The Clue
Antique description (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
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Recherche
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Special
Thin
Uncommon
Underdone
Unusual
Adjective for cerium
Beef order
Coin classification
Hard to find
Kind of earth
Not common
Red inside
Red in the middle
Seldom seen
Slightly cooked
Steak order
Steakhouse adjective
Very unusual
Few and far between
Like Ben Jonson
Like a blue rose
Like "a day in June"
Like hen's teeth
Like an underdone steak
Like whooping cranes
Not well done
Opposite of well done
Red on the inside, as a steak
Description on many eBay listings
Like a four-leaf clover
Like some coins or steaks
"Still mooing," as burgers go
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"