The Clue
Car owner's headache (5 letter answer)
The Answer
LEMON
Tags
Notes
The answer LEMON is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dud
Flop
Fruit
Ade fruit
Automotive dud
Bar wedge
Citrus fruit
Defective car
Detroit dud
Detroit fruit?
Drop, of a sort
Dud; flop
Kind of ade
Kind of drop
Lousy car
Problematic car
Seafood garnish
Soap scent
Sprite flavor
Tart flavor
Yellow hue
Defective new auto
Furniture polish scent
___ geranium (garden flower)
Iced tea flavoring
Iced tea garnish
Kind of drop or peel
Life Saver flavor
Scent in furniture polish
Slot machine fruit
Slot machine symbol
Car that won't go far
Car that leaves you with a sour taste?
A mechanic might see it a lot
Definition
LEMON as a noun:
1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
2. (gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize) = a strong yellow color
3. (lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon) = a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
4. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
5. (lemon, stinker) = an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory