The Clue
Au contraire, in slang (3 letter answer)
The Answer
NOT
Tags
Notes
The answer NOT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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"___ on a bet!"
"___ a chance"
Excluding
Fear ___
"Hardly"
"As if!"
"___ interested"
Negative
Nullifier
"Ready or ___ ..."
"___ to worry"
___ care a rap
Commandment word
Common negative
Decalogue adverb
Homophone for knot
"I'm kidding!"
"Just kidding!"
"Like it or ___"
Meaning reverser
Negative word
Satiric riposte
"Thou shalt ___ . . . "
"___ too shabby"
"Touch ___ the Cat"
Word in a denial
"___ on your life!"
Bit of reverse English?
Frost's "The Road ___ Taken"
"I should say ___!"
___ a little (quite a bit)
Request, part 3
Slangy "Au contraire!"
"Tell it ___ in Gath"
"Wayne's World" interjection
"Lov'd I ___ honour more"
What "-" means in a Google search
What "-" means in a search query
Word after waste and want
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"