The Clue
Apt (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ABLE
Tags
Notes
The answer ABLE is very common and appears about once every 38 puzzles.
Related Clues
Accomplished
___-bodied
Capable
Competent
Fit
Permitted
Proficient
Qualified
Skilled
Talented
Au fait
___, Baker, Charlie
Baker's predecessor
Fully fit
Hardly inept
In a position to help
Ready, willing and ___
Up to the challenge
Up to it
Up to the job
Up to snuff
Up to the task
Adjective for some seamen
Functioning in all respects
Good at one's job
Like some seamen
Senator's adjective for a colleague
Like Napoleon, before Elba?
Start of a well-known palindrome
Definition
ABLE as an adjective:
1. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project"
2. (able, capable) = have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
3. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
4. (able, able-bodied) = having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"