Challenge for a barber

The answer

MOP

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 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.

• MANE (4 uses in xd)
• MOPHEAD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MOP

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

• Swab - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Floor cleaner - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Unruly head of hair - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Janitor's tool - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Floor-washing tool - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Unruly hair - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Swab the deck - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Custodian's tool - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Janitor's implement - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Unruly do - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Floor-cleaning tool - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Clean the floor - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Swabbing tool - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cleaning tool - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Swab the decks - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Floor cleaner's tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Swiffer product - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Barber's challenge - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Clean (up) - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Swabbie's tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Floor-washing implement - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Unruly locks - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Do the floor - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Unruly hairdo - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Finish, with "up" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Janitorial tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mess of hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Spill cleaner - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Unkempt hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Broom closet item - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Cleaning tool in a bucket - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Deck cleaner - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Disheveled do - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Do a floor chore - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Item in a bucket - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Unruly mass of hair - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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