The Clue
In surplus (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OVER
Tags
Notes
The answer OVER is very common and appears about once every 43 puzzles.
Related Clues
Above
Completed
Concluded
Done
Done with
Ended
Extra
Finished
Finito
Kaput
"___ and out"
___ and out
Spanning
Supervising
Surplus
"___ There"
Through with
Above's companion
All ___ (done)
Eggs ___ easy
"Get ___ it!"
Go ___ (exceed)
Ham's word
Kind of head
Partner of "out"
Wireless word
"Your turn"
Eggs-order word
On the high side, as a guess
Just a memory now
Priestley's "Johnson ___ Jordan"
Seas or sees lead-in
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Turn ___ a new leaf
Walkie-talkie word
Word denoting excess
Word with due or bearing
Once more or no more
Definition
OVER as a noun:
1. (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
OVER as an adjective:
1. (complete, concluded, ended, over, all over, terminated) = having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
OVER as an adverb:
1. at or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there"
2. throughout an area; "he is known the world over"
3. (over, o'er) = throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend"
4. beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position; "a roof that hangs over";
5. (all over, over) = over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "she ached all over"; "everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot"