The Clue
Billiards necessity (3 letter answer)
The Answer
CUE
Tags
Notes
The answer CUE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Helper
Hint
Prompt
Actor's need
Actor's prompter
Billiard item
Billiard stick
Equipment for Mosconi
Feed lines to
Help line?
Hoppe tool
Maestro's sign
Mnemonic device
Nod, maybe
Pool adjunct
Pool necessity
Pool tool
Shark's stick
Shuffleboard implement
Shuffleboard instrument
Shuffleboard stick
Snooker need
Snooker stick
Stage reminder
Stage sign
Stage signal
Stick on a table
Table stick
Kind of ball or card
Minnesota Fats implement
Pool player's stick
A shark may carry one
Stick on a pub wall
Stick on a table?
What a walk-on awaits
Word before card or stick
End of another actor's line, maybe
It may be missed onstage
It may help you go on
Definition
CUE as a noun:
1. an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
2. (clue, clew, cue) = evidence that helps to solve a problem
3. (discriminative stimulus, cue) = a stimulus that provides information about what to do
4. (cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick) = sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
CUE as a verb:
1. (prompt, remind, cue) = assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned