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Key Hidden Beneath The Doormat Eg Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SPARE which was last seen in the New York Times Mini crossword.
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199%5Exact Match!
238%8 A key left under the doormat
331%5 Place for a rocking chair and doormat

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We think the answer is "SPARE" which means:

    noun
  • • An extra component of a machine or other apparatus
  • • An extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
  • • A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
  • adjective satellite
  • • Thin and fit
  • • More than is needed, desired, or required
  • • Not taken up by scheduled activities
  • • Kept in reserve especially for emergency use
  • • Lacking in magnitude or quantity
  • • Lacking embellishment or ornamentation
  • verb
  • • Refrain from harming
  • • Save or relieve from an experience or action
  • • Give up what is not strictly needed
  • • Use frugally or carefully
  • adjective
  • • Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
  • • Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
  • • Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
  • • Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
  • • Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
  • • Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
  • • Slow.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I keep a spare key hidden under the doormat."
  • • "He always carries a spare tire in the trunk of his car."

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