The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OVERAGE , but the solution may also be GLUT which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Surplus crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OVERAGE | 27 % | 7 |
| GLUT | 24 % | 4 |
| OVER | 18 % | 4 |
| EXTRA | 10 % | 5 |
| SPARE | 8 % | 5 |
| PROFIT | 4 % | 6 |
| LEFTOVER | 2 % | 8 |
| ODD | 2 % | 3 |
| UNNEEDED | 2 % | 8 |
| FAT | 2 % | 3 |
| EXCESS | 2 % | 6 |
Why may GLUT be the right solution?
"GLUT" is the right solution because it means an excessively abundant supply or surplus of something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Surplus
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- excess
- surplusage
- extra
- superfluous
- supererogatory
- redundant
- spare
- supernumerary
- unneeded
- unnecessary
- overage
- overcapacity
Crossword Answer definitions
OVERAGE verb- To have too long an aging process.
- Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
- Too old to be of use in a particular situation.
- A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
- A state of being more than one ought to be.
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 OVERAGE
- Excess supply
- Excess media reports after leader quits (7)
- Surplus
- Excess
- Surplus goods.
- Too old.
- Surplus.
- A surplus, as of goods.
- Surplus, as of goods.
- Ready to retire.
More clues leading to the result GLUT
- Pack to the gills
- Eat excessively
- Overabundance
- Excess
- Overstuffing
- Plethora
- Surfeit
- Superabundance
- Oversupply
- Flood, as a market
More clues leading to the result OVER
- "Your turn," to a CBer
- "__ and out"
- Above and beyond
- Finished
- Lead-in or follow-up for come and take
- Radio-message "period"
- Scrambled alternative
- __ the hill
- __-the-counter
- "Your turn," in communications
More clues leading to the result EXTRA
- Crowd-scene participant
- Movie bit player
- Page-one word
- Street vendor's cry, once
- Crowd scene player
- Movie walk-on
- Newspaper boy's cry
- Bonus
- Not standard
- Additional
More clues leading to the result SPARE
- Next best thing to a strike
- Left over
- Type of tire
- Diagonal line, on a score sheet
- Donut in a trunk
- Flat replacement
- It may be found in the trunk
- Trunk item
- Do without
- Converted split
More clues leading to the result PROFIT
- Return
- Gain
- Surplus
- Number in black
- Go into the black
- Earnings
- Hit pay dirt
- Something to roll over
- It may be net
- Business motive
More clues leading to the result LEFTOVER
- Last night's dinner
- Like doggy bag contents
- Uneaten
- Something in the icebox.
- Remaining.
- Scrap.
- Surplus.
- Remnant
- Scrap for Fido
- Lunch item, sometimes
More clues leading to the result ODD
- Like a fraternal Fellow
- Like a single sock
- Seven or eleven
- Off the wall
- Like 1 and 3
- Strange
- Uneven
- Like a famed TV couple
- Queer
- Suspicious
More clues leading to the result UNNEEDED
More clues leading to the result FAT
- Chunky, and more
- __ cat (wealthy one)
- Frying need
- Skim milk extract
- Waist material
- Dieter's no-no
- Love handles, essentially
- Roly-poly
- It's okay on Atkins
- Marbling