Afternoon break
The crossword clue "Afternoon break" is answered by NAP, a 3-letter entry. Used 31 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NAP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAP answer page.
Used 31 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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.
- NAPTIME (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAP, most used first.
- Snooze - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Siesta - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
- Forty winks - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Short snooze - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch some z's - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Quick snooze - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Short sleep - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Day break? - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Doze - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Pile - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- 40 winks - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Afternoon snooze - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Carpet feature - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Time out? - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Afternoon social - TEA, used 104 times
- Break bread - EAT, used 89 times
- "Give ___ break!" - MEA, used 88 times
- Break off - END, used 78 times
- Early afternoon - ONE, used 68 times
- Afternoon hour - ONE, used 63 times
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