The Clue
Captain's aid (3 letter answer)
The Answer
MAP
Tags
Notes
The answer MAP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Cartogram
Cartograph
Chart
Plan
Atlas page
Avis offering
Cartographer's concern
Cartographer's creation
Cartographer's drawing
Cartographic item
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Encyclopedia graphic
Explorer's aid
Legend locale
Legend locale?
Mercatorial device
Plat, e.g.
Tourist's aid
Tourist's guide
Tourist's help
Tourist's necessity
Tourist's need
Tourist's purchase
Traveler's guide
Triple-A handout
World view
"The Amazing Race" necessity
"The Amazing Race" prop
Glove compartment item
Guillaumet's flight chart
Information booth handout
Item in an airline magazine
___ out (plan in detail)
Rand McNally product
Treasure-hunt need
Treasure hunter's aid
"Treasure Island" prop
Weather forecast staple
Word with weather or world
It may come with a key
It may have a projection
It works according to scale
Whole world in one's hands?
Definition
MAP as a noun:
1. a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
2. (mapping, map, correspondence) = a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set
MAP as a verb:
1. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"
2. explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist"
3. locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes"
4. (map, map out) = plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; "map one's future"
5. depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"
6. (map, represent) = to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)