Clues for the word "APEX"
We've had 140 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 727 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 23, 2026.
Definition of apex
- n. - The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
- n. - The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
Referring Clues
- Top
- The top
- Top spot
- Pinnacle
- Zenith
- Tiptop
- Summit
- Crown
- High spot
- Height
- Mountaintop
- Very top
- Mountaineering goal
- Ne plus ultra
- Culminating point
- Peak
- High point
- Mountain climber's goal
- Pyramid point
- Highest point
- Tip
- Topmost point
- Tippy-top
- Peak's peak
- Pyramid's point
- It's all downhill from here
- Uppermost point
- Spot for the winner of king of the hill
- Climber's goal
- Culmination
- Mountaineer's goal
- Top of a mountain
- Peak point
- Nadir's opposite
- Point of culmination
- Crowning point
- Acme
- It's at the very top
- Celestial point
- Crest
- Vertex
- Topmost tip
- Highest spot
- Peak of the peak
- Montreal ball team, slangily
- Top point
- There's nothing above it
- Triangle tip
- Point opposite the nadiR
- Highest tip
- Extreme point
- The highest point
- Crow
- It's all downhill from here*
- Tip or summit
- Tip top
- Crowning achievement
- Hill's high point
- Place for a crowning glory
- Climax
- Mountaineer's objective
- Highest point attainable
- Top of a roof
- The very top
- Highest point of something
- See 10-Down
- Black Dahlia Murder song about the top?
- Hip-hop producer/DJ
- Top 10 record gets a spin
- Top copy letter
- In a cheap example, it's high
- Times backs predecessor of man at the top
- Top copy going to Number Ten
- Take off, cross, for the summit
- Summit - pinnacle
- Uppermost tip
- Top mimic getting cross
- Some chaps no longer at the top
- Primate with cross in position of eminence
- Top copy with illiterate's signature
- Top in geometry
- Top secret primate?
- Absolute peak
- Top 29 cross
- Top fare
- Top copy given sign of affection
- Pikes Peak's peak
- Top primate gets the vote
- Top primate given cross
- Tip unknown to take off first
- Top copy with Malcolm?
- Top, peak
- Peak, vertex
- Top copy, last of six
- Primate with cross and crown
- Primate's cross and crown
- Take off before ten for summit
- Take off and cross highest point
- Top copy with sign of error
- Top copy by 10
- Primate at the cross going as far as he could ___
- Top ten record astonishingly's beginning to climb
- Like pinnacle of career
- It's only downhill from here
- Top copy chased by Times
- Pyramid's top
- Acme or peak
- Tip making primate cross
- Top copy with a cross on
- Mountaineer's destination
- It's far from base
- Pyramid's high point
- Pyramid's peak
- Highest level
- Roof's top point
- Predator in a food chain, often
- Base's opposite, on a pyramid
- Top copy marked with a kiss
- Snowcap's place on a mountain
- Rock climber's goal
- Roof's top
- Copy the figure at the top
- Tiptop point
- ___ predator (orca, e.g.)
- Pointed top
- Tip that made the beast cross
- A penny from, as a tip!
- Top copy with ten underneath
- Do the same with the ten on top
- The top's top
- Top of a hill
- Do the same and put a kiss on the top
- ___ predator (top of a food chain)
- Pop back, once having got to the top
- Absolute highest point
- Crowning moment
- ___ predators (sharks, panthers, etc.)
- ___ predator
- It takes a high place in the study of geometry
- End of a trail, perhaps
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 23, 2026
- Daily American - January 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 18, 2025
- Daily American - September 15, 2025
- New York Times - September 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 27, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 22, 2025
- Daily American - July 08, 2025
- Daily American - July 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 23, 2025
- New York Times - May 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 13, 2025
- Daily American - May 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 25, 2025
- LA Times - March 30, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 11, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 07, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 28, 2025
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