Hands-up time

The answer

NOON

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

Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 14 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.

• XII (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOON

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

• Midday - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
• High time? - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
• Lunch hour - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Time of day. - used 42 times, most recently in 2000
• Lunchtime - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Day divider - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• When shadows are shortest - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• Palindromic time - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Twelve - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Lunch time - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• When both hands are up - used 25 times, most recently in 2017
• "High ___" - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
• Morning's end - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• When morning ends - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• 12 p.m. - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Lunchtime, for many - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Lunch hour, for some - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Whistle time - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• 1200 hours - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Time for lunch - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Twelve sharp - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Highest point - used 11 times, most recently in 1987
• Lunch time, often - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Lunchtime, often - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Cinematic showdown hour - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Common lunchtime - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Eight bells - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• "High" time of day - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mealtime. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Time. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
• 12:00 p.m. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Halfway to tomorrow - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• It comes before one - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• 12 - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Common lunch time - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Day time - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• Midday hour - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Morning ender - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Twelve, half the time - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• When shadows are short - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Whistle hour - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Common lunch hour - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Factory whistle time - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Lunch time for many - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Palindromic time of day - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Showdown time - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Showdown time, in oaters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Twelve hours after midnight - used 6 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.

• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
• "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
• A long time - AGES, used 156 times
• "The Time Machine" race - ELOI, used 148 times
• "__ upon a time..." - ONCE, used 138 times

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