The Clue
Cabinet Department (8 letter answer)
The Answer
INTERIOR
Tags
Notes
The answer INTERIOR is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1200 puzzles.
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Dept. created in 1849
U.S. Cabinet department
Cabinet post since 1849
Its plural is an Allen film
Definition
INTERIOR as a noun:
1. (inside, interior) = the region that is inside of something
2. (inside, interior) = the inner or enclosed surface of something
3. (Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI) = the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
INTERIOR as an adjective:
1. situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows"
2. (home, interior, internal, national) = inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
3. (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.
4. inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth"
5. (interior, midland, upcountry) = of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"