The Clue
Cheesehead (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SAP
Tags
Notes
The answer SAP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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Blackjack
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Bonehead
Chucklehead
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Dimwit
Doofus
Drain
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Enervate
Exhaust
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Goofus
Gullible one
Knucklehead
Patsy
Schnook
Silly one
Softhead
Stupe
Sucker
Undermine
Alveloz, e.g.
Con target
Deplete, as energy
Easy mark
Fall guy
Foolish person
Gullible person
Spring rising
Spring running
Sustenance for aphids
Syrup base
A syrup source
Vital fluid
Blighted tree's need
Certain sugar source
It rises in a trunk
It runs in the forest
Maple-sugar source
Maple syrup source
Not the brainiest sort
Sugar-maple yield
Maple-syrup source
Definition
SAP as a noun:
1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
2. (fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool) = a person who lacks good judgment
3. (blackjack, cosh, sap) = a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
SAP as a verb:
1. (run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire) = deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
2. excavate the earth beneath