Word "SUB" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
Synonyms:
bomber, cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich, poor boy, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
be a substitute
Synonyms:
fill in, stand in, substitute
Examples:
The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
Synonyms:
pigboat, submarine, u-boat

Crossword Clues for SUB

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Clue Source Date
Long thin sandwich, for short
Bench-warmer, perhaps The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 29 Aug 2025
Hero in a deli? USA Today 18 Aug 2025
Long sandwich, for short
Footballer coming on for another The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 05 Aug 2025
Replacement taking public transport back The Times Quick Cryptic 04 Aug 2025
Standby in sports, for short USA Today 03 Aug 2025
___ -Zero fridge
Replacement player (3)
Deli creation Eugene Sheffer 09 Jul 2025
Hoagie New York Times 01 Jul 2025
U-boat, e.g. The Telegraph Quick 28 Jun 2025
Red October, e.g. The Sun Two Speed 27 Jun 2025
Replacement torpedo vessel The Sun Two Speed 27 Jun 2025
Wages advance (3)
Long sandwich, for short
Hero sandwich Eugene Sheffer 19 Jun 2025
Below freezing point: - zero
Long lunch? Eugene Sheffer 24 May 2025
Underwater transport, for short
A small boat shortly to be used as a replacement (3)
Advance against expected income (3)
Fill-in, briefly
Vessel that always sinks
Underwater ship, briefly
Underwater vessel Newsday 23 Apr 2025
Deli one-footer Family Time 21 Apr 2025
Long sandwich, for short
Stand-in, shortly
Advance on pay (3)
Nonstarter Newsday 04 Apr 2025
Undersea craft Commuter 01 Apr 2025
Sandwich that can be ordered "six-inch" or "footlong"
Undersea vessel Newsday 01 Apr 2025
Heckled teacher, maybe
Quiznos sandwich Universal 30 Mar 2025
Underwater vessel, informally Universal 22 Mar 2025
Underwater craft, in short The Telegraph Mini 16 Mar 2025
Underwater vessel Family Time 09 Mar 2025
Sizable sandwich, for short
Undersea vessel Newsday 04 Mar 2025
Long thin sandwich, for short
Solskjaer was a super one The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Feb 2025
Temp LA Times Daily 28 Feb 2025
Hero LA Times Daily 23 Feb 2025
Long lunch? Eugene Sheffer 11 Feb 2025
Deli order Thomas Joseph 05 Feb 2025
Fill-in teacher USA Today 03 Feb 2025
It's paid us to return to Brideshead (3)
Advance on wages. informally (3)
Temp teacher Universal 14 Dec 2024
Replace, - for
Underwater vessel (abbr.) (3)
My fellow travellers can finish this sandwich (3)
Under, eg ____ tegmine fagi, like Tityrus, Ecl. 1.1 The Times O Tempora 07 Dec 2024
Hero sandwich, for short Commuter 07 Dec 2024
Submarine (abbrev)
Undersea vessel, informally
Long sandwich, for short
Non supra; under arms ____ armis … The Times O Tempora 09 Nov 2024
Deputy in vehicle heading northbound The Times Quick Cryptic 19 Oct 2024
Long sandwich, for short
a" rosa
Hero sandwich Commuter 09 Oct 2024
Deli order New York Times 09 Oct 2024
Second-stringer Eugene Sheffer 09 Oct 2024
Deli order Wall Street Journal 01 Oct 2024
Reserve transport given a designated lane from the south (3)
One on bench is refined? Not half (3)
Long sandwich, for short
Sandwich bearing a resemblance to a boat
Underwater vessel LA Times Daily 02 Sep 2024
Long lunch? Eugene Sheffer 31 Aug 2024
Undersea vessel Newsday 05 Aug 2024
Bench player, for short
Teacher's cover New York Times 23 Jul 2024
Footlong sandwich, say Universal 20 Jul 2024
Underwater vessel, for short Newsday 15 Jul 2024
Temp worker Newsday 14 Jul 2024
Under(prefix)(3)
- rosa
Replacement, as on a pitch The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Jun 2024
Long sandwich, for short
Big sandwich, for short
Dom's counterpart
Fill-in teacher, informally New York Times 04 Jun 2024
Underwater boat
Coach has reversed for advance (3)
Super's opposite Newsday 01 Jun 2024
Deli sandwich Universal 29 May 2024
Naval vessel that's armed with torpedoes for short
Lower payment? (3)
Prefix for "beneath " (3)
Vehicle that's usually much longer than it is wide
Benchwarmer New York Times 15 May 2024
Sandwich also known as a hoagie USA Today 12 May 2024
Long sandwich, for short
Classroom temp USA Today 19 Apr 2024
Underwater military vessel (abbrev)
Substitute, in short (3)
Prefix meaning "beneath"
An advance (3)
Advance the coach - in reverse! (3)
Underwater craft (inf) (3)
"Sixth man," for example
Long lunch Thomas Joseph 08 Mar 2024
Under-payment? (3)
Replacement for a teacher who's out sick for short
Long thin sandwich, for short
The German U-boat was this sort of vessel
Reserve diver The Times Quick Cryptic 26 Feb 2024
Replacement coach given backing (3)
Alternative way out of tunnel
Hero, to some Universal 19 Feb 2024
"Crimson Tide" vessel, briefly
Replacement book American brought back earlier (3)
Bus coming up from down under (3)
Lengthy lunch? Eugene Sheffer 12 Feb 2024
Advance or reverse the vehicle (3)
Sandwich you really need two hands to eat New York Times 07 Feb 2024
Long sandwich Universal 24 Jan 2024
Player coming off the bench, for short LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2024
Hoagie Commuter 22 Jan 2024
Quiznos product
Quiznos offering Universal 31 Dec 2023
Jersey Mike's order, typically
U-boat, for one Eugene Sheffer 22 Dec 2023
Section of Reddit, informally New York Times Mini 17 Dec 2023
Reserve in turn American book (3)
Short word for an advance or loan; a hoagie sandwich; a copy-editor; a metro or an underground; a reserve player; or, an "unterseeboot" (3)
Sandwich named for an underwater craft USA Today 30 Oct 2023
Deli creation Eugene Sheffer 27 Oct 2023
Sandwich from Jersey Mike's USA Today 09 Oct 2023
Hero sandwich Eugene Sheffer 29 Aug 2023
Long sandwich USA Today 17 Aug 2023
Hero LA Times Daily 28 May 2023
Hero sandwich Eugene Sheffer 25 May 2023
Teaching temp Universal 16 May 2023
Undersea vessel The Telegraph Quick 07 May 2023
Membership fee The Times Concise 30 Apr 2023
Deli sandwich Eugene Sheffer 27 Apr 2023
Sammie LA Times Daily 23 Apr 2023
Deli order Thomas Joseph 19 Apr 2023
Extended lunch? Eugene Sheffer 17 Apr 2023
Ready replacement Newsday 13 Apr 2023
Underwater carrier, for short
Bit of income for a magazine, informally New York Times 07 Apr 2023
Deli creation Eugene Sheffer 04 Mar 2023
Second-stringer Eugene Sheffer 02 Mar 2023
Long sandwich
Reserve The Telegraph Quick 05 Feb 2023
U-boat, for one Eugene Sheffer 01 Feb 2023
Red October in 'The Hunt for Red October,' e.g. New York Times 24 Jan 2023
Red October in 'The Hunt for Red October,' e.g New York Times 24 Jan 2023
Short sandwich from a deli
Benched team player, for short
Hoagie New York Times 28 Dec 2022
Temp worker Newsday 18 Dec 2022
Loan for boat The Times Cryptic 01 Dec 2022
A Verne vessel Newsday 01 Dec 2022
Temp Newsday 17 Nov 2022
Long lunch? Eugene Sheffer 17 Nov 2022
Long sandwich Wall Street Journal 14 Nov 2022
Temp worker Newsday 13 Nov 2022
Go in (for) New York Times 11 Nov 2022
Long sandwich USA Today 15 Oct 2022
Long sandwich USA Today 20 Sep 2022
Short-term replacement Newsday 15 Sep 2022
Long deli sandwich Premier Sunday 11 Sep 2022
Long sandwich, for short
Long lunch? Eugene Sheffer 27 Jul 2022
Long sandwich USA Today 18 Jul 2022
Lengthy lunch? Eugene Sheffer 08 Jun 2022
U-boat, for one Eugene Sheffer 26 May 2022
Hero Wall Street Journal 10 May 2022
Underwater vessel USA Today 01 Apr 2022
Long sandwich USA Today 21 Mar 2022
Temporary teacher, informally
