Answer: RIDGE
RIDGE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 84 times.
Referring Clues:
- See 53-Across
 - Chip feature
 - Chain of hills
 - Forehead feature
 - Blue ___ Mountains
 - Watershed dividing line
 - Part of a roof
 - Natural skyline former
 - Corrugation
 - Fingerprint feature
 - Fingerprint part
 - First secretary of homeland security
 - Former homeland security chief Tom
 - Mountain feature
 - Feature of a Ruffles potato chip
 - Hill crest
 - Corrugated paper feature
 - Ruffles feature
 - Potato chip feature
 - Head of Homeland Security
 - Homeland Security chief
 - First head of Homeland Security
 - The first Secretary of Homeland Security
 - Hogback
 - The Oak ___ Boys
 - Crest
 - Ruffles potato chip feature
 - Raised area
 - Mountain chain
 - High ground
 - High-pressure system
 - Wale
 - Chip feature, perhaps
 - Chain of mountains
 - Nose part
 - Elevation between valleys
 - It's on the back of a Rhodesian dog
 - Guitar fret, e.g.
 - Mountain spine
 - "Elvira" band, the Oak ___ Boys
 - Former Homeland Security honcho Tom
 - Roof feature
 - Long, narrow crest
 - Speed bump, essentially
 - Fret, say
 - Range of hills
 - Certain chip feature
 - Corduroy feature
 - Oak ___, Tenn.
 - Former head of the DHS Tom ___
 - Roof feature
 - Arete
 - High-pressure weather system
 - Ruffles chip feature
 - Hog's back
 - Klingon forehead feature
 - *Noel bird
 - Hogback, topographically
 - Long narrow crest
 - Long chain of hills
 - Mountain range
 - Raised strip
 - Narrow range of hills
 - First Homeland Security secretary
 - Mountain crest
 - Region of high atmospheric pressure
 - Hiker's climb
 - Mountain feature, often
 - Escarpment
 - Mountain edge
 - Hill's crest
 - Shelf
 - Ruffles part
 - Feature of a forehead or fingerprint
 - Narrow hilltop
 - Top of a chain, maybe
 - Long range?
 - Virginia's Blue ___ Mountains
 - Topographical map feature
 - Chip feature, maybe
 - High landform
 - Feature of a Ruffles chip
 - Where to take the high road?
 - Feature of corduroy pants and some potato chips
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 23, 2025
 - USA Today - July 21, 2025
 - New York Times - January 27, 2025
 - New York Times - November 08, 2024
 - New York Times - September 25, 2024
 - New York Times - June 10, 2024
 - USA Today - May 22, 2024
 - USA Today - March 11, 2024
 - LA Times - June 04, 2022
 - LA Times - March 03, 2022
 - LA Times - November 27, 2021
 - USA Today - July 30, 2021
 - New York Times - June 26, 2021
 - USA Today - December 16, 2020
 - Netword - November 18, 2020
 - LA Times - June 03, 2020
 - USA Today - May 18, 2020
 - New York Times - January 11, 2020
 - LA Times - December 11, 2019
 - LA Times - March 06, 2019
 
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