's book The Sun Two Speed 11 Aug 2024
Free pardon The Sun Two Speed 11 Aug 2024
Alley pickup New York Times 03 Aug 2024
Not immediately required to show mercy (5)
Extra Thomas Joseph 15 Jul 2024
Pickup in a bowling alley Universal 08 Jul 2024
Prince Harry's bestselling memoir USA Today 27 Jun 2024
Extra small and trim (5)
Over-slender (5)
That's a very good bowling score! Show mercy! (5)
Extra spear was ordered Mirror Cryptic 20 Jun 2024
Surplus Mirror Quick 20 Jun 2024
Extra Thomas Joseph 10 Jun 2024
Donut for the road
Thin and surplus to requirements (5)
Surplus Mirror Quick 01 Jun 2024
Extra pears were used Mirror Cryptic 01 Jun 2024
What "/" can mean New York Times 31 May 2024
Corporation in fight, yet switched on (5,4) The Guardian Cryptic 31 May 2024
Extra, left over The Sun Mini 20 May 2024
Stewed pears left over (5)
Tyre in the boot (5)
Frugal or lean
Slim is the extra (5)
Piece of pork superfluous to requirements? (5,3)
Be merciful to
Extra Thomas Joseph 04 Apr 2024
Tire in the trunk Thomas Joseph 01 Apr 2024
Do without extra (5)
By spring again, can afford it (5)
Refrain from killing (5)
___-- tyre or to ___-- (5)
Next best thing to a strike in bowling (5)
Extra tyre (5)
Tire in the trunk Commuter 09 Feb 2024
May be able to do without the wheel in the boot (5)
More lean than is immediately necessary? (5)
Ears ruptured - pressure found inside Prince Harry?
Extra Eugene Sheffer 10 Jan 2024
Surplus pears are used Mirror Cryptic 05 Jan 2024
Extra Mirror Quick 05 Jan 2024
Tire in the trunk, say
Extra tire USA Today 26 Dec 2023
*Place to be pampered New York Times 21 Dec 2023
Royal memoir that was the best-selling nonfiction book of 2023 New York Times Mini 20 Dec 2023
Be economical with water again (5)
Special time on reflection to get surplus (5)
Word before time or tire LA Times Daily 28 Nov 2023
Royal memoir going begging? (5)
Superfluous Wall Street Journal 25 Nov 2023
(Check) Extra tire that you may need for the road trip
Bowling feat represented by / USA Today 17 Oct 2023
Box key is surplus to requirements The Times Quick Cryptic 04 Oct 2023
Pickup in an alley Wall Street Journal 07 Sep 2023
Emergency tire USA Today 17 Aug 2023
Tire in the trunk Newsday 31 Jul 2023
Extra USA Today 28 Jul 2023
Tire in a trunk Newsday 17 Jul 2023
Tire in the trunk Thomas Joseph 10 Jul 2023
Word before 'time' or 'change' USA Today 26 Jun 2023
Like an extra tire
Extra tire Newsday 11 Jun 2023
Just-in-case item LA Times Daily 04 Jun 2023
Left over Thomas Joseph 26 Apr 2023
Fight battle at the end in Book of Revelation? The Guardian Cryptic 06 Apr 2023
Extra tire USA Today 30 Mar 2023
Somebody perhaps as redundant extra, initially The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Mar 2023
Extra Thomas Joseph 17 Mar 2023
Extra The Telegraph Quick 16 Mar 2023
2023 memoir by Prince Harry Eugene Sheffer 28 Feb 2023
Extra car tire, e.g.
Leftover LA Times Daily 14 Jan 2023
What a diagonal line represents on a bowling scoresheet New York Times 09 Jan 2023
Emergency tire LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2023
Extra tire, say Premier Sunday 25 Dec 2022
/, in bowling USA Today 11 Nov 2022
/, in bowling Universal 14 Oct 2022
Extra tire USA Today 07 Oct 2022
Second-best bowling score
Extra car tire
Left over Thomas Joseph 27 Aug 2022
Not currently in use The Times Concise 26 Aug 2022
Ten pins in two bowls New York Times 16 Aug 2022
Lean — over The Guardian Quick 08 Aug 2022
Elegantly simple Wall Street Journal 05 Aug 2022
Do without extra small prune left over
Do without extra small prune left over The Guardian Cryptic 15 Jul 2022
Extra USA Today 04 Jul 2022
Fifth wheel?
