Hit the sauce
The crossword clue "Hit the sauce" is answered by TOPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TOPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOPE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 4 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.
- DIPIN (1 uses in xd)
- TIPPLED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TOPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TOPE, most used first.
- Hit the bottle - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
- Drink to excess - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
- Small shark - used 17 times, most recently in 2002
- Drink too much - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Drink like a fish - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Buddhist shrine. - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Imbibe - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Drink heavily - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Booze it up - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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