Answer: REF
REF is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 418 times.
Referring Clues:
- N.B.A. official
- Call, in a way
- Third man in the ring
- Make the calls
- Game official
- Person who whistles
- One in a corner?
- Ump
- Striped shirt wearer
- Flag thrower
- One with a match?
- Whistle blower
- Fight figure
- Foul caller
- One who cries foul?
- Field marshal?
- Play analyzer
- Striped official
- Call
- Penalty declarer
- Make calls
- Official
- Webster's or Bartlett's
- Zebra
- Ring leader?
- Gridiron official, for short
- Whistle-blower
- Coin flipper
- Call, as a game
- Sports "zebra"
- Whistle-blower?
- Officiate
- Ring figure, familiarly
- One who may O.K. a KO
- Expert on the rules
- Whistle blower, for short
- Gridiron official, briefly
- Officiate, briefly
- Person in a zebra-striped shirt, informally
- B-ball official
- Ring figure
- One whistling at athletes
- Fight stopper, at times
- Whistle-blower on a court
- TKO caller
- Call the shots?
- Dict., e.g.
- One making calls
- Whistler, at times
- Official, informally
- Hoops official
- Fairness determiner
- Fight adjudicator, for short
- One who works while others play?
- Official with a whistle
- Person in stripes
- Gridiron figure
- Gridiron "zebra"
- Ump's gridiron counterpart
- 1-Down official
- Whistler on a court
- Signaler on the field
- NFL "zebra"
- NBA official
- Ring official
- Whistle blower?
- Field marshal
- Ring counter
- Rulebook expert
- Ring VIP
- Boxing official
- Striped whistleblower
- Sports official, briefly
- Penalty caller
- KO caller
- TKO official
- Court arbiter
- Sports judge
- Gridiron official
- Call the shots
- NFL official
- Boxing ring official
- One who may OK a KO
- Flag flinger
- Flag tosser
- Court official
- TD caller
- Garden whistler?
- Whistling zebra?
- Two-minute warning giver
- Arbiter with a whistle
- Jump ball tosser, for short
- One who puts his hands together over his head for safety's sake?
- Technical caller
- Clipping caller
- Work on a gridiron
- Occasional beanbag tosser
- Turf zebra
- Yellow card issuer
- T caller
- One who may cry foul
- Gridiron zebra
- Three-second violation caller, for short
- Flagman?
- One who gives a standing eight count
- T man?
- Ump's counterpart
- Field zebra
- Replay reviewer, at times
- Ring judge
- Clock stopper, at times
- Certain official
- Court decision maker
- NFL mike wearer
- Zebra on a field
- Rules enforcer
- Ring leader
- Wearer of stripes
- Foul caller on the court
- Field arbiter
- Ump's cousin
- Basketball official
- Hockey official
- Football official
- Rink official
- Round figure?
- Race official
- Decide on close ones
- Basketball judge
- Ump's relative
- Volleyball VIP
- Ring figure, for short
- Icing decider
- Dict., for one
- Wrestling official
- One in the middle of a fight
- He'll let you know if you're out of bounds
- TKO decider
- One whistling at athletes?
- Court judge, briefly
- Ump parallel
- Short whistle-blower
- Court figure?
- Ump's kin
- One who cries foul, briefly
- "Offside" official, for short
- He may OK a KO
- B-ball arbitrator
- Whistle blower, in basketball
- Caller of 39-Across
- Make some calls
- Court arbiter, briefly
- TD verifier
- Striped decision maker
- Rink whistle-blower, briefly
- Official whistle blower, briefly
- Ring or rink figure, briefly
- Paid whistle-blower, for short
- Official decision maker
- Sports official
- Mat slapper
- NFL whistle blower
- Whistle blower, in brief
- "The Marriage ___" (NBC show)
- Game official, for short
- Wrestling official (Abbr.)
- NFL employee
- Lib. section
- 113 Across official
- Basketball official (Abbr.)
- Two-legged zebra
- Expert on plays
- Ump relative
- Boxing ring official (Abbr.)
- Official on the field
- Flag bearer
- O.E.D., e.g.
- Ruling official
- Ump's football counterpart
- Play reviewer
- Ump kin
- Field official
- The third man in the ring, briefly
- Paid whistle blower
- Flag thrower, at times
- One who might call holding
- Violet Palmer was the first female one in the NBA
- Official in a striped shirt
- Call the game, briefly
- Blow the whistle, say
- "Offside" official
- One may determine if a line has been crossed
- Maker of calls
- Field worker
- Gridiron judge
- Spacey movie with "The"
- Call maker
- Yellow-flag carrier
- Fight stopper, maybe
- Figure at every Super Bowl
- Athletic arbiter
- Sports arbiter
- March Madness arbiter, for short
- Worker among players
- Game caller
- Field judge
- Play judge
- Boxing official, for short
- Arbiter
- Gridiron decider
- Gridiron arbiter
- KO counter
- Ring arbiter
- Book like a dict. or ency.
- Shot caller
- Arbitrator
- Bout arbiter
- Fight arbiter
- Person calling the shots
- Official on the field (Abbr.)
- Down-for-the-count counter
- One who cries foul
- Court figure
- Interference detector?
- Ring off.
- Flag carrier
- Touchdown caller
- Island protector
- 95 Across decider
- Target of fans' scorn
- He may OK a TKO
- Match arbiter
- Call a game
- One who knows what it means to travel
- Call maker (Abbr.)
