Crossword Clue: Light, pleasant wind
Here's the answer to the Light, pleasant wind crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: BREEZE
"Light, pleasant wind" points to BREEZE, a 6-letter entry that starts with B and finishes on E and carries 3 vowels. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into BREEZE from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
A breeze is a gentle wind, and the phrase 'a breeze' has come to mean anything effortlessly easy. The word likely arrived in English from the Spanish or Portuguese 'briza,' originally describing a northeast wind.
Common usage
Compact, vowel-friendly answers such as BREEZE are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 6-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Breeze belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 6 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Light, pleasant wind"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make BREEZE obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue BREEZE — 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 6-letter slot and a clue like 'Light, pleasant wind'? That's BREEZE nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed BREEZE was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing BREEZE into the grid took no time at all."