Step ___ the plate

The answer

UPTO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UPTO answer page.

Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for UPTO

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

• Until - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Capable of - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• No more than - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Doing - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ no good - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• As far as - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Plotting - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• As many as - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• No later than - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Engaged in - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Not exceeding - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• "What've you been ___?" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• "What have you been ___?" - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Busy with - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Not more than - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Planning - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ snuff - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• ___-the-minute - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ date (current) - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "I've had it ___ here!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ no good (scheming) - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ snuff (adequate) - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• __-the-minute (current) - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Till - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ and including - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ date. - used 9 times, most recently in 1975
• Incumbent on - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• __ now (so far) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Able - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Incumbent upon - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Ready for - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• As much as - 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.

• 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

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.