First half of an inning

The answer

TOP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOP answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 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.

• INN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TOP

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

• Spinning toy - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Outdo - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinnacle - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Summit - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Surpass - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Best - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Spinner - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Do better than - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Apex - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Go one better - used 28 times, most recently in 2014
• Zenith - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Blouse, e.g. - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• One-up - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Beat - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Highest point - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Lid - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Go one better than - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Upper surface - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Dreidel, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Crown - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Do one better than - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Exceed - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Leading - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Peak - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Acme - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• "America's Next ___ Model" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• It may be blown - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Kid's spinner - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Outperform - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Blouse - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Blouse or shirt - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Dreidel, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Foremost - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• High point - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Shirt or blouse - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Toy that spins - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Bikini part - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Climber's goal - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Inning half - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Bottom's opposite - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Defeat - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• T-shirt or blouse - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cover - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Crest - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Get a bigger laugh than - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Rise above - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Tank or tee - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Tee, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Tee or blouse - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• First lady - EVE, used 190 times
• Half a score - TEN, used 144 times
• Half and half - ONE, used 131 times
• Went first - LED, used 125 times
• Half a dance - CHA, used 96 times
• Half a fly - TSE, used 95 times

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