Take off the top
The crossword clue "Take off the top" is answered by SKIM, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SKIM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SKIM answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SKIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SKIM, most used first.
- Read quickly - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Milk choice - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Glance over - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Kind of milk - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Take from the top - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Nonfat milk - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Milk option - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Fat-free milk - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Whole alternative - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Glide. - used 11 times, most recently in 1968
- Type of milk - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Read superficially - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- __ milk - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Milk type - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Nonfat - 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.
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- Top-notch - AONE, used 376 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
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