Heads off to outlying rock-strewn mountain (3) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Heads off to outlying rock-strewn mountain (3) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on August 25, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TOR.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TOR Heads off to outlying rock-strewn mountain (3) (3) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 25, 2026
6% DISTANT Outlying (7) Premier Sunday Aug 9, 2026
5% DEAN Head Dane off (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Aug 4, 2026
5% BURBS Outlying areas, briefly (5) Eugene Sheffer Jul 31, 2026
5% SWEETPEA Rock maybe cut mountain climber (5,3) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Jul 10, 2026
5% SUBURBS Outlying districts (7) (7) Puzzler May 28, 2026
5% STONY Rock-strewn (5)
4% ALP High mountain (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 24, 2026
4% PITON Mountaineer's spike (5) Newsday Aug 23, 2026
4% VIE Go head-to-head (3) The Atlantic Aug 23, 2026

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