Extra LA Times Daily 19 Jun 2022
Fifth tire Newsday 19 Jun 2022
Extra item USA Today 16 May 2022
Argue with English reserve The Telegraph Cryptic 02 May 2022
Extra car tire
Thin; left over The Times Concise 25 Apr 2022
Reserve normal in the south-east
Tire in a trunk Newsday 22 Mar 2022
Bowling feat Universal 18 Mar 2022
Extra The Washington Post 01 Mar 2022
Extra LA Times Daily 01 Mar 2022
Extra Thomas Joseph 14 Feb 2022
/, in a bowling alley USA Today 01 Feb 2022
With no excess fat The Times Concise 17 Jan 2022
Tire in the trunk, say
Alley pickup LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2021
Word before "tire" or "change" Universal 13 Oct 2021
Trunk item The Washington Post 03 Oct 2021
Trunk item LA Times Daily 03 Oct 2021
Fifth tire Universal 01 Oct 2021
Tire in the trunk
Bowler's pickup LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2021
Bowler's pickup The Washington Post 22 Sep 2021
Bowling feat represented by / USA Today 09 Sep 2021
Extra strawberries finally cut
Trunk item Wall Street Journal 05 Jun 2021
Unused, as a bedroom Universal 20 May 2021
Extra Eugene Sheffer 18 May 2021
Tire in a trunk Newsday 11 May 2021
Have mercy on Universal 18 Mar 2021
"Not a moment to ___!" Universal 15 Mar 2021
Like an extra tire
Tire in the trunk Thomas Joseph 09 Dec 2020
Not quite a strike USA Today 07 Dec 2020
Extra The Washington Post 03 Dec 2020
Extra LA Times Daily 03 Dec 2020
With 43-Across, the two components of a certain bowling score? Universal 30 Nov 2020
Extra frugal
Reserve The Telegraph Quick 01 Nov 2020
Word before 'ribs' or 'tire' USA Today 27 Oct 2020
Not required to be forgiving
Emergency tire in the trunk
Part in reserve Newsday 26 Jul 2020
Minimalist New York Times 23 Jul 2020
Extra Universal 22 Jul 2020
Refrain from using duplicate
Certain second attempt success New York Times 15 May 2020
Extra Thomas Joseph 30 Apr 2020
Next-best bowling frame to a strike New York Times 27 Apr 2020
Extra, or a word that precedes the 'extra' words in this puzzle The Washington Post Sunday 29 Mar 2020
Slash, on a bowling sheet Newsday 05 Mar 2020
Bowler's pickup LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2020
Bowler's pickup The Washington Post 19 Feb 2020
Kind of tire The Washington Post 15 Feb 2020
Kind of tire LA Times Daily 15 Feb 2020
Shilling cut, save The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Feb 2020
Extra tire Newsday 27 Jan 2020
Extra The Telegraph Quick 29 Dec 2019
___ time The Washington Post Sunday 29 Dec 2019
Alley pickup USA Today 26 Oct 2019
Fifth tire LA Times Daily 21 Oct 2019
Fifth tire The Washington Post 21 Oct 2019
Left over Thomas Joseph 19 Sep 2019
Change or tire in the trunk, e.g.
Just-in-case replacement Newsday 29 Aug 2019
Extra thin
Extra part Newsday 04 Aug 2019
Slash on a score sheet LA Times Daily 09 May 2019
Slash on a score sheet The Washington Post 09 May 2019
Converted split, e.g USA Today 21 Apr 2019
Tire in the trunk
Superfluous Wall Street Journal 17 Apr 2019
Not quite a strike New York Times 10 Apr 2019
Superfluous The Telegraph Quick 03 Feb 2019
Slash on a score sheet
Fifth tire
Alley pickup
Superfluous
Not quite a strike
Extra auto tire Newsday 31 Dec 2018
Cool bowling feat Universal 16 Nov 2018
Opening in kilt ridicule challenging mag (8, two words)
Word before ribs or room USA Today 22 Oct 2018
Fifth tire Newsday 03 Oct 2018
Thin; left over The Times Concise 06 Sep 2018
Do without Newsday 30 Aug 2018
Diagonal line, to a bowler USA Today 25 Aug 2018
Trunk item
Free pardon The Sun Two Speed 01 Jul 2018
Extra The Sun Two Speed 01 Jul 2018
Make do without Newsday 10 Jun 2018
Thing in a Brit's boot? Universal 31 Mar 2018
Bowler's pickup USA Today 22 Mar 2018
Scanty Newsday 11 Mar 2018
No Clue Canadiana 12 Feb 2018
Word before ribs or room
Converted split, e.g.
Cool bowling feat
Diagonal line, to a bowler
Thing in a Brit's boot?
