The Clue
On the high side, as a guess (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OVER
Tags
Notes
The answer OVER is very common and appears about once every 43 puzzles.
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Completed
Concluded
Done
Done with
Ended
Extra
Finished
Finito
Kaput
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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
Just a memory now
Priestley's "Johnson ___ Jordan"
Seas or sees lead-in
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Walkie-talkie word
Word denoting excess
Word at the bottom of a page, perhaps
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"