Replace one sort of vessel The Times Cryptic 15 Mar 2022
Down under vehicle? The Washington Post Sunday 13 Feb 2022
Stand-in Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2022
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea vessel, informally USA Today 14 Jan 2022
Edible hero LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2022
Warship The Times Concise 03 Jan 2022
Sonar user Thomas Joseph 29 Dec 2021
Extended lunch? Eugene Sheffer 10 Dec 2021
Replacement transport heading north The Times Cryptic 29 Nov 2021
Hero sandwich Eugene Sheffer 12 Nov 2021
Second-stringer Eugene Sheffer 27 Oct 2021
Elongated sandwich Canadiana 16 Aug 2021
Long order The Washington Post 13 Aug 2021
Long order LA Times Daily 13 Aug 2021
Deli creation Eugene Sheffer 08 Jul 2021
Meatball sandwich Universal 25 Jun 2021
Red October, e.g Wall Street Journal 10 Jun 2021
Long lunch Thomas Joseph 04 Jun 2021
Sizable sandwich, for short
Deli hero Premier Sunday 30 May 2021
Fill-in Wall Street Journal 26 May 2021
Long sandwich Wall Street Journal 24 May 2021
Deli hero, for short
Long sandwich, for short
U-boat, for one Eugene Sheffer 08 Apr 2021
Long sandwich, for short Universal 22 Mar 2021
Long sandwich USA Today 05 Mar 2021
Sonar user Thomas Joseph 01 Mar 2021
Two transportation systems going in separate directions? Irish Times Crosaire 27 Feb 2021
Hoagie New York Times 16 Feb 2021
Classroom fill-in USA Today 24 Jan 2021
Temp Newsday 10 Jan 2021
Temporary teacher, informally Universal 01 Jan 2021
Underwater craft USA Today 26 Dec 2020
Temp worker Newsday 10 Dec 2020
Player coming off the bench, for short USA Today 05 Dec 2020
Long lunch? Eugene Sheffer 24 Nov 2020
Long sandwich Jonesin 27 Oct 2020
Teacher's backup, for short USA Today 03 Oct 2020
Underwater vessel, for short
Hero New York Times 17 Sep 2020
Deli creation Eugene Sheffer 17 Sep 2020
Deli order Thomas Joseph 28 Aug 2020
Fill in Wall Street Journal 25 Jul 2020
Underwater craft The Washington Post 24 Jun 2020
Underwater craft LA Times Daily 24 Jun 2020
Classroom temp New York Times 05 May 2020
Underwater craft The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2020
Underwater vehicle Family Time 13 Apr 2020
Navy vessel The Times Concise 25 Mar 2020
Work for press, taking public transport to north
Extended lunch? Eugene Sheffer 21 Feb 2020
Ship like Capt. Nemo's Premier Sunday 19 Jan 2020
Word with "way" that is a sandwich and salad restaurant franchise
Stand-in Universal 01 Dec 2019
Jersey Mike's offering USA Today 20 Nov 2019
Second-stringer Eugene Sheffer 09 Nov 2019
Loan for boat
Stand-in The Washington Post 22 Sep 2019
Stand-in LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2019
Long sandwich LA Times Daily 06 Sep 2019
Long sandwich The Washington Post 06 Sep 2019
Periscope site New York Times 06 Aug 2019
Undersea vessel, informally
Stand in (for) New York Times 10 Jul 2019
Underwater craft Newsday 27 May 2019
Underwater naval vessel, for short
Dom's partner The New Yorker 22 Apr 2019
Underwater vessel, for short
Replacement torpedo vessel The Sun Two Speed 05 Apr 2019
Undersea boat The Sun Two Speed 05 Apr 2019
Quiznos sandwich Universal 01 Apr 2019
Hoagie, by another name USA Today 27 Mar 2019
Deli order Wall Street Journal 18 Mar 2019
Hero sandwich Eugene Sheffer 12 Mar 2019
Teacher on call LA Times Daily 07 Mar 2019
Teacher on call The Washington Post 07 Mar 2019
Replacement Jonesin 12 Feb 2019
Deli order New York Times 10 Feb 2019
Stand in (for)
Long sandwich
Hoagie, by another name
Teacher on call
Deli order
Periscope site
Stand-in
Quiznos sandwich
Deli order
Stand-in
One coming off the bench, for short
Footlong, for one New York Times 17 Oct 2018
Book American returns by boat The Sun Two Speed 11 Oct 2018
