Crossword Clue: Golden ___ (film and TV award)
Here's the answer to the Golden ___ (film and TV award) crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: GLOBE
"Golden ___ (film and TV award)" points to GLOBE, a 5-letter entry that starts with G and finishes on E and carries 2 vowels. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into GLOBE from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
The Golden Globe is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association since 1944. It honors excellence in both film and television.
Common usage
Compact, vowel-friendly answers such as GLOBE are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 5-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Globe belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 5 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Golden ___ (film and TV award)"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make GLOBE obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue GLOBE — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "A 5-letter slot and a clue like 'Golden ___ (film and TV award)'? That's GLOBE nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed GLOBE was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing GLOBE into the grid took no time at all."