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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Extra Universal 20 Nov 2025
Second trim not needed (5) The Guardian Cryptic 17 Nov 2025
"Heir and ___" (adage about aristocracy)
Surplus (5) Mirror Quick 01 Nov 2025
Extra pears are ordered (5) Mirror Cryptic 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
Surplus (5) Mirror Quick 02 Oct 2025
Extra pears are ordered (5) Mirror Cryptic 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
Mad Harry's book? The Sun Two Speed 30 Jul 2025
Extra 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
"Can you ___ a dollar?"
Small, trim and slim (5)
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
Bruce Springsteen's "___ Parts"
Memoir whose second part takes its title from the poem "Invictus" USA Today 13 Mar 2025
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
Not in actual use (5)
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 24 Dec 2024
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)
Surplus Mirror Quick 28 Nov 2024
Ten pins with two shots, in bowling
Alley pickup Newsday 28 Nov 2024
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 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)
Manage to do without (5)
Save from punishment
An extra wheel, perhaps, with very little 'meat' on it (5)
Unused, leftover The Times Concise 21 Oct 2024
What an era for a bookie! Be merciful to him!
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 17 Oct 2024
Surplus Mirror Quick 17 Oct 2024
Treat mercifully LA Times Mini 13 Oct 2024
Last of citrus peel left over
Extra pears are ordered Mirror Cryptic 10 Oct 2024
Surplus Mirror Quick 10 Oct 2024
Meager or thin
Pressure inside damaged ears? Emergency! The Sun Two Speed 08 Oct 2024
Prince Harry's book 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)
Special region almost additional to requirements (5)
/, to a bowler USA Today 14 Sep 2024
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)
Are such ribs extra? (5)
Lean The Sun Two Speed 30 Aug 2024
Mad Harry's book? The Sun Two Speed 30 Aug 2024
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)
Extra pears were used Mirror Cryptic 01 Jun 2024
Surplus Mirror Quick 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)
___-- tyre or to ___-- (5)
Refrain from killing (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
Somebody perhaps as redundant extra, initially The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Mar 2023
Extra tire USA Today 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 The Guardian Cryptic 15 Jul 2022
Do without extra small prune left over
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 LA Times Daily 01 Mar 2022
Extra The Washington Post 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 LA Times Daily 03 Oct 2021
Trunk item The Washington Post 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
Trunk item Wall Street Journal 05 Jun 2021
Extra strawberries finally cut
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 The Washington Post 19 Feb 2020
Bowler's pickup LA Times Daily 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 The Washington Post 21 Oct 2019
Fifth tire LA Times Daily 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 The Washington Post 09 May 2019
Slash on a score sheet LA Times Daily 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
Cool bowling feat
Thing in a Brit's boot?
Converted split, e.g.
Diagonal line, to a bowler
Word before ribs or room
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 The Washington Post 10 Dec 2017
/, on some score sheets LA Times Daily 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 LA Times Daily 16 Apr 2017
Tire for emergencies The Washington Post 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
Alley conversion
Extra
Success on the second roll
Tire for emergencies
Fifth wheel
Get 10 from two?
Happy event after a split?
Show leniency toward
"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
Extra
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
Extra
It's good if you don't strike
Let off the hook
"___ 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
Next best thing to a strike
Bowler's accomplishment
Just-in-case item
Excess
Fifth wheel
Let off
Do without
/, in bowling
Knockdown of all the pins in two bowls
It's scored with a slash
Save an extra item
Give something extra
Meager
Flat substitute
In reserve
Scanty
Tire in a trunk
Like a fifth tire
Bowler's next best thing
Pickup in an alley
Meager
Lean
Thing in your trunk
Flat substitute
Thing in a trunk
Alley accomplishment
Extra, as a bedroom
*Consolation for one who doesn't strike
Diagonal line, on some score sheets
Tire in the trunk
Show mercy toward
Bowler's feat
Part with
Frugal
Extra tire
Bowling achievement
Bowler's consolation
What a slash may mean in some scores
What a slash may mean in some scores
Ten pins in two balls
Kept in reserve
Bowler's /
Mark at an alley
Reason to re-roll
Tire in the trunk
Part with willingly
Extra
Go easy on
Bowling achievement
It's often in the trunk
To __ (in abundance)
Flat insurance?
Tire in a trunk
Trunk ring?
Alley pickup
Kept in reserve
Extra tire
Flat substitute
Fifth tire
Fifth tire
Alley pickup
Tire in a trunk
Flat answer?
