The Clue
Below the surface (5 letter answer)
The Answer
INNER
Tags
Notes
The answer INNER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Definition
INNER as an adjective:
1. (inner, interior, internal) = located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
2. located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room"
3. (inner, internal, intimate) = innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
4. (inside, inner, privileged) = confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
5. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"
6. inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"