The Clue
Carmelites, e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NUNS
Tags
Notes
The answer NUNS is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
Related Clues
Carmelites
Cloistresses
Conventuals
Sisters
Certain buoys
Certain pigeons
Church women
Cloister inhabitants
Convent dwellers
Convent residents
Creatures of habit?
Hebrew letters
Mother Teresa et al.
Ninth step
Order members
Pigeons or weaverbirds
Some buoys
Superior ones?
Women in habits
Women with vows
Mother Seton's group
Ones with good habits?
"Sister Act" extras
Sisters of Charity, e.g.
Some pigeons, e.g.
"The Sound of Music" chorus
"The Sound of Music" extras
St. Teresa's group
They're in a particular order
Some parochial school teachers
"The ___ Story" (Audrey Hepburn movie)
They have their orders
They may be in black-and-white
Definition
NUN as a noun:
1. a woman religious
2. (conical buoy, nun, nun buoy) = a buoy resembling a cone
3. the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet