The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SKIM , but the solution may also be BEHEAD which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Take from the top crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SKIM | 46 % | 4 |
| REDO | 35 % | 4 |
| RETRY | 4 % | 5 |
| DOOVER | 4 % | 6 |
| RETHINK | 4 % | 7 |
| BEHEAD | 4 % | 6 |
| SKIMOFF | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take from the top
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- skim
- skim off
- topped
- tops
- crip
- skin
- skinned
- skinning
- draw
- win
- star
- behead
Crossword Answer definitions
SKIM noun- A cursory reading, skipping the details.
- Skim milk.
- The act of skimming.
- That which is skimmed off.
- Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- To throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones)
- To ricochet
- To read quickly, skipping some detail
- To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To become coated over.
- (of milk) Having lowered fat content.
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 SKIM
- Thumb through
- Milk for dieters
- Look over
- It's less rich than the 1%
- 2% alternative
- Flip through the pages
- Cursory read
- De-cream
- Embezzle
- 12 Down option
More clues leading to the result REDO
- Make over
- Make revisions to
- Second draft
- Start all over
- Change decorations
- Change the decor
- Decorate anew
- Fix
- Start from scratch
- Start from square one
More clues leading to the result RETRY
- Take another stab
- What to do if at first you don't succeed
- Judge over
- Have another go
- Take another shot at
- Make a second attempt
- Taste again
- Subject to double jeopardy, say
- Second attempt
- Have another go at
More clues leading to the result DOOVER
- Mulligan
- Let, in tennis
- Let, in tennis, e.g.
- Golfer's mulligan, e.g.
- Mulligan, e.g.
- Second chance
- Redecorate.
- Redecorate
- Let
- Take from the top
More clues leading to the result RETHINK
- Take from the top
- Take back to the drawing board
- View from another angle
- Consider again
- Go back to square one
- Take a new look at
- Freshly consider
- Take a fresh look at
- Consider anew
More clues leading to the result BEHEAD
- Obey the Queen of Hearts?
- Decapitate
- Guillotine
- Send to the block
- Blow the foam off a brew?
- Dispatch, as Mary Queen of Scots
- Blow the suds off (your suds)
- Execute, as during the French Revolution
- Use the guillotine on
- Execute, in old France