The Clue
Chicle (3 letter answer)
The Answer
GUM
Tags
Notes
The answer GUM is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Bite harmlessly
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Chewy substance
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Doublemint, e.g.
Filling danger
Jam (up)
Kind of drop
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Orbit or Eclipse
Orbit, for example
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Sticky sticks
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Sweet stick
Tooth holder
Wrigley field?
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Dubble Bubble, e.g.
Doublemint, for one
It comes in sticks
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Unpleasant thing to step on
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This could be arabic or elastic
Definition
GUM as a noun:
1. (chewing gum, gum) = a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
2. (gingiva, gum) = the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
3. any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
4. (glue, gum, mucilage) = cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
5. (gumwood, gum) = wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
6. (gum tree, gum) = any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
GUM as a verb:
1. cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger"
2. (mumble, gum) = grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
3. become sticky
4. exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"