The Clue
As good as new (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CURED
Tags
Notes
The answer CURED is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
Related Clues
Fixed
Healed
Preserved
Remedied
Salted
Solved
Like bacon
Like prosciutto
Prepared beef
Preserved, as meat
Preserved, in a way
Smoked meat
Smoked, as meat
Smoked or pickled
Smoked or salted
Tanned, in a way
Like pipe tobacco
No longer ill
No longer sick
Definition
CURE as a verb:
1. (bring around, cure, heal) = provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
2. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
3. make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
4. be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
CURED as an adjective:
1. (cured, healed, recovered) = freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron
2. (cured, vulcanized, vulcanised) = (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
3. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
4. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
5. (corned, cured) = (used especially of meat) cured in brine
6. (aged, cured) = (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)