The Clue
Bicuspids, e.g. (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TEETH
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Notes
The answer TEETH is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
Related Clues
Means of enforcement, metaphorically
Armed to the ___
Canines
Choppers
Cogs
To the ___ (fully)
Incisors
Molars
Bridge supports
Canines or bicuspids
Canines, e.g.
Dentists' focus
D.M.D.'s concern
Drill targets
Enforcement, figuratively
Enforcement powers
Enforcement provisions
Gear features
Gear parts
Henhouse rarities
Jags or cogs
Means of enforcement
Rake parts
Baby ___
Saw things
Some canines
Sprocket parts
Wisdom and milk
Choppers, so to speak
Effective means of enforcement
Some are deciduous
They take a pasting
Things leaving marks
Where crowns go
Enforcement provisions, so to speak
"Sans ___, sans eyes . . . ": Shak.
Saws and laws have them
Thirty-two are a mouthful
What Red Riding Hood admired
Definition
TEETH as a noun:
1. (dentition, teeth) = the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
TOOTH as a noun:
1. hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
2. something resembling the tooth of an animal
3. toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
4. a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it"
5. one of a number of uniform projections on a gear