Word "STAPLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
Synonyms:
raw material

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
Synonyms:
staple fiber, staple fibre
Examples:
staple fibers vary widely in length

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Synonyms:
basic

Crossword Clues for STAPLE

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Metal fastener (6) Mirror Quick 30 Aug 2025
Principal design for plates (6) Mirror Cryptic 30 Aug 2025
Basic Ellie talking behind Pat's back
Paper fastener Commuter 23 Jul 2025
Principal is to join paper (6)
Metal alternative to a paper clip
The settled market for a U-shaped fastener (6)
Curved bar attached to hasp (6)
Metal clip (6)
Metal alternative to a paper clip
Standard that may be fixed in centrefold? (6)
Plate's repaired using metal fastener
Main product produced in a country (6)
Alternative to a paper clip Premier Sunday 08 Jun 2025
Rice or bread, e.g. The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Jun 2025
Chief commodity of place (6)
Binder in the office
Historically, a centre for trade, especially in wool The Times Specialist Sunday 25 May 2025
Such a diet presumably has iron in it
Principal commodity with which to fasten papers together (6)
Basic need LA Times Daily 27 Apr 2025
Page fastener
Fix papers fashioned from petals (6)
This will fasten the pleats differently (6)
It's essential to keep documents together (6) The Guardian Cryptic 31 Mar 2025
Metal fastener Mirror Quick 04 Mar 2025
Principal design for plates Mirror Cryptic 04 Mar 2025
With pressure, getting through old piece of wire (6)
A piece of thin wire used to fasten paper (6)
Principal design for plates Mirror Cryptic 15 Feb 2025
Metal fastener Mirror Quick 15 Feb 2025
Power seized by hardened chief The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2025
Fundamental The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2025
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 10 Feb 2025
Paper fastener made from twisted petals (6)
Metal fastener USA Today 28 Jan 2025
Pleats (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 26 Jan 2025
Fix broken plates together? (6)
Such a diet involves various plates (6)
Rice or bread, for instance
Metal fastener Mirror Quick 11 Jan 2025
Principal design for plates Mirror Cryptic 11 Jan 2025
Bread, e.g. LA Times Daily 11 Jan 2025
4-Across, in China Universal 08 Jan 2025
Let's pa on a diet
Essential for Jonathan, say, when disheartened, to follow holy one (6)
Fastener for broken petals (6)
This will fasten untidy pleats (6)
A settled market for the U-shaped fastener (6)
Fastener that's a basic requirement (6)
Basic item (6) The Guardian Quick 03 Dec 2024
Basic, poorly spelt article intrudes The Times Cryptic 30 Nov 2024
Chief is to join paper (6)
Basic commodity for which demand is constant (6)
Standard of pastel manufacture (6)
Wire paper fastener
A fastener for plates (6)
Pin papers together for the settled market (6)
Soft filling for hardened fastener (6)
A diet of stationery item (6)
Tap into extremely special energy to get a fix (6)
It's just a piece of wire, chief (6)
A basic, important everyday food (6)
Principal petals for sprinkling (6)
This will fasten pleats in different position (6)
Something used to fasten broken plates (6)
The old penny gets jammed in, as usual (6)
Paper clip alternative Thomas Joseph 05 Oct 2024
Paper fastener made of bent wire (6) Puzzler 30 Sep 2024
Main component (6)
The main thing holding papers together?
New plates may be made of metal
Wire fastener USA Today 23 Sep 2024
Fastener for broken plates (6)
Piece of wire (6)
Fastener unfolding pleats (6) Puzzler Cryptic 17 Sep 2024
An old penny found inside a piece of wire (6)
Plates are adapted for this diet (6)
Principal paper fastener (6)
Basic requirement of an office machine (6)
Metal clip forfastening papers together (6)
Crazy pleats a principal feature (6)
Paper-fixing pin (6)
Fastener used for restyling pleats (6)
Main item (6)
Main thing for attaching papers (6)
Piece of wire used to secure papers (6) Puzzler 21 Aug 2024
Fundamental The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2024
Standard item holding papers together The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2024
Page secured by rusty pin (6)
Basic raw material
Main or important (6)
Important food USA Today 29 Jun 2024
Fasten with a metal clip (6)
Different plates are required for this kind of diet (6)
Principal commodity will let one fasten leaves together (6)
U-shaped fastening (6)
Basic (diet) (6)
Metal alternative to a paper clip
Basic necessity USA Today 23 Jun 2024
Principal design for plates Mirror Cryptic 22 Jun 2024
Metal fastener Mirror Quick 22 Jun 2024
Main wire clip (6)
Most important one holds paper sheets together The Times Quick Cryptic 17 Jun 2024
The principal can make a good man turn pale
Principal means of fastening (6)
Variety of plates provided for this sort of diet (6)
Main way to fasten sheets together
Means of fixing broken plates?
