Head covering
The crossword clue "Head covering" is answered by SCALP, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCALP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCALP answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SCALP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCALP, most used first.
- Top of the head - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Overcharge for tickets - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Resell illegally - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Massage target - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Head massage target - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Hair holder - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sell hot tickets - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Sell tickets illegally - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
- Tonsure area - used 8 times, most recently in 1991
- Hair-raising place? - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Head cover - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Place for a massage - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Resell tickets - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Sell illegally, as tickets - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- It's full of roots - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Part of the head - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Resell tickets illegally - 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.
- Monastery head - ABBOT, used 133 times
- Head lock - TRESS, used 71 times
- Seed covering - TESTA, used 54 times
- Head out - LEAVE, used 51 times
- Head off - AVERT, used 41 times
- Window covering - DRAPE, used 38 times
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