Upright
Crossword Clue & Answers

6 April 2021
Last seen in: The Mirror Classic

We found 23 answers for the crossword clue 'Upright', the most recent of which was seen in the The Mirror Classic.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Upright a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Upright as an answer itself some 124 times.

Upright is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'The Mirror Classic' on Tuesday, 20 April 2021 with the answer being ERECT, we also found ERECT to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• The Mirror Classic - 20 Apr 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 16 Apr 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 6 Apr 2021
• USA Today - 5 Apr 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 27 Mar 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 26 Mar 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 25 Feb 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 8 Feb 2021
• The New York Times Crossword - 7 Feb 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 20 Jan 2021

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Upright', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Upright' and give you a hint.

• A piano with a vertical sounding board
• In a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"
• Upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
• A vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"
• Of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

Crossword Answers

4 Letters

GOAL
A successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"

GOOD
Not forged; "a good dollar bill"

JUST
Only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

5 Letters

ERECT
Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

MORAL
The significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

ONEND

ROMAN
A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

STAND
A defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"

6 Letters

DECENT
Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

HONEST
Without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"

SPINET
A small and compactly built upright piano

7 Letters

ENDWAYS
In or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure"

ENDWISE
In or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure"

ETHICAL
Conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley

8 Letters

GOALPOST
One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field

STANDING
The act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

UNSLOPED
In a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"

VERTICAL
Upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"

VIRTUOUS
Morally excellent

9 Letters

HONORABLE
Worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

10 Letters

HONOURABLE
Worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

12 Letters

UPRIGHTPIANO
A piano with a vertical sounding board

13 Letters

PERPENDICULAR
A cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point