Rice, to many people The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 31 May 2024
Paper fastener from a gun (6)
Basic device for securing electric cable, say
Main item of trade The Sun Mini 21 May 2024
Essential fastener (6)
In the main, it's used as a fastener (6)
Principal fastener (6)
It's used to fix principal foodstuff (6)
Corner fastener
Classification for essential foodstuffs such as rice, corn and wheat (6)
Rejected help at supermarket bagging essential food item
Breaking plates for bread, say (6)
Breaking plates for bread, say The Guardian Cryptic 08 Apr 2024
Metal fixing for papers The Times Concise 08 Apr 2024
Is such a diet rich in iron? (6)
The right sort of diet to pin one's faith to? (6)
Chief commodity (6)
Paper clip alternative LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2024
Basic item in the diet (6)
One may be fired from a gun (6)
Fastener for repositioning pleats (6)
Basic dietary item (6)
Rice, in some cuisine LA Times Daily 29 Feb 2024
Plates (anag.) The Guardian Quick 28 Feb 2024
Principal means of holding paper together (6)
U-shaped nail (6)
It unites sheets of paper Family Time 19 Feb 2024
Main way to fix Printed sheets together (6)
Steel fastener required for broken plates (6)
Fasten, as usual (6)
Form an attachment to rice, perhaps (6)
How to fasten papers with unmanufactured wool (6)
Folded pleats holding magazine together (6)
Packet fastener
Fastener of prime importance
Main, standard (6)
Piece of wire which holds sheets of paper together (6)
Basic form of petals (6)
Churning out plates of everyday food
From "pillar, post", a U-shaped metal nail for driving into wood; or, a similar fastener for cloth or papers (6)
Churning out plates of everyday food (6)
Fastener is essential The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Leading commodity The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Fasten leading commodity The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Jan 2024
It's used to fix useless tap, leaking internally
Main element of an outdated nature about piano (6)
The basic item - a piece of wire (6)
Basic The Guardian Quick 27 Nov 2023
Fundamental The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2023
Student into whipped paste and rice? The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2023
Alternative to a paper clip Wall Street Journal 07 Nov 2023
Joiner's plates smashed The Times Quick Cryptic 16 Oct 2023
Paper clip alternative New York Times 25 Sep 2023
Fasten together, as papers Newsday 18 Sep 2023
Paper fastener
Paper fastener LA Times Daily 05 Sep 2023
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 28 Aug 2023
Paper fastener Newsday 10 Jul 2023
Main (part of diet) The Telegraph Quick 05 Jul 2023
Rice, for some cuisines Universal 03 Jul 2023
Alternative to a paper clip New York Times 05 Jun 2023
Principal The Telegraph Quick 28 May 2023
Object for binding contracts New York Times 07 May 2023
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 04 May 2023
Office binder LA Times Daily 14 Apr 2023
Paper clip alternative USA Today 25 Mar 2023
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 04 Mar 2023
Rice or beans, e.g Universal 27 Feb 2023
Necessary commodity The Guardian Speedy 29 Jan 2023
Paper clip alternative USA Today 07 Jan 2023
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 19 Oct 2022
Swingline insert LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2022
Important papers may need this for security The Times Cryptic 06 Sep 2022
Paper fastener Universal 30 Aug 2022
Main thing to secure papers
Main thing to secure papers The Guardian Quiptic 22 Aug 2022
Readers may flip over it New York Times 23 Jun 2022
Necessary commodity in constant demand The Guardian Quick 03 May 2022
Metal fastener The Guardian Quick 25 Mar 2022
Paper fastener Irish Times Simplex 19 Mar 2022
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 14 Mar 2022
First bit of pastrami inside dry bread, perhaps The Times Cryptic 10 Mar 2022
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 10 Feb 2022
Affix, in a way New York Times 16 Jan 2022
Jump scares, in horror movies New York Times 13 Jan 2022
Sugar or flour New York Times 23 Dec 2021
Means of securing important raw material
Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted
Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted The Guardian Cryptic 06 Dec 2021
Fastener for paper sheets Premier Sunday 31 Oct 2021
Basic need Thomas Joseph 16 Oct 2021
Attach a main element The Telegraph Toughie 24 Sep 2021
Fasten together, as two sheets Newsday 30 Aug 2021
Metal fastener for paper USA Today 18 Aug 2021
Softly cutting old bit of wire
Paper fastener Eugene Sheffer 04 Aug 2021
Metal fastener The Guardian Speedy 23 May 2021
Basic recycled plates
Fastener for sheets Wall Street Journal 12 Apr 2021
Paper fastener Thomas Joseph 01 Apr 2021
Basic need Thomas Joseph 04 Mar 2021
Paper fastener Newsday 02 Mar 2021
Paper clip alternative Newsday 27 Jan 2021
Test a plexiglass housing key element
Rice, e.g The Washington Post 25 Oct 2020
Rice, e.g LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2020
Small story about power that binds things together Irish Times Crosaire 13 Oct 2020
Binding part of some legal documents? Wall Street Journal 03 Aug 2020
Paper clip alternative Universal 30 Jul 2020
The -- Singers, American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group The Telegraph General Knowledge 06 Jul 2020
  Main item of office equipment
Principal means of fastening papers
Principal The Telegraph Quick 23 May 2020
Key commodity The Washington Post Sunday 19 Apr 2020
Flat has covered parking — that's essential
Fastening wire The Times Concise 10 Apr 2020
Something used to fix broken plates
Important one goes through papers?
