The Clue
Surplus word (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OVER
Tags
Notes
The answer OVER is very common and appears about once every 43 puzzles.
Related Clues
Above
Again
Beyond
Completed
Concluded
Done
Done with
Ended
In excess of
Finished
Finito
"One Flew ___ . . . "
___ and out
Outranking
Recovered from
Supervising
Surplus
"___ There"
Throughout
Across the plate
Eggs order
Ham's punctuation
Ham's word
More than
Out's partner
Partner of "done with"
"Roger, ___ and out!"
Surpassing in rank
"Your turn"
Of higher rank than
Just a memory now
Walkie-talkie word
Word denoting excess
Word with land or seas
CBer's end-of-message word
Frequent word from ham operators
"Reply completed," to a ham operator
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"