Top dog
The crossword clue "Top dog" is answered by ALPHA, a 5-letter entry. Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALPHA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALPHA answer page.
Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 12 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.
- NUMEROUNO (8 uses in xd)
- BIGCHEESE (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALPHA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALPHA, most used first.
- First Greek letter - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Dominant - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Omega's opposite - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
- Greek leader? - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- First letter - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- __-Bits (letter-shaped cereal) - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek letter - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
- Letter before beta - used 22 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.
- Japanese dog - AKITA, used 108 times
- Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
- Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
- From the top - AGAIN, used 93 times
- Room at the top - ATTIC, used 75 times
- Welsh dog - CORGI, used 70 times
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