Quietly stops old joiner
Just a plebeian housing fix
Main Street with pollarded tree
Main road at Andhra Pradesh has bottleneck in the middle
Fasten, in a way Newsday 24 Oct 2019
Fastener regularly used The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Oct 2019
Rice, in Chinese cuisine The Washington Post 01 Oct 2019
Rice, in Chinese cuisine LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2019
Pressure will break tired principal
  Fasten together basic material
Putin's head covered by old hat – fix
Put plates out for e.g. rice, sweetcorn …
Student into whipped paste and fixative The Sun Two Speed 01 Mar 2019
Fundamental The Sun Two Speed 01 Mar 2019
Secure standard The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Feb 2019
Alternative to a paper clip New York Times 28 Jan 2019
Fasten together, as papers Newsday 14 Jan 2019
Rice, in Chinese cuisine
Alternative to a paper clip
Fastener is essential The Sun Two Speed 20 Dec 2018
18 By the way, plea altered to get basic stuff 
Flat requires parking; a must-have The Sun Two Speed 22 Nov 2018
Bread or butter LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2018
Bread or butter The Washington Post 21 Nov 2018
Paper clip alternative The Washington Post 24 Oct 2018
Paper clip alternative LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2018
Main fix
Regular fix The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Oct 2018
Mainstay Universal 24 Aug 2018
Power seized by hardened chief The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2018
Paper fastener The Times Concise 16 Jul 2018
Important food, not fresh, saves little money
Taro, in Hawaiian cuisine New York Times 27 Jun 2018
Standard item holding papers together The Sun Two Speed 17 Jun 2018
Page link Wall Street Journal 14 Jun 2018
Use a Swingline The New Yorker 21 May 2018
Basic Canadiana 07 May 2018
Like clich� about phosphorus being important element in diet The Telegraph Cryptic 06 May 2018
Means of securing unravelling pleats
Basic LA Times Daily 30 Mar 2018
Basic The Washington Post 30 Mar 2018
Paper-clip alternative Newsday 19 Feb 2018
Power in old chief
Piece of thin wire that is a paper fastener
Mainstay
Page link
Taro, in Hawaiian cuisine
Bread or butter
Paper clip alternative
Basic
Prince enters flat that's basic
Regular food past its best, soft inside
Basic connector
Basic food Newsday 08 Oct 2017
Fastener's main element
Basic commodity and paper fastener Irish Times Simplex 24 Jul 2017
Fastener‘s main element
Priest is entertained by old chief
Gun insert LA Times Daily 11 Jun 2017
Gun insert The Washington Post 11 Jun 2017
Comic book fastener USA Today 05 Jun 2017
Key in standing firm for black pawn
Fundamental — it's a fastener!
