Overcharge for tickets

The answer

SCALP

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCALP answer page.

Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Resell illegally - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Massage target - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Head covering - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• 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.

• Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
• Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times

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