Leap for Lipinski

The answer

AXEL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AXEL answer page.

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 7 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.

• LUTZ (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AXEL

Every other clue in this collection answered by AXEL, most used first.

• Skater's leap - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Skating jump - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Figure skating jump - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Jump on the ice - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Figure skater's jump - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Skater's jump - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Figure skating leap - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Skating maneuver - used 27 times, most recently in 2018
• Skating leap - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Rink jump - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Rink leap - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Lipinski leap - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Skater's feat - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Figure skater's leap - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Figure skating feat - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Jump on ice - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Conrad hero. - used 10 times, most recently in 1966
• Figure skating maneuver - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Jump on blades - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Rink maneuver - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Ice skating jump - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Jump in the rink - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Winter Olympics leap - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Jump in a rink - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Lutz alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Skater's maneuver - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Skating feat - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Winter Olympics jump - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ice skater's leap - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Jump named for a skater - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Jump with a twist - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Oksana Baiul jump - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Olympics jump - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Rink feat - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Salchow kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Winter Olympics maneuver - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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