Top of a toothpaste tube

The answer

CAP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAP answer page.

Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CAP

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

• Upper limit - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Limit - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Tube top - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Spending limit - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Baseball hat - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Beanie or beret - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Ceiling - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Salary limit - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Mushroom part - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Ballplayer's hat - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottle top - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Put a limit on - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Topper - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Mortarboard - used 19 times, most recently in 2010
• Beanie - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Lid - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Mushroom top - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Surpass. - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
• Salary ceiling - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a baseball uniform - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Ballpark souvenir - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Beret or beanie - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Bottle topper - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Maximum - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Outdo - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Beanie, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottle part - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Commencement wear - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Gown's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Maximum limit - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Mushroom morsel - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Part of some uniforms - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Put a lid on - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Salary max - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Toothpaste tube cover - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Toy gun ammo - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Beret - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Detonating device - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Pinnacle - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ and gown (graduate's attire) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Climax - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Hat - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hat with a visor - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of pistol - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Mushroom feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Top - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Top off - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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
• Casual top - TEE, used 145 times
• Toothpaste type - GEL, used 102 times
• Top card - ACE, used 102 times
• Top - LID, used 70 times
• Pot top - LID, used 57 times

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