Undersea vessel (informal) The Sun Two Speed 11 Oct 2018
Pinch hitter Newsday 06 Oct 2018
Form of transport coming up, one has a periscope
Aquatic vessel The Washington Post Sunday 19 Aug 2018
Teaching temp Newsday 19 Aug 2018
Regular payment for newspaper employee
Quiznos purchase USA Today 19 Jul 2018
Long sandwich Thomas Joseph 13 Jul 2018
Long sandwich
Underwater vessel, for short Newsday 18 Jun 2018
Quiznos order USA Today 04 Jun 2018
Pinch hitter, say The Washington Post 30 May 2018
Pinch hitter, say LA Times Daily 30 May 2018
Six-inch or footlong Jonesin 10 Apr 2018
Benchwarmer New York Times 24 Jan 2018
Classroom stand-in LA Times Daily 22 Jan 2018
Classroom stand-in The Washington Post 22 Jan 2018
Pinch hitter, say
Benchwarmer
Footlong, for one
Classroom stand-in
Quiznos order
Quiznos purchase
Fill in
Normal or Arctic preceder Canadiana 25 Dec 2017
Type of sandwich The Times Concise 03 Dec 2017
Hero of the deli Universal 14 Nov 2017
"Sixth man" in basketball USA Today 07 Nov 2017
Underwater vessel, for short
Bench player Wall Street Journal 21 Oct 2017
Hero LA Times Daily 08 Oct 2017
Hero The Washington Post 08 Oct 2017
Under goer? New York Times 06 Aug 2017
Hero by another name Wall Street Journal 22 Jul 2017
Deli creation Universal 04 Jul 2017
Bench rider Universal 02 Jul 2017
What you would get at a deli
Nonstarter Newsday 17 Jun 2017
Due to take bus back
Any benchwarmer Universal 23 Apr 2017
Down in front? New York Times 16 Apr 2017
Fill in (for) The Washington Post 13 Apr 2017
Fill in (for) LA Times Daily 13 Apr 2017
Pinch hitter, e.g Universal 10 Apr 2017
Sonar user Wall Street Journal 28 Feb 2017
Go in (for) New York Times 26 Feb 2017
Sizable sandwich Wall Street Journal 21 Feb 2017
Underwater vessel LA Times Daily 20 Feb 2017
Classroom temp Wall Street Journal 25 Jan 2017
Fill in (for)
Deli creation
Hero of the deli
Pinch hitter, e.g.
Bench rider
"Sixth man" in basketball
Any benchwarmer
Underwater vessel
Hero
Under goer?
Go in (for)
Down in front?
Easily pranked teacher, perhaps The Washington Post 25 Dec 2016
Second-stringer in the game Universal 24 Dec 2016
Hero in a deli Premier Sunday 04 Dec 2016
Stand-in Wall Street Journal 17 Nov 2016
Teacher who may get no respect, informally New York Times 25 Oct 2016
Swap (out) New York Times 18 Sep 2016
Classroom stand-in USA Today 12 Sep 2016
Fill in (for) Premier Sunday 04 Sep 2016
Clancy's Red October, e.g New York Times 21 Aug 2016
See 56-Down Premier Sunday 08 May 2016
Second-stringer Wall Street Journal 05 May 2016
Second-stringer The Washington Post 30 Apr 2016
Deli meal USA Today 31 Mar 2016
Teaching temp The Washington Post 27 Mar 2016
Hoagie The Washington Post 05 Jan 2016
Swap (out)
Teacher who may get no respect, informally
Classroom stand-in
Clancy's Red October, e.g.
U-boat Eugene Sheffer 01 Jan 2016
Second-stringer in the game
Deli hero Eugene Sheffer 21 Dec 2015
Foot-long lunch Eugene Sheffer 19 Nov 2015
One coming off the bench LA Times Daily 08 Oct 2015
Deli hero USA Today 19 Aug 2015
Warship; membership fee The Times Concise 07 May 2015
Stand-in New York Times 05 May 2015
Long lunch Eugene Sheffer 21 Feb 2015
Deli order LA Times Daily 18 Feb 2015
Underwater vessel, for short Universal 07 Feb 2015
Fill-in, for short Newsday 01 Feb 2015
Fill-in, for short
Lunch on a roll
Deli hero
One coming off the bench
Deli order
Underwater vessel, for short
Classroom stand-in
Pinch hitter
Stand-in
Pinch-hitter
Part of a Quiznos combo meal
Nautilus, e.g.
Backup, briefly
Grinder
Red October or the Nautilus
Under goer?
Classroom temp
Classroom fill-in
Nirvana label ___ Pop
Second-stringer
Easily pranked teacher, maybe
Large sandwich, for short
Deli choice
U-boat, e.g.
