The Clue
Adjective for a whooping crane (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Bloody"
Choice
Distinctive
Endangered
Infrequent
Recherche
Reddish
Remarkable
Scarce
Special
Thin
Uncommon
Unusual
Unwonted
Adjective for cerium
Adjective for Jonson
Choice for steak
Coin grade
Cooked slightly
Hard to come by
Hardly seen
Lightly cooked
Like cerium
Not well?
Reddish, perhaps
Steak order
Steakhouse order
Still pink
Thin, as air
Very unusual
Of interest to collectors, say
Like a blue lobster
Like a compliant cat
Word for Ben Jonson
Like condors or whooping cranes
Like Lowell's June day
Like a 1913 Liberty Head nickel
Definition
RARE as an adjective:
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"