The Clue
Change the hemline (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ALTER
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Notes
The answer ALTER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Adjust
Amend
Change
Convert
Doctor
Emendate
Fiddle with
Modify
Permute
Tailor
Transform
Vary
Change, as a hem
Change, as a hemline
Change; vary
Do tailoring
Kind of ego
Make modifications
Shorten, maybe
Take in or out
Take in, possibly
Do a tailoring job
Do a tailor's job
Let down, say
Let out, perhaps
Make suit, as a suit
Take in or let out
Take up, as a leg
Let out at the waist, e.g.
Let out the waist of, e.g.
Definition
ALTER as a verb:
1. (change, alter, modify) = cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2. (change, alter, vary) = make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
3. make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
4. (interpolate, alter, falsify) = insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
5. (alter, neuter, spay, castrate) = remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"