Bent item in an office products logo USA Today 09 May 2017
Basic old houses poky for a start The Telegraph Toughie 09 May 2017
Basic element The Guardian Speedy 19 Mar 2017
Priest tucking into old important part of diet
Bent item in an office products logo
Gun insert
Comic book fastener
Basic piano installed in flat
Fastener that looks like U? Universal 08 Dec 2016
Swingline insert LA Times Daily 07 Dec 2016
Metal fastener Universal 08 Oct 2016
Page held by old and overused fastener
Fastener is essential The Times Cryptic 27 Sep 2016
Fastener is essential
Basic element LA Times Daily 21 Aug 2016
Fastener in a gun Universal 14 Aug 2016
Hard to grip top of plastic fastener
Paper fastener — basic foodstuff The Guardian Quick 25 Jun 2016
Alternative to a paper clip Wall Street Journal 24 May 2016
Office binder LA Times Daily 08 May 2016
Keeps things together in bread, for one Irish Times Crosaire 28 Mar 2016
Basic pressure for British in firm The Times Cryptic 23 Feb 2016
Office fastener USA Today 19 Feb 2016
It keeps pages from flying everywhere Jonesin 16 Feb 2016
Office joiner USA Today 19 Jan 2016
Main element in piece of wire The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jan 2016
Office binder
Fastener in a gun
Fastener that looks like U?
Office joiner
Basic element
Basic flat round centre of Ripon The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Dec 2015
Kind of gun Universal 18 Dec 2015
Flour, for instance Newsday 17 Oct 2015
Secure, in a way, important element of diet The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Aug 2015
Basic fastening The Telegraph Toughie 25 Jun 2015
Paper fastener Irish Times Simplex 19 Jan 2015
Metal fixer The Telegraph Quick 16 Jan 2015
Basic commodity
Office fastener
Set list mainstay
Paper clip alternative
Kind of gun
Paper clip alternative
Flour, for instance
Main fastener
Essential commodity
Rock mainstay
Basic food item
Rice, for one
Paper-clip alternative
Everyday element
Gun projectile, perhaps
Fasten together, as papers
Commodity past its best without smallest amount of preservatives
Paper fastener
Put together, in a way
Certain gun projectile
Paper-clip alternative
Fasten, in a way
Rice, for many
Corner item
Document holder?
Essential
Basic element
Bread or milk
Swingline fastener
Swingline fastener
Bread, milk or eggs
Pantry or office item?
Paper clip alternative
Mainstay
Fasten with a click
Mainstay
Flour or sugar
Basic element
Swingline item
Chase scenes, in action films
Principal commodity
Use a Swingline
Basic food item
Sugar or flour
Sugar or flour, e.g.
Clip alternative
Fasten together, as papers
Playboy centerfold feature until 1985
Necessary food
Important commodity
Clip alternative
Food basic
Paper fastener
Fixer of sheets
Basic food
Bread, for one
Bread is one
Bread is one
Basic commodity
Type of gun
Office fastener
Basic need
Fastener for sheets
Paper fastener
Paper fastener
Flour, salt, sugar, e.g.
Paper clip alternative
Staff of life
Rice, e.g.
Paper clip alternative
Office joiner
Basic food item
Clip alternative
Bread or butter
Sugar, for example
Basic food item
Paper fastener
Important commodity
Basic ingredient
Basic foodstuff
Paper clip alternative
It's usually stuck in a corner
It's usually stuck in a corner
Bracket-shaped fastener
Bracket-shaped fastener
U-shaped wire
Fasten
Bread or butter
Bread, for one
Office fastener
Pantry or desk item
Type of gun
Bread or butter
Clip alternative
Flour or sugar, e.g.
Contract binder?
Salt or sugar
Metal fastener
Principal commodity
Flour or sugar
Food basic
Important commodity
Sugar or salt
Flour or salt
Kind of gun
Centerfold sight
Basic commodity
Sugar or flour, e.g.
Basic fare
Sugar or flour
Sugar or flour e.g.
Binder
Use a Swingline
Corner piece?
Centerfold sight
A word having five anagrams
Raw material
Basic foodstuff
Principal raw material
Fastener
Commodity
Rice, in China
Bread or rice
Flour, sugar or salt, e.g.
Salt or sugar
Principal
Salt or flour, e.g.
Office worker's fastener
Wheat or cotton
Sugar, e.g.
Bread or milk, e.g.
Flour or sugar
Bread or rice, e.g.
Wire fastener
Rice, for instance
Paper clip's relative
Basic item
Standard item.
Fastener.
Principal commodity.
Sugar or salt.
It can hold a composition together
Office holder?
Rice, e.g.
Raw material.
Rice in China.
Basic commodity.
Goods in steady demand.
The fiber of wool, cotton, etc.
Chief commodity of a place.
Paper fastener.
Flour, sugar or salt.
Type of paper binding.
Sugar or salt
Fastener of a sort.
Chief item.
Rival of the paper clip.
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