The Clue
Adjusts an alarm clock (6 letter answer)
The Answer
RESETS
Tags
Notes
The answer RESETS is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.
Related Clues
Adjusts
Transplants
Zeroes
Adjusts, as a clock
Adjusts for D.S.T.
Adjusts the VCR
Alley buttons
Arranges anew
Buttons on dryers
Certain buttons
Changes hands?
Changes type
Plants anew
Starts over
Bowling alley buttons
Bowling-alley buttons
Certain alley buttons
Fixes clocks for D.S.T.
Fixes at zero, say
Puts at 0, maybe
Puts back to zero
Racks the pins again
Starts over, in a way
They're pushed in alleys
Treats a broken bone
Turns to 0, say
Turns back to zero
Adjusts for daylight saving, e.g.
Puts back to zero, say
Starts the frame over, in bowling
Puts up again, as bowling pins
Definition
RESET as a noun:
1. device for resetting instruments or controls
RESET as a verb:
1. set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock"
2. set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
3. (readjust, reset) = adjust again after an initial failure