  Light stops are a hallmark of the most natural realizations of weak-scale
supersymmetry. While stops have been extensively searched for, there remain
open gaps around and below the top mass, due to similarities of stop and top
signals with current statistics. We propose a new fast-track avenue to improve
light stop searches for R-parity conserving supersymmetry, by comparing top
cross section measurements to the theoretical prediction. Stop masses below ~
180 GeV can now be ruled out for a light neutralino. The possibility of a stop
signal contaminating the top mass measurement is also briefly addressed.
