Word "SPHINX" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

Crossword Clues for SPHINX

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Enigmatist's special clue changed in the end
Puzzling individual - part lion, part human The Guardian Quick 18 Mar 2024
Puzzling individual - part lion, part human (6)
Puzzling individual a€“ part lion, part human (6)
Ancient statue beginning to perish in foreleg - one marks the spot (6)
Huge figure near the pyramids of Giza (6)
Take a quick trip around Hungary and cross Egyptian attraction
Setter of riddle The Guardian Quick 18 Dec 2023
Setter of riddle (6)
Take a quick trip around Hungary and cross Egyptian attraction (6)
Wrongdoing outside public house by inscrutable person The Times Cryptic 29 Nov 2022
Giza statue The Telegraph Quick 09 Nov 2022
Offence outside public house by mysterious person The Times Cryptic 05 Jul 2022
Serious offence outside public house by puzzler The Telegraph Toughie 03 May 2022
Enigmatic person is cross after panic outside hospital
Penny breaks tibia leading to X-ray, one hard to decipher The Telegraph Toughie 06 Aug 2021
Legendary creature's shown possessing heart in new x-rays, for starters
Turn cross, receiving hard riddle from one
Beast vanquished by Oedipus New York Times 12 Feb 2021
Serious offence outside public house by puzzler
Egyptian monument The Sun Two Speed 03 Jan 2021
Journey round hotel: kiss The Riddler? The Sun Two Speed 03 Jan 2021
Giza attraction Universal 01 Jan 2021
Turn over, hard to kiss someone with a frozen smile
''What some doctors are capable of around hospital is wrong'' - the riddler of old Irish Times Crosaire 17 Nov 2020
Husband involved in drive to Luxor's third ancient Egyptian statue
Egyptian landmark Thomas Joseph 14 Oct 2020
Enigmatic person The Times Concise 18 Aug 2020
Crime spot attracts local person of mystery
Ride taken round Honshu, principally, by inscrutable person The Telegraph Cryptic 11 May 2020
Riddling monster of myth The Times Concise 04 Apr 2020
Riddling monster of Greek mythology Irish Times Simplex 31 Mar 2020
Egyptian statue The Telegraph Quick 11 May 2019
The latest hard, fashionable, Times puzzle setter
Hospital in drive to obtain unknown statue
Large statue at Giza The Times Concise 08 Feb 2019
Giza attraction The Times Concise 25 Feb 2018
Puzzle setter cross after local entering error
Riddling monster Irish Times Simplex 13 Nov 2017
Man-lion of Giza USA Today 30 Oct 2017
Turn to catch husband kiss mysterious person
Ancient Greeks were riddled by it
Lion/man The Telegraph Quick 11 Jul 2017
Henry takes brief trip outside with unknown, enigmatic figure
Haitian leader buried in revolution, cross beneath it, monolithic statue
P's first to break bone by ancient statue
Man-lion of Giza
Monolithic statue of Giza The Washington Post 03 Dec 2016
Egyptian 'lion-man' The Telegraph Quick 18 Nov 2016
Head of Police: 'Hard to cut crime by Riddler and Catwoman?'
Someone enigmatic setting puzzles (hard) for beginners in Times
Travel around hotel to kiss old Riddler Irish Times Crosaire 08 Jun 2016
Monster ship's broken by neutron ray
Egyptian landmark Eugene Sheffer 22 Dec 2015
Riddling monster, half-woman, half-lion Irish Times Simplex 01 Aug 2015
Guardian of the Pyramids
Ancient riddler
Largest monolith statue in the world
Setter of a puzzle hard to see in twist then that's wrong
Monster‘s swaying hips gets knight cross
Fabulous creature puts hearts in a whirl with kiss
Nile sight
Southern pub, home to unknown puzzler
Quizmaster doctoring around hospital unknown
Mythical lion-man
Tourist attraction near Cairo
Egyptian tourist attraction
Riddler foiled by Oedipus
Riddler foiled by Oedipus
Nile sight
Egyptian with a riddle
Element of Masonic architecture
Egyptian with a riddle
Mythical riddler
Mythical riddler
Inscrutable person
Riddler of myth
Tourist attraction near Cairo
Symbol of mystery
Tourist attraction near Giza
"Man" seeker of myth
Inscrutable one
Landmark near the pyramids of Giza
Tourist attraction near Giza, Egypt
Ancient riddler
Ancient riddler
Creature with a riddle
It's worn in 27-Down
Riddler of old
Hawkmoth
Landmark in 1 Across
Mysterious one
Enigmatic one
Unfathomable person
Enigmatic person
Enigmatic one.
Huge statue near Giza.
Inscrutable one.
Enigma.
Symbol of mystery.
Colossal figure at Gaza.
Structure at El Giza, Egypt.
The riddler?
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