The Clue
American cardinal (5 letter answer)
The Answer
COOKE
Tags
Notes
The answer COOKE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1500 puzzles.
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Definition
COOKE as a noun:
1. (Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke) = United States journalist (born in England in 1908)
2. (Cooke, Jay Cooke) = United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)