Excess The Telegraph Quick 28 Dec 2017
Success on the second roll LA Times Daily 17 Dec 2017
Success on the second roll The Washington Post 17 Dec 2017
Alley conversion The Chronicle of Higher Education 15 Dec 2017
Small cut in grant
/, on some score sheets LA Times Daily 10 Dec 2017
/, on some score sheets The Washington Post 10 Dec 2017
Tire in the trunk Newsday 21 Nov 2017
Fifth wheel New York Times 24 Sep 2017
Happy event after a split? New York Times 03 Sep 2017
Have mercy on The Telegraph Quick 31 Aug 2017
Pickup in an alley Wall Street Journal 22 Aug 2017
Show leniency toward New York Times 22 Aug 2017
Extra, and a word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 34-Down USA Today 28 Jul 2017
Extra thin
Excess to requirements The Times Concise 26 May 2017
Extra The Chronicle of Higher Education 28 Apr 2017
"Donut" in a car trunk USA Today 20 Apr 2017
Tire for emergencies The Washington Post 16 Apr 2017
Tire for emergencies LA Times Daily 16 Apr 2017
Converted split, to a bowler USA Today 08 Apr 2017
Free to knock all pins in second attempt
Flat substitute The Washington Post 13 Jan 2017
It may redeem a split The Washington Post 06 Jan 2017
Get 10 from two? New York Times 06 Jan 2017
/, on some score sheets
Extra
Alley conversion
Success on the second roll
Tire for emergencies
Extra
"Donut" in a car trunk
Extra, and a word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 34-Down
Show leniency toward
Happy event after a split?
Get 10 from two?
Fifth wheel
Part with Wall Street Journal 17 Dec 2016
Excuse slender substitute
Let off the hook LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2016
'___ me!' New York Times 14 Aug 2016
It's good if you don't strike Universal 13 Aug 2016
Let off Wall Street Journal 04 Aug 2016
Good, not great feat for a bowler Family Time 25 Apr 2016
Frugal items parent is keeping The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Apr 2016
Alley accomplishment Wall Street Journal 09 Apr 2016
Diagonal line, to a bowler Universal 03 Apr 2016
Extra small cut The Times Cryptic 29 Mar 2016
Elegantly simple Wall Street Journal 11 Jan 2016
It's good if you don't strike
Let off the hook
Extra
"___ me!"
Next best thing to a strike USA Today 16 Dec 2015
Just-in-case item LA Times Daily 27 Sep 2015
Knockdown of all the pins in two bowls New York Times 21 Sep 2015
Bowler's accomplishment USA Today 04 Sep 2015
It's scored with a slash Wall Street Journal 28 Aug 2015
Let off New York Times 21 Aug 2015
With no excess fat The Times Concise 22 May 2015
Additional The Telegraph Quick 03 May 2015
Even persons without a vehicle may have this type of tyre
Excess Newsday 06 Feb 2015
Fifth wheel Newsday 29 Jan 2015
/, in bowling
Bowler's accomplishment
It's scored with a slash
Fifth wheel
Just-in-case item
Let off
Next best thing to a strike
Knockdown of all the pins in two bowls
Excess
Do without
Save an extra item
Give something extra
Thing in a trunk
Pickup in an alley
In reserve
Scanty
Tire in a trunk
Bowler's next best thing
Meager
Lean
*Consolation for one who doesn't strike
Alley accomplishment
Diagonal line, on some score sheets
Flat substitute
Like a fifth tire
Flat substitute
Bowler's feat
Show mercy toward
Tire in the trunk
Meager
Extra, as a bedroom
Thing in your trunk
Go easy on
Tire in the trunk
Bowler's /
Part with willingly
It's often in the trunk
Extra tire
Extra
What a slash may mean in some scores
What a slash may mean in some scores
Bowling achievement
Bowler's consolation
Bowling achievement
Reason to re-roll
Ten pins in two balls
Kept in reserve
Frugal
Mark at an alley
Part with
Fifth tire
Trunk ring?
Extra tire
Fifth tire
Alley pickup
Alley pickup
Flat substitute
Tire in a trunk
Kept in reserve
Flat insurance?
Tire in a trunk
To __ (in abundance)
Superfluous
Flat replacement
Thin
Fifth wheel
It may come after a split
/, to a bowler
Success on a second attempt, of a sort
Thin
Fifth wheel
Emergency tire
Part with
Donut in a trunk
___ tire (flabby middle)
Flat necessity
Fifth wheel
Converted split
Flat answer?
Two-ball feat
Flat replacement
Alley feat
Fifth wheel
Emergency tire
Doughnut for the road
Diagonal line, on a bowling score sheet
It can be worth up to 20 points
Ten pins with two balls
Emergency tire
Trunk item
Extra
Doughnut for the road
Bowler's conversion
Thin
Bowling score
Part with
It's picked up in an alley
Extend clemency to
Show clemency
Easily lend
Bowling feat
Kegler's goal, at times
In reserve
Ten pins in two balls
In reserve
What "/" indicates
Trunk tire
Extra
Alley pickup
Word with time or tire
Deal gently with
Alley pickup
Score with two balls
It's not as good as a strike
Flat replacement
Allow to live
Result of converting the 7-10 split
/, to a kegler
Let off the hook
Elegantly simple
It's represented by a slash, to a kegler
Slash on a score sheet
It may be in the trunk
Trunk item
A bowler may pick it up
Alley pickup
Alley score
Extra
Result of converting a split
Strike's counterpart, in bowling
Like a fifth wheel
Reserve
Slash on a scorepad
Fifth tire
Alley mark
Have mercy on, in a way
Ten in two, in an alley
Driver's "doughnut"
Trunk item
Next best thing to a strike
Flat replacement
Pass over
Extra, as a bedroom
Bowler's pickup
Donut in a trunk
Trunk item
Have mercy on
Trunk contents
It's marked with a slash
Save
Slash on a bowling score sheet
Alley score
Diagonal line, on a score sheet
Slash on a bowling score sheet
Ten pins with two balls
Trunk item
Trunk item
Item in a trunk
It's picked up in the alley
Trunk item
Flat replacement
Backup
Extra tire
Alley success
Alley mark
Alley pickup
Lean
Alley score
Show clemency
Fifth wheel
Extra
What a "/" indicates
Extra
Extend clemency to
It may be found in the trunk
Bowler's pickup
Converted split
Have mercy on
Trunk tire
Ten down on two tries
Bowler's pickup
Show mercy to
Flat substitute
Tire in the trunk
Trunk item
Nearly a strike
Convert the 5-7
Tire in the 51 Down
The fifth tire
Change variety
Part with comfortably
Left over
Type of tire
Tire in the trunk
Show mercy
It may follow a split
Let live
It should be in the trunk
Show mercy toward
Non-striker's goal?
Converted split
Do without
Lane accomplishment
Lean
Kegler's pickup
Have mercy on
Not quite a strike
Extra tire
Type of tire
Surplus
Allow to live
Diagonal line, on some score sheets
Bowler's mark
Trunk item
Have mercy on
Mark in a frame
Surplus
Alley mark
The fifth tire
Rib or room
Pardon
Ten pins on two tries
Lacking froufrou
Tire in the trunk
Bowler's pickup
Bowler's pickup
Slash at an alley?
Bowler's feat
Alley score
Afford without a problem
Bowler's feat
Strike's kin
Woodman ____ that tree!
Bowling score
Room to ___
Two-for-one?
Frame score
Bowling achievement
Almost a strike
Replacement item
Bowling score
Car necessity
Bowling save*
Room to _____
To retire, use this
Thin
Mark for Mark Roth
Be clement
Tire in the trunk
Expendable
Strike minus one
Tire type
"___ the rod . . . "
Exempt
Kind of room
Bowling mark
Extra tire
Alley goal
Like some ribs or tires
Bowler's consolation
Frugal
Mark in bowling
Ten in two, on an alley
Consolation for Mark Roth
Show mercy
Ten in two on an alley
Mark for Anthony
Consolation for Randy Lightfoot
Consolation for Dick Weber
Word with time or room
Word with ribs or parts
Superfluous
Duplicate part
Item in a trunk
Tire
Type of tire
Affordable
Scant
Kind of tire
Car-trunk item
Score of the lanes.
Surplus.
Ten pins on two throws.
Good bowling score.
Score in bowling.
Lank.
Part with.
Bowling score.
Fifth tire.
Relative of a strike.
Kegler's score.
Fifth wheel.
Kegler's concern.
Dispense with.
Superfluous.
Let live.
Extra part.
Candlepins feat
Doughnut for the road
Perfect game blemish in bowling
Chary.
Be frugal.
Type of build.
Type of tire.
Extra.
Tire.
Lean.
Something extra.
Equipment for a car.
Score for knocking down all the pins in two bowls.
Not portly.
Bowling term
Duplicate part.
Knocking down all the pins with two bowls.
Bowling term.
Scanty.
Autoist's extra.
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