The Clue
Certain investments, for short (3 letter answer)
The Answer
CDS
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Notes
The answer CDS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
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D.J.'s stack
I.R.A. investments
I.R.A. options
LP alternatives
LP successors
Many records
Modern records
MP3 holders
Music sources
Musical circles?
PC inserts
Platters, now
Record replacers
S.&L. offerings
Spinning circles?
Today's platters
Certain bank accts.
Contents of jewel cases
File holders, for short
Jewel box contents
Music store stock
Nonvinyl records, briefly
Part of a fin. portfolio
Radio station expense
Record store purchases
S. & L. offerings
Some Amazon.com mdse.
Some Amazon.com orders
Some assets, briefly
Some bank accts.
Some B&N wares
Some I.R.A. contents
Some I.R.A. investments
Sound investments, for short
They're filled with tracks
Composition of many a music library
Computer book inserts, often
Fixed-term bank accts.
Items made unnecessary by iPods
Some 60-mo. investments
Some Amazon.com sales, for short
Chase things, briefly?
They get burned nowadays
Some go for 6 or 12 mos.
Fidelity offerings, briefly
Tower Records offerings
They may be burned and boxed
Definition
CD as a noun:
1. (cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48) = a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
2. (candle, candela, cd, standard candle) = the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
3. (certificate of deposit, CD) = a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
4. (compact disk, compact disc, CD) = a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser