Ahead by a point
The crossword clue "Ahead by a point" is answered by ONEUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus.
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ONEUP
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Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ONEUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONEUP, most used first.
- Outdo - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Get the better of - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Do better than - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Best - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Top - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Slightly ahead - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Leading by a point - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Outperform - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Surpass - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Do a bit better than - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Barely ahead - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Low point - NADIR, used 157 times
- Lowest point - NADIR, used 150 times
- West Point student - CADET, used 102 times
- Point of view - ANGLE, used 85 times
- Strong point - FORTE, used 73 times
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