Over crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Over” are ENDED, CHIEF or TRACK, with 5 letters. Below are 81 answers from 3 to 12 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

FAT 3 letters · adjective

having an (over)abundance of flesh “he hadn't remembered how fat she was”

LAND 4 letters · noun

territory over which rule or control is exercised “he made it the law of the land”

ENDED 5 letters · adjective

having come or been brought to a conclusion “the affair is over, ended, finished”

BEYOND 6 letters · adverb

over and above “agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond”

THROUGH 7 letters · adverb

over the whole distance “this bus goes through to New York”

COMPLETE 8 letters · adjective

having come or been brought to a conclusion “the harvesting was complete”

CONCLUDED 9 letters · adjective

having come or been brought to a conclusion

TERMINATED 10 letters · adjective

having come or been brought to a conclusion “the abruptly terminated interview”

ACCUMULATED 11 letters · adjective

periodically accumulated over time

LONGITUDINAL 12 letters · adjective

over an extended time “a longitudinal study of twins”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LAND, LORD, BOSS, MASK, PLUG and HACK all fit. The first letter settles most of it: L → LAND, LORD · B → BOSS · M → MASK · P → PLUG · H → HACK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, ENDED, CHIEF, TRACK, CABLE, ROUGH and RALLY all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: D → ENDED · I → CHIEF · A → TRACK · B → CABLE · U → ROUGH · L → RALLY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, FAT, LAP, RAJ and NAG all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FAT · L → LAP · R → RAJ · N → NAG. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “overed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “over” means

• adverb: at or to a point across intervening space etc. (“come over and see us some time”)
• adverb: throughout an area (“he is known the world over”)
• adverb: throughout a period of time (“stay over the weekend”)
• adverb: beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position (“a roof that hangs over”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as OVER, and words whose definition is OVER. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.