- Fault caller
- Officiate a football game, informally
- Striped man on a basketball court
- Volleyball official
- Call the game?
- Zebra on the court, briefly
- Make the call
- Wrestling official, briefly
- OED's category
- Play critic?
- Whistle-blower in a striped shirt
- Gridiron enforcer
- Authority on a field
- One crying foul
- Bartlett's, e.g.
- Instant replay watcher
- Expert on hard-hitting plays
- Penalty kick awarder
- Guy on the sideline, familiarly
- Whistle-blower on ice
- Game warden?
- TKO signaler
- Yellow-card issuer
- Short mediator
- Football figure
- Reviewer of plays
- Slo-mo studier
- Striped-shirt wearer
- Field judge, for short
- Touchdown caller, for short
- Football official, for short
- One counting to 10, maybe
- Penalty flag thrower
- One who whistles while he works
- Football flagger
- Call, as a basketball game
- Fight night sight
- Pregame coin flipper
- Professional whistle blower
- Court charge caller
- One calling the shots?
- One calling the shots, for short?
- Call a basketball game
- Zebra at a Lions game, say
- Zebra on a court
- Boxing arbiter
- Arena arbiter
- Make calls on the court, briefly
- Ruling body?
- Ice-hockey arbiter
- Red or yellow card issuer
- Baseball : ump :: football : ___
- Decide who is out of bounds
- Match official
- Red card issuer, for short
- Field figure
- Ring master?
- NBA employee
- World Cup official
- Basketball arbiter
- NBA VIP
- NFL off.
- Call the game
- Call, as a game, briefly
- Tosser of a jump ball
- Soccer official, for short
- NBA whistle blower
- Hockey judge
- Arena figure
- Ring official, for short
- Coin flipper at the Super Bowl, informally
- Sports monitor, for short
- One crying foul?
- Frequent whistle blower
- Certain whistle blower
- One may cry 'Foul!'
- Person with a whistle
- KO verifier
- Slo-mo reviewer
- Volleyball arbiter
- Third person in a ring
- Sports arbiter, for short
- Sports offic.
- Whistler between baskets
- KO or TD caller
- One who wears stripes
- Judge of hoops
- Third man in the ring, informally
- Not a team player
- One may blow the whistle
- Call a travel
- NHL official
- Umpire
- Goaltending caller
- Video replay user
- Lions' zebra
- Hard court judge?
- Official with a whistle, informally
- Wearer of stripes on a court, informally
- Slo-mo replay reviewer
- Call on the field
- Sports "zebra," for short
- Call, as a soccer game
- One issuing red cards, for short
- Zebra with a whistle
- NBA game "zebra"
- One to whom you might say "Boo!"
- Sports replay reviewer
- NBA game VIP
- Ringmaster?
- Foul arbiter, for short
- Two-tone shirt wearer
- One sometimes accused of being blind
- NBA or NHL official
- One watching the Hawks like a hawk
- Red card wielder
- One often accused of blindness
- TKO declarer
- WNBA official
- Zebra, slangily
- Whistleblower?
- NFL arbiter
- NWSL official
- One crying "Foul!"
- Brazilian jiujitsu official, for short
- Epee official, for short
- NBA Bubble official
- Arena arbiter, informally
- One whistling while working in the Garden?
- Sports official, informally
- Super Bowl arbiter
- Officiate, informally
- WFA flag-thrower
- Soccer official
- Target of the heckle "What game are you watching?!"
- One making a call
- MMA official
- Red flag tosser
- Ump's NBA counterpart
- One enforcing traveling rules
- One who whistles while working
- Lacrosse official, for short
- One tweeting about football?
- NWHL official
- One whistling often
- Dodgeball official
- "Zebra"
- Roller derby skater with a whistle
- One with a whistle ... who sometimes 1-Across?
- One who whistles while working?
- Court figure, informally
- Authority in the field, informally
- Officiate a lacrosse game
- One calling a "T"
- Expert with flags, perhaps
- Card holder, maybe
- Certain whistle-blower
- Field worker?
- Soccer official, informally
- Rugby official
- Whistle-wearing official
- One making calls, informally
- One who makes sure fighting between the Sharks and the Jets doesn't get out of hand?
- Crank (up)
- One who keeps order on the court?
- Flag thrower, informally
- One may cry foul
- One you might beseech to get glasses
- Foul caller, for short
- NHL whistle blower
- NFL flag thrower
- Stadium whistle-blower
- One wearing stripes
- Professional whistle-blower
- Traveling caller, perhaps
- Pro coin flipper
- Official with a red card
- Sports figure who throws flags
- Make calls on the court
- Make some calls?
- Maritime hazard
- NFL penalty caller
- Court marshal?
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 04, 2025
- New York Times - August 20, 2025
- USA Today - April 07, 2025
- New York Times - March 02, 2025
- New York Times - January 24, 2025
- LA Times - January 12, 2025
- LA Times - December 25, 2024
- LA Times - December 22, 2024
- USA Today - December 09, 2024
- LA Times - December 04, 2024
- USA Today - December 02, 2024
- New York Times - November 23, 2024
- LA Times - November 21, 2024
- LA Times - October 10, 2024
- USA Today - September 10, 2024
- LA Times - August 04, 2024
- USA Today - July 29, 2024
- LA Times - July 26, 2024
- LA Times - July 16, 2024
- New York Times - July 14, 2024
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