In excess of
The crossword clue "In excess of" is answered by ABOVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABOVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABOVE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MORETHAN (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ABOVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABOVE, most used first.
- Higher than - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Superior to - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Over - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Overhead - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- On top of - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Beyond's partner - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and beyond - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Too good for - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavenward - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Better than - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- More than - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Upstairs - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
- Higher in rank - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Outranking - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Higher-ranking than - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Over's partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Higher in rank than - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Superior. - used 8 times, most recently in 1991
- Beyond partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Too proud to stoop to - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Exceeding - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Looking down on - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- None of the ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Ranking higher than - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Fills to excess - SATES, used 18 times
- Filled to excess - SATED, used 16 times
- Solar-year excess - EPACT, used 14 times
- Drank to excess - TOPED, used 12 times
- Promoted to excess - HYPED, used 7 times
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