The Clue
Calms (8 letter answer)
The Answer
COMPOSES
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Notes
The answer COMPOSES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
COMPOSE as a verb:
1. form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
2. (compose, write) = write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
3. (write, compose, pen, indite) = produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
4. (compose, compile) = put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
5. calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
6. (frame, compose, draw up) = make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"