The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AWOL , but the solution may also be OLD which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Over the hill crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AWOL | 36 % | 4 |
| OLD | 36 % | 3 |
| PASTONESPRIME | 7 % | 13 |
| AGED | 5 % | 4 |
| PASSE | 5 % | 5 |
| ALLWASHEDUP | 2 % | 11 |
| WASHEDUP | 2 % | 8 |
| NOSPRINGCHICKEN | 2 % | 15 |
| FORTYSOMETHING | 2 % | 14 |
| TOOOLD | 2 % | 6 |
Why may OLD be the right solution?
"Over the hill" is an idiom that means someone or something is past their prime or no longer young. "Old" is a common synonym for this meaning, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Over the hill
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hillside
- uphill
- over there
- overshooting
- overtopping
- overtopped
- old age
- hillocky
- oldness
- overpassed
- hilltop
- hillbilly
Crossword Answer definitions
AWOL noun- Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
- A person who holds AWOL status.
- (generic) Somebody who is absent without permission.
- Someone or something missing.
- Absent without official leave (permission).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AWOL
- Case for the MP's
- M.P.'s quarry
- MP's quarry
- Military no-no
- Military truant
- Wayward GI
- M.P.'s concern
- MP's captive
- Missing inits.
- One gone but not forgotten
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result PASTONESPRIME
More clues leading to the result AGED
- Grew old
- Made mellow
- Elderly
- Like a fine Bordeaux
- Long in the tooth
- Prepared, as wine
- Stored the Sauterne
- Grown old
- Got on in years
- Got wiser, perhaps
More clues leading to the result PASSE
- Out
- Out of style
- Out-of-date
- Like stereo without Surround Sound, perhaps
- Old hat
- On the way out
- Out of date
- No longer de rigueur
- Outdated
- Like MySpace, as I was already telling everyone when Rupert Murdoch bought it
More clues leading to the result ALLWASHEDUP
More clues leading to the result WASHEDUP
- Arrived on the beach, as driftwood
- Done for
- Got ready for dinner
- Like a failure
- Like driftwood or a has-been
- Over the hill
- Made it to the beach?
- Past one's prime
More clues leading to the result NOSPRINGCHICKEN
- Hardly a youngster
- Old-timer, perhaps
- Over the hill
- Well past adolescence
- Lady past her prime
- One past his prime
- Over the 27-Across
- Appearing run-down?
- What an old-timer may be called
- An old-timer