Flat necessity
Fifth wheel
Superfluous
Flat replacement
Two-ball feat
Flat replacement
Alley feat
Fifth wheel
Thin
/, to a bowler
Success on a second attempt, of a sort
Emergency tire
Donut in a trunk
___ tire (flabby middle)
Fifth wheel
Converted split
It may come after a split
Thin
Fifth wheel
Part with
Doughnut for the road
Emergency tire
Ten pins with two balls
Bowler's conversion
Trunk item
Extra
Emergency tire
It can be worth up to 20 points
Diagonal line, on a bowling score sheet
Doughnut for the road
Extend clemency to
Show clemency
Bowling feat
Thin
Part with
It's picked up in an alley
Bowling score
Easily lend
Extra
Alley pickup
Kegler's goal, at times
What "/" indicates
In reserve
Word with time or tire
In reserve
Trunk tire
Ten pins in two balls
Deal gently with
/, to a kegler
Flat replacement
It's represented by a slash, to a kegler
It's not as good as a strike
Allow to live
Let off the hook
Result of converting the 7-10 split
It may be in the trunk
Elegantly simple
Alley pickup
Slash on a score sheet
Score with two balls
Fifth tire
Driver's "doughnut"
Alley mark
Flat replacement
Have mercy on, in a way
Trunk item
Next best thing to a strike
Like a fifth wheel
Extra
Reserve
Slash on a scorepad
Alley pickup
Result of converting a split
Ten in two, in an alley
Trunk item
Alley score
A bowler may pick it up
Strike's counterpart, in bowling
Trunk item
Trunk item
Slash on a bowling score sheet
Bowler's pickup
Trunk item
Ten pins with two balls
Extra, as a bedroom
Pass over
Donut in a trunk
Diagonal line, on a score sheet
Trunk contents
It's marked with a slash
Slash on a bowling score sheet
Alley score
Save
Have mercy on
Alley success
Alley score
It's picked up in the alley
Alley pickup
Trunk item
Flat replacement
Show clemency
Extra tire
Item in a trunk
Lean
Alley mark
Backup
Trunk tire
What a "/" indicates
Extra
Have mercy on
Extra
Bowler's pickup
Extend clemency to
Bowler's pickup
Converted split
Ten down on two tries
It may be found in the trunk
Fifth wheel
Type of tire
Part with comfortably
Nearly a strike
Convert the 5-7
Show mercy to
Flat substitute
Show mercy
The fifth tire
Change variety
Let live
Left over
Tire in the 51 Down
Tire in the trunk
Tire in the trunk
It may follow a split
Trunk item
Kegler's pickup
Have mercy on
Lean
Show mercy toward
Converted split
Non-striker's goal?
Do without
Lane accomplishment
It should be in the trunk
Surplus
Not quite a strike
Type of tire
Diagonal line, on some score sheets
Allow to live
Bowler's mark
Extra tire
Trunk item
Lacking froufrou
Tire in the trunk
Bowler's pickup
Mark in a frame
Surplus
The fifth tire
Ten pins on two tries
Rib or room
Pardon
Alley mark
Have mercy on
Bowler's pickup
Bowler's feat
Alley score
Bowler's feat
Slash at an alley?
Afford without a problem
Strike's kin
Room to ___
Woodman ____ that tree!
Bowling score
Two-for-one?
Bowling achievement
Frame score
Almost a strike
Replacement item
Car necessity
Bowling score
Room to _____
Bowling save*
Thin
To retire, use this
Mark for Mark Roth
Tire in the trunk
Be clement
Tire type
Strike minus one
Expendable
"___ the rod . . . "
Exempt
Kind of room
Extra tire
Bowling mark
Like some ribs or tires
Alley goal
Mark in bowling
Ten in two, on an alley
Bowler's consolation
Frugal
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
Duplicate part
Superfluous
Tire
Item in a trunk
Type of tire
Affordable
Scant
Car-trunk item
Kind of tire
Doughnut for the road
Not portly.
Knocking down all the pins with two bowls.
Duplicate part.
Perfect game blemish in bowling
Scanty.
Score of the lanes.
Good bowling score.
Surplus.
Ten pins on two throws.
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.
Score for knocking down all the pins in two bowls.
Chary.
Equipment for a car.
Candlepins feat
Extra part.
Bowling term
Autoist's extra.
Type of build.
Type of tire.
Be frugal.
Something extra.
Extra.
Tire.
Lean.
Bowling term.
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