The Clue
1.6093 km. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MILE
Tags
Notes
The answer MILE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
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1,760 yards
320 rods
5,280 feet
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Hiker's measure
Kind of marker
Lap, maybe
League part
Liquori specialty
Marathon unit
Miss's equal
Miss's equivalent
Odometer unit
Part of a marathon
Runner's unit
Ryun's run
Three ___ Island
Treadmill unit
One turn of an odometer
1/500 of the Indianapolis 500
80% of the Kentucky Derby
About 1600 meters
About 4% of a marathon
Broncos' ___ High Stadium
Distance of 5,280 feet
"And he walked a crooked ___"
Horse-race distance
Kind of stone or post
Miss's proverbial equivalent
Number on a marathon marker
Roger Bannister's distance
Wanamaker or Millrose run
Word with post or stone
Distance between some posts
Event not run in the Olympics
This is 4/5 of Derby distance
What a marker may mark
Some make it in four minutes
Definition
MILE as a noun:
1. (mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi) = a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
2. (nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile) = a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
3. a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
4. (sea mile, mile) = a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
5. (nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile) = a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
6. (mile, Roman mile) = an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
7. (mile, Swedish mile) = a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
8. a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"