The Clue
Bibliophile's purchase (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TOME
Tags
Notes
The answer TOME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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A-E, maybe
Encyclopedia, e.g.
Heavy book
Heavy reading
Heavy reading?
Heavy volume
Heavy work
Hefty book
Hefty volume
"It's Greek ___!"
Large volume
Learned book
Librarian's backbreaker
Library item
"Sock it ___!"
Voluminous volume
Weighty volume
Weighty work
"Personally ..."
"Come ___," 1931 song
One with an extra-wide spine
Item on a library shelf
"Mean ___," 1929 song
Unabridged dictionary, e.g.
"War and Peace," e.g.
Webster's Unabridged, e.g.
A-B or C-D, e.g.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, e.g.
It may need a big jacket
Large-print edition of the Bible, e.g.
Definition
TOME as a noun:
1. a (usually) large and scholarly book