Clues for the word "TIP"
We've had 391 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 823 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 26, 2024.
Definition of tip
- n. - The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
- n. - An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
- n. - A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- n. - A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- n. - Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- v. t. - To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
- v. t. - To strike slightly; to tap.
- v. t. - To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
- v. t. - To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
- v. i. - To fall on, or incline to, one side.
- n. - A light touch or blow; a tap.
- n. - A gift; a douceur; a fee.
- n. - A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
Referring Clues
- Stockbroker's offering
- Pointer
- Longtime Capitol Hill nickname
- Service award
- Hint
- Some wait for this
- End
- Start to fall
- Tout's offering
- Stockbroker's freebie
- Tilt
- "The dapple in the eighth," e.g.
- Knock (over)
- Steer
- Upend
- 20%, often
- Line just above the total
- Stiff's omission
- Service acknowledgment
- Overturn
- Bellboy's bonus
- Bit of advice
- Extra amount
- First-rate
- Boating mishap
- "Psst! Smarty Jones in the fifth!"
- Inside info
- It may be 20%
- Not stiff?
- Visible part of an iceberg
- What to do to hats and waiters
- Show instability
- Part of an iceberg that's visible
- 15%-20%, usually
- Gratuity
- Figure just above the total
- "Take the filly in the fifth," e.g.
- 15%, maybe
- Scratch left on a table?
- Summit
- Fall (over)
- Waitperson's reward
- Money on the table, perhaps
- Word to the wise
- Reward for waiting?
- Iceberg feature, figuratively
- Good thing that comes to those who wait
- Begin to upset
- Finger, foul, felt, or filter follower
- Stockbroker's steer
- Tilt slightly
- Server's reward
- Helpful hint
- Iceberg part
- Bill addition
- Word with top and toe
- Word of advice
- Waiter's reward
- Felt or filter follower
- Pourboire
- Service reward
- Recommendation
- Caution beforehand, with "off"
- Restaurant calculation
- Silver by a plate, maybe
- Restaurant bill addition
- Marker's end
- Line above the total, maybe
- Proverbial iceberg part
- Subject of an anonymous call, maybe
- Service bonus
- Upset
- Redcap's reward
- 15%, often
- About 15%, usually
- Money on the table, maybe
- It's usually left on the table
- Something helpful
- "Lucky Lady in the fifth," e.g.
- Fall, with "over"
- Dinner charge-slip line
- ___ sheet
- Extremity
- Cue-stick end
- Dope on a horse
- Bellhop's expectation
- Bit of investment advice
- Some expect this if they wait
- "Take Lucky Lady in the fifth," e.g.
- Reward for waiting
- Part of an iceberg
- Part of a pointer
- You leave it behind in a restaurant
- Leave a little extra
- Trackside offer
- Trackside advice
- Something to wait for?
- Inside information
- Bit of help
- 20%, maybe
- It's left on the table
- Piece of advice
- You can bet on it
- Reward of a sort
- Pimlico advice
- "Lucky Lady in the fifth," for one
- Disturb, as the balance
- Advice on one's grip, for instance
- Bonus for waiting
- Incline
- Apex
- Fifteen percent of a bill, perhaps
- Peak
- Psst! Smarty Jones in the fifth!
- Jar drop-in
- Wait for it
- "Lucky Lady in the fifth," e.g.
- Fall, with "over"
- ___ sheet
- Something chalked up
- Thanks to a waiter
- 15%-20%, for a waiter
- Hot thing on a horse?
- Thing that comes to those who wait
- Restaurant table leaving
- Fifteen percent, often
- Service award?
- Some extra bills, maybe
- It's gratuitous?
- Acknowledgment of a job well done
- Iceberg extremity
- It comes to those who wait
- Thank you for waiting
- It may be left on a table
- Money left on the table
- Recognition of good service
- Waiting bonus
- Reward for service
- Waiting reward
- Waiter's bonus
- Lagniappe
- Baksheesh
- La gniappe
- See 38-Down
- Good lead
- 15 percent, often
- Advice
- With 48-Across, leader of the House of Representatives, 1977-87
- 15 percent of a bill, perhaps
- Good thing that comes to those who wait?
- Friendly advice
- Detective's aid
- Part of the iceberg?
- Begin to capsize
- Waiter's 20%
- Diner's prerogative
- Sirloin part
- 10%, if you're cheap
- End point
- Word of advice, e.g.
- Bread in a jar?
- Hint from a tout
- Advice at the track
- Insider's hint
- Helpful lead
- Advice bit
- It might be given to a waiter or a police investigator
- Handicapper's help
- An iceberg has one
- Cash on the table
- It's felt for some pointers
- Pinnacle
- Informer's info
- Topple
- Waiter's delight
- Cash left behind
- Thanks for waiting
- Bonus for good service
- Hot info?
- Useful hint
- Line on a restaurant bill
- Reward for "pushing daisies" olive snook
- Point
- Advice from a pro
- Pointy end
- Insider's advice
- Something worth waiting for?
- Line on a restaurant check
- Reward in a jar
- Incline slightly
- Track advantage
- Memorable DC nickname
- Racetrack edge
- Useful information
- Bills left behind, perhaps
- Bill add-on
- 18%, often
- Line on a restaurant receipt
- Ultimate height
- Upset, with "over"
- Insider's offering
- It often comes to those who wait
- Money left on a table, often
- Buck for a bellhop, say
- Bonus for a waitress
- Advice tidbit
- Helpful suggestion
- Pencil end
- Good service indicator
- Meal ending?
