The Clue
"___ an option" (3 letter answer)
The Answer
NOT
Tags
Notes
The answer NOT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Homophone for knot
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Kidder's cry
Meaning reverser
Negative word
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Part of N.A.
Pessimist's word
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Frost's "The Road ___ Taken"
Jimmy Dorsey's "___ Mine"
Often-contracted word
Request, part 3
"Tell it ___ in Gath"
"Wayne's World" exclamation
"Wayne's World" interjection
"Wayne's World" word
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Definition
NOT as an adverb:
1. (not, non) = negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all"