Answer to "Sell illegally, as tickets" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCALP , but the solution may also be SCALP Down 1 Test for purity which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).

Sell illegally, as tickets crossword clue answers

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

Answer Likelyness Letters
SCALP71 %5
SCALP Down14 %40
SCALP Down 1 Test for purity14 %28

Why may SCALP-DOWN be the right solution?

The word "scalp" can be used as a verb meaning to sell tickets illegally at a price higher than their face value.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sell illegally, as tickets

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • scalp
  • scalped
  • deal
  • ground
  • grounded
  • charge
  • charged
  • charging
  • throw
  • drop
  • hot
  • battery

Crossword Answer definitions

SCALP noun
  1. The top of the head; the skull.
  2. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
  3. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
  4. The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
  5. A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
  6. A bed or stratum of shellfish.
  7. The top; the summit.
SCALP verb
  1. To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
  2. To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
  3. On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
  4. To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
  5. To remove the skin of.
  6. To remove the grass from.
  7. To destroy the political influence of.
  8. (milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

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