Word "THWART" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
Synonyms:
cross thwart

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Synonyms:
baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil

Crossword Clues for THWART

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Clue Source Date
Stymie New York Times 17 Aug 2025
Foil wrapping on roast: what gets cooked first (6)
Stop, frustrate (6)
Put straw hat back, as not needed in hamper (6)
Foil Wall Street Journal 21 May 2025
Foil wrapping of thigh with skin problem (6)
Frustrate, efforts perhaps
Oppose successfully, prevent (6)
Flan containing hot whiskey and Scotch
Frustrate some of the growth war talk encourages (6)
Frustrate, foil (6) The Times Concise 14 Apr 2025
Baffle The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Mar 2025
Prevent making a boat seat (6)
What's wrong's right to prevent (6) The Guardian Quiptic 09 Mar 2025
Stop the endless fighting - end of it! (6)
Foil (plans)
Foil The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 27 Dec 2024
What it could be right to frustrate (6)
Foil the plans of Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2024
In truth, war tends to cause frustration (6)
Check an oarsman's support
In truth, war tends to frustrate (6)
What constituted the right to be obstructive? (6)
Ward off Newsday 17 Aug 2024
Foil, frustrate Mirror Tea Time 12 Aug 2024
Extremely tough skill, fencing with foil (6) The Guardian Cryptic 27 Jul 2024
Extremely tough skill, fencing with foil (6) The Guardian Cryptic 26 Jul 2024
What about the right to frustrate? (6)
What could be, right at the bottom, foil (6)
Foil, frustrate Mirror Tea Time 08 Jun 2024
Frustrate with war terminology (6)
At length, war tended to overwhelm and frustrate their plans
Foil (plot)
Block; frustrate; foil a plan (6)
To foil
Prevent, oppose Puzzler Backwords 10 Feb 2024
Successfully oppose conflict in odd parts of Tahiti (6)
Foil, frustrate Mirror Tea Time 10 Jan 2024
Stymie; impede Commuter 04 Jan 2024
Foil Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2023
Stymie Eugene Sheffer 23 Aug 2023
Foil, frustrate The Times Concise 02 Jun 2023
Frustrate LA Times Daily 01 Apr 2023
Stymie Universal 14 Nov 2022
Stymie Newsday 23 Sep 2022
Married couple tucking into pastry dish in foil The Guardian Cryptic 22 Sep 2022
Prevent from succeeding The Times Concise 18 Jul 2022
Foil the plans of Universal 17 Jun 2022
Oppose extremists in tough conflict close to militant
Husband and wife sharing dessert hamper
The endless growth in snooker? The Telegraph Toughie 28 Sep 2021
Stop that conflict knocking out America
That's quite a bit of fighting for a cross The Telegraph Toughie 16 Jul 2021
Prevent from succeeding The Times Concise 03 Jul 2021
Foil the plans of USA Today 12 May 2021
Pie keeping hot with foil
Check the never-ending rough growth
Foil someone's plans, say
Prevent from succeeding The Times Concise 06 Apr 2020
Frustrate The Guardian Speedy 22 Mar 2020
Check half of that lump
   Floozy wraps husband and wife in foil
Prevent most of the skin blemish
Prevent from happening New York Times 23 Sep 2019
Cook someone's goose in foil Irish Times Crosaire 21 Sep 2019
Stop scoundrel about to grab hot woman in front of bar
Upset, as plans New York Times 23 Apr 2019
Frustrate, obstruct The Times Concise 21 Mar 2019
Foil the plans of Wall Street Journal 30 Jan 2019
Plough crosswise The Telegraph General Knowledge 06 Jan 2019
Foil the plans of
Prevent from happening
Upset, as plans
Foil, say Wall Street Journal 12 Dec 2018
The endless growth in snooker
Prevent from happening Universal 28 Nov 2018
Check rower's bench The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Sep 2018
Prevent from accomplishing something The Telegraph General Knowledge 19 Aug 2018
Foil in edges of teeth, horrible lump
Prevent from accomplishing something Irish Times Simplex 08 Feb 2018
Hinder or prevent Irish Times Simplex 29 Jan 2018
Prevent from happening
Foil, say
Foil the plans of
Check rower's seat The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Sep 2017
What broke Burton's heart? Scotch
Foil The Telegraph Quick 17 Aug 2017
Frustrate The Telegraph Quick 04 Aug 2017
Stymie Universal 22 Jul 2017
Prevent, as a robbery LA Times Daily 19 Jun 2017
Prevent, as a robbery The Washington Post 19 Jun 2017
Foil Universal 03 Apr 2017
Keep from happening LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2017
Keep from happening The Washington Post 02 Mar 2017
Hot women housed in Sharp block
Prevent, as a robbery
Keep from happening
Stymie
Foil
No end to the growth in snooker
Pie cases hot, bearing foil
Foil The Guardian Speedy 15 May 2016
Frustrate The Guardian Quick 17 Oct 2015
Obstruct The Telegraph Quick 14 Apr 2015
Frustrate in most of the battle with troop leader Irish Times Crosaire 29 Jan 2015
Foil
Scotch rower's bench
Deny entry to both war time criminals
Keep from happening
Impede
Block
Frustrate
Baffle
Keep from happening
Cross in defeat
Stymie, as plans
Wreck the plans of
Defeat
Stymie, as plans
Stymie
Block
Foil
Block
Oppose successfully
Oppose successfully
Oppose successfully
Block
Keep from happening
Stymie
Stymie
Stymie
Short-circuit
Short-circuit
Foil
Frustrate
Frustrate
Foil
Stymie
Frustrate
Foil
Foil
Foil the plans of
Stymie
Frustrate
Foil.
Frustrate.
Baffle.
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