The Clue
Be a rat (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SING
Tags
Notes
The answer SING is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
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Blab
Carol
Chant
Croon
Serenade
Snitch
Squeal
Vocalize
Warble
"Awake and ___!": Odets
Be a fink
Belt, perhaps
Blab freely
Campus activity
Deliver a ditty
Doubled, a pen
Grow lyrical
Half a prison
Inform the fuzz
Rat on the Mob
Spill the beans
Tell all
"Of Thee I ___"
Trill or troll
Troll, e.g.
"Wake Up and ___"
Appear at La Scala
Be a stool pigeon
Do a diva's job
Do lullabies, e.g.
Emulate Anne Murray
Emulate Blossom Seeley
Emulate Bonnie Raitt
Emulate Tina Turner
Let the air out?
Perform on "Glee," perhaps
Turn state's evidence
What carolers do
Perform on "American Idol," e.g.
Save one's own neck, maybe
Definition
SING as a verb:
1. deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
2. produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
3. to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
4. (whistle, sing) = make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
5. (spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out) = divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"