Answer to "A-number-one" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TOPS , but the solution may also be TOP which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).

A-number-one crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
TOPS25 %4
PRIMO25 %5
THETOPS8 %7
TOP8 %3
THEBEST8 %7
TOPS Down8 %39
BEST8 %4
ELITE8 %5

Why may TOPS-DOWN be the right solution?

"A-number-one" is an idiomatic expression that means "the very best." "TOPS" is a synonym for the very best, so it is the correct answer to the clue.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: A-number-one

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • halve
  • clientage
  • number off
  • account
  • ace
  • add
  • address
  • agree
  • all
  • any
  • apple
  • area

Crossword Answer definitions

TOPS noun
  1. The highest or uppermost part of something.
  2. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
  3. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
  4. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  5. A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
  6. A top quark.
  7. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
  8. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
  9. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
  10. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
  11. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
  12. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
  13. (in the plural) Topboots.
  14. A stroke on the top of the ball.
  15. A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
  16. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
TOPS verb
  1. To cover on the top or with a top.
  2. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
  3. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
  4. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
  5. To commit suicide.
  6. To murder.
  7. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  8. (gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
  9. (gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.
  10. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
  11. To predominate.
  12. To excel; to rise above others.
  13. To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
  14. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
  15. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
  16. To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
  17. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
  18. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
  19. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
  20. To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
TOPS noun
  1. The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field
TOPS adjective
  1. Great; excellent.
TOPS adverb
  1. At the very most; as a maximum.

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