Top gun
The crossword clue "Top gun" is answered by ACE, a 3-letter entry. Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ACE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACE answer page.
Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 8 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.
- AIRACE (7 uses in xd)
- CRUISEMISSILE (1 uses in xd)
- PISTOL (1 uses in xd)
- TSHIRTCANNON (1 uses in xd)
- WARACE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ACE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACE, most used first.
- Expert - used 308 times, most recently in 2026
- High card - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
- Top card - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Star pitcher - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Hole in one - used 91 times, most recently in 2025
- Whiz - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- King topper - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
- Crackerjack - used 65 times, most recently in 2023
- Blackjack card - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Royal flush card - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Big heart? - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Top pitcher - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- King beater - used 48 times, most recently in 2024
- Hotshot - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Tennis feat - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Virtuoso - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
- Point of no return? - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Super serve - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Perfect serve - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Top poker card - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a royal flush - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Unreturned serve - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Card. - used 30 times, most recently in 1975
- Versatile blackjack card - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Big club - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Pro - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Get 100% on - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Great serve - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Score 100% on - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Unreturnable serve - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Unreturned tennis serve - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Bandage brand - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ Ventura: Pet Detective" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Great service - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Highest poker card - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Bikini top - BRA, used 195 times
- Gun the engine - REV, used 168 times
- Casual top - TEE, used 145 times
- Gun, as an engine - REV, used 144 times
- Gangster's gun - GAT, used 112 times
- Gun lobby org. - NRA, used 92 times
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