- Thank-you for waiting
- What boats shouldn't do
- What an insider might offer
- Lead-in to toe or top
- Message left on a hotline, perhaps
- ___ jar
- Service payment
- Cape Horn, for one
- Hint from Heloise
- Entry on a Merchant Copy
- Bit of useful advice
- Money left on the table?
- End of a pool cue
- Lean
- Bellboy's reward
- Money for the waitress
- Lean to one side
- What a good waiter gets
- The ___ of the iceberg
- Something a waiter earns
- Extra income for a waiter
- What you may give a waiter
- A little extra for the waiter
- Remember the waiter
- What waiters get for good service
- 18%, maybe
- Leave change on the table
- Leave cash
- Gift for a waiter
- 25%, for the generous
- Apex (with "top")
- Kind of jar in front of a bar band
- Put this in jar of bar band
- Cabbie's bonus
- "Ooooooohhh ... On the TLC ___"
- '97 Finger Eleven album they left the waitress?
- Put in performer jar
- Kind of jar in front of bar band
- List drug written up as class A
- Is it extremely generous?
- It turns soft in the end
- Advice for one in extremity?
- Gratuitous information?
- One generous in the extreme?
- Should be helpful, but it may be just rubbish!
- It's turned soft at the end
- Extremely generous one?
- Extremely useful suggestion?
- Shoot up out of spite?
- Gratuitous guidance
- A little cash? Be advised to take mine
- Gratuity included in the six longest Across answers
- Topple over - hint
- End - pourboire
- Part of iceberg visible in dump?
- Leave something for the waitress
- Broker : commission :: waitress : ___
- Lead
- Fare addition
- Threaten to capsize, say
- Hint, suggestion
- It's waited for
- Gratuity for a waiter
- Opposite of stiff
- It's helpful (especially in cash?)
- "The bay in the fifth," for one
- Cash left on the table
- Nib
- Pointed end of a lancet, I presume
- For advice, it's up to the party leader
- What may come to those who wait
- You might wait for it
- Tongue part
- Suggestion
- Scratch on the table?
- Tilt or arrow point
- End of a snooker cue
- Even if ungenerous, it's over a penny
- A gratuity for taking the rubbish
- Cue stick part
- A pointed piece of information
- Small part of an iceberg
- Pointed end
- Pro ___
- Pointer or point
- Extra 15% or so for a waiter
- Canoe mishap
- Be inclined to pay extra
- Iceberg's extremity
- Chalked part of a cue
- Line on a bill
- Bucks at a diner, e.g.
- Advice where to put the rubbish
- Performer's jar insert
- Point or pointer
- Written-in bill addition
- Good thing coming to those who wait
- It may be 20 percent
- ___ the bill (kind dining trend)
- Tri-___
- Around 20%, typically
- Lose balance
- ___ the scales
- Money left on a diner table
- Inclination to be gratuitous?
- 15% of a bill, often
- Tout’s offering
- Something extremely gratuitous?
- Bit of inside information
- Reward for waiting?
- Money on the table
- It may be on cue for snooker
- Diner bill add-on
- Felt-___ pen
- Part of iceberg visible in dump?
- It's often left on the table
- Life hack, e.g.
- ___ of the iceberg
- What an aglet is for a shoelace
- Waitress' expectation
- Sharp point
- Dough put into a jar
- Reward for a good waiter
- "Let me give you a ___ ... "
- Advice helpful in the extreme?
- Take it from me
- Confidential information for a waiter?
- Reward for a waitress
- A hot one is timely
- Unbalance
- Word after "pro" or "hot"
- Extreme example of generosity?
- Money put into a jar
- Reward for the waitstaff
- Thank the nail artist
- Is it extremely generous?
- Single at a bar, perhaps
- If you want my advice, look up "4 Down"
- Chalked part of a cue stick
- Money in a jar, maybe
- A cash one is generally preferred
- Gratuity on a bill
- Topple sideways
- Advice for one in extremity?
- Nugget of advice
- Gratuitous information?
- That's the point!
- One generous in the extreme?
- Felt-___ marker
- Detective's lead
- Reward for a nail tech
- Help line?
- Extra amount for a waiter
- Reward for a barber
- It turned soft at the end
- Extremely generous one?
- But it doesn't upset the recipient!
- Pay a delivery driver
- Leave some extra cash
- What waiters get
- Word from the wise
- Extremely useful suggestion?
- Frosted part of a '90s hairstyle
- What to do after getting a tattoo
- Shoot up out of spite?
- Money left in a jar
- End with a helpful suggestion
- Stock advice, say
- Cumshaw
- "That's only the ___ of the iceberg!"
- Extremely useful information?
- Line just above "total," maybe
- Gratuity increasingly requested at self-checkout kiosks
- Farthermost point
- "Ugh, it's right on the ___ of my tongue!"
- Word with felt or hot
- Waiter's bit of extra income
- Checkout screen option
- Amount often added
- 20%, e.g.
- Money for a waiter
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 25, 2024
- USA Today - December 20, 2024
- LA Times - December 11, 2024
- USA Today - December 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2024
- LA Times - November 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 16, 2024
- New York Times - November 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 14, 2024
- USA Today - November 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 22, 2024
- New York Times - October 18, 2024
- USA Today - October 14, 2024
- USA Today - October 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 21, 2024
- New York Times - August 16, 2024
- LA Times - August 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 14, 2024
- USA Today - August 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 05, 2024
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