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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 38% | 8 | A second attempt at something after the first attempt failed | |
3 | 30% | 3 | Second of second; second page; second sight | |
Success On A Second Attempt Of A Sort Crossword Clue
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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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New York Times07 Apr 2011 | Across 27 | |
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