The Clue
Cape or Mickey (6 letter answer)
The Answer
MANTLE
Tags
Notes
The answer MANTLE is uncommon, appearing about once every 550 puzzles.
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Conceal
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Cloak or cape
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Conceal or blush
Layer of the earth
Mickey of Cooperstown
Sleeveless cape
Sleeveless cloak
Slugger Mickey
Symbol of authority
A.L. batting champ: 1956
Bird's back, wings, etc.
Famed "7" wearer
Famed Yankee slugger
One of the "M" boys of baseball
A three-time A.L. M.V.P.
Three-time A.L. M.V.P.
Yankee teammate of Maris
His "7" was retired
A.L. triple-crown winner: 1956
Definition
MANTLE as a noun:
1. the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
2. (Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle) = United States baseball player (1931-1997)
3. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
4. (blanket, mantle) = anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
5. (mantle, pallium) = (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
6. (mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece) = shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
7. (curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall) = hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
8. (cape, mantle) = a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
MANTLE as a verb:
1. spread over a surface, like a mantle
2. cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"