Top story Crossword Clue

We have the 5-letter answer for Top story crossword clue, last seen in the USA Today Crossword December 1, 2025 puzzle. Let us help you solve the crossword clue that has you stumped so you can finish the puzzle.

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. informal terms for a human head
2. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TOP (verb)
1. be the culminating event
2. pass by, over, or under without making contact
TOP (noun)
1. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
2. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
TOP (adjective)
1. situated at the top or highest position
STORY (noun)
1. a record or narrative description of past events
2. a trivial lie

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

GARRET
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TACIT

More USA Today Crossword (12/1/2025) Answers

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10. Sombrero or beret

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14. ___ 51

15. Animal rights org.

16. New ___ (capital of India)

17. PRNDL selection

18. Performs in a play

19. Open-air shopping spot

22. Where cranberries grow

24. Billion-year period

25. On edge

26. Online brokerage firm

28. Pesky pest

31. Extra NHL periods

32. Catchall abbreviation

33. Garlicky condiments

35. "I'm done going out of my way to please everyone!"

41. Traditional Mesoamerican masa dish

42. Hourly salary

43. National Sourdough Bread Day mo.

46. Use swear words

47. Pain in the neck

49. Movie cliche

51. "I ___ to differ!"

52. Use a diner booth

53. Collective effort to advance workers' rights

58. Matures, like wine

59. Fan site's subject

60. Not a single person

63. Works for me!

64. Laze around

65. Capital of Delaware

66. Vietnamese holiday celebrating the arrival of spring

67. Creatively inclined

68. Drives a getaway car, say

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Down

1. Not yet scheduled: Abbr.

2. You ___ here (map words)

3. Laser-generated image

4. Hanauma Bay island

5. Prepped for publication

6. Radio Flyer vehicle

7. Nabisco cookie

8. Shakespearean king

9. Stardew Valley setting

10. 'Not a chance!'

11. Verify

12. Has a nibble of

15. Peel, like a mango

20. Female deer or rabbit

22. Where have you ___?

23. Palindromic name

27. Oodles

28. "___ Just Want To Have Fun"

29. Zilch

30. Single Lady comedian Wong

33. Online Q&A sessions

34. Makes a quilt

36. Formula One participant

37. Bird that lays bluish-green eggs

38. Appliance that might have a pilot light

39. Wrinkly citrus fruit

40. Forcefully throw

43. ''It's about time!''

44. European capital known as the "City of a Hundred Spires"

45. What Bob is often a nickname for

47. Clothing line?

48. Itinerary

50. Prepare for a selfie

51. Word before "laugh" or "dance"

54. Name that's an anagram of "Liam"

55. Unpleasant smell

56. Battery unit

57. Rookie Gamer

61. Badminton divider

62. Busy hospital areas (Abbr.)

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