Prefix for the answers to starred clues, and word needed for those clues to make sense
Cousteau craft
U-boat, e.g.
Quiznos offering
Deli creation
<<NO CLUE>>
Classroom replacement
Seattle label ___ Pop
Stand-in
Undersea craft (Abbr.)
Voyager to the bottom of the sea
The Nautilus, for one
Fill-in
Deli order
Undersea vessel
Quizno's offering
Type of woofers
Fill-in
Ocean traveler
Ocean traveler
Temp teacher
Underwater craft, briefly
"Das Boot" setting, briefly
Quiznos purchase
Grinder
Watership down?
Basketball's "sixth man," e.g.
Undersea prowler, briefly
One may be needed after a sports injury
Large lunch sandwich, for short
Stand in (for)
Sit in (for)
Torpedo, or its launcher
Backup
Guy on the bench
Undersea craft
Teaching temp
Captain Nemo's workplace
Torpedo, or its launcher
Hefty sandwich
Deli choice
Stand-in
Long sandwich
Hefty sandwich
Deli choice
Underwater craft
Non-starter
Basketball's "sixth man"
Sizable sandwich
Underwater vessel, briefly
Long lunch?
Temporary teacher
Player off the pine
Sizable sandwich
Sonar user
Deli offering
Fill-in
Hero sandwich
Hero
Fill in (for)
Long lunch?
It might have nukes
Nonstarter
Pinch hitter
Benchwarmer
Hero
Hero
Diving craft
Deli offering
One may be needed after an injury
One may be needed after a sports injury
Undersea prowler
Benchwarmer
40-Down, e.g.
Second-stringer
Temp
Fill in
Long sandwich
Long sandwich
Lead-in for zero or prime
Spitball target?
Deli sandwich
Teacher for a day
Second-stringer
Deli offering
U-boat, e.g.
Not a starter
Chapter opener?
Stand-in, for short
Come off the bench (for)
Long sandwich
Fill in
Red October, for one
Footlong, e.g.
104-Across, for one
Diving craft
Stand-in
Hero
Fill-in
Verne's lunch?
"Red October," for one
One may be needed after an injury
The Nautilus, for one
Red October, for one
Hoagie
Temp. teacher
It goes deep
The USS Jimmy Carter, e.g.
Stand in
Deli order, sometimes
Bench rider
Grinder
Underwater vessel
Junior high temp
Large sandwich, for short
Stand-in
Temp
Benchwarmer
Hoagy
One may be needed after an injury
Ready replacement
Long lunch, for short
Nautilus, e.g.
One may be needed after an injury
Sizable sandwich
Second-stringer
Navy prowler
K-19, for one
Stand in
Deli choice
It means "under"
Second-stringer
Stand-in
Fill in
Player filler in
Player filler in
Second-stringer
He'll give a starter a rest
Stand-in, for short
"Nautilus," for one
Bench jockey
Undersea prowler
Deli offering
Voyager to the bottom of the sea
Go in (for)
Mil. vessel
Ready replacement
Benchwarmer briefly
Stand in
Undersea prowler
Committee's beginning?
Replacement transport heading north
Stand-in
Benchwarmer
Relief
Benchwarmer
Sonar user
Reserve
The Nautilus, for one
Long sandwich
Second-stringer
Hero
Long lunch?
Red October, for one
Sizable sandwich
"Red October," for one
Hero
Torpedo
Deli offering
Ashcan's target
Pinch hitte
Backup
Pinch hitter
Undersea prowler
Ashcan's target
Ashcan target
Bench warmer
Hero, for short
Grinder's kin
U-boat
Prefix with merge
Bench-warmer
Nonstarter, for short
Ash-can target
___ rosa (secretly)
Hero
New London sight
Prefix with let or lease
___ rosa
Bench occupant
Bench-warmer
Wahoo or Seawolf.
Naval unit: Colloq.
Lower: Prefix.
Secondary: Colloq.
Short for a snorkel user.
Deadly craft.
Replacement, for short.
Bench-warmer.
Total
Lunch that requires two hands
The Nautilus, for example.
Act (for): Colloq.
Understudy: Colloq.
Stand-in, for short.
Prefix with side and way.
Prefix with let or lease.
Type of craft.
Benchman.
Type of vessel, for short.
"Sighted ___, sank same."
___ rosa.
War vessel.
Naval craft